4.2 Length of stay
On average, a tourist spent 9.6 nights in Mauritius.
Tourists travelling on package tour spent 8.7 nights on average compared to 11.3
nights for non-package tourists.
Tourists coming on holidays stayed on average 9.6 nights compared to 9.1 nights
for honeymooners and 7.8 nights for businessmen. Respondents who came to visit
friends or relatives in Mauritius stayed longer, i.e. 18.6 nights.
Tourists staying in hotels spent on average 8.6 nights compared to 13.3 nights for
those staying in bungalows; 8.7 nights for those staying in boarding houses and
15.6 nights for those staying with their friends or relatives.
The length of stay of a repeat tourist was higher than that of tourists who were on
their first visit, 10.3 nights compared to 9.2 nights.
Chart 10 - Average length of stay by travel arrangement, 2002
Package
Non-package
8.7
11.3