The length of stay for the majority of tourists (37.1%) was 5-10 days, followed by 28% who stayed for
more than 15 days, 27.3 % stayed for 11-15 days and 7.6% visited the destination for less than 5 days.
Since Mauritius is a long-haul destination and the prices of airline tickets are relatively expensive, most
tourists stay for more than 5 days as a shorter vacation would not be worth the trip. Additionally, it was
found that 76.4 % of the visitors were motivated to travel for leisure purposes, 20.3 % travelled to visit
friends and relatives (VFR) while 3.3% travelled for business. It can be noted that none of the
respondents travelled for health purposes although Mauritius promotes Medical Tourism. 59.9% of
tourists were on their first visit to Mauritius while 40.1 % were repeat visitors.