00:00Seychelles tourism is running 10.1% below its record-breaking 2025 pace.
00:08However, recent months show signs of recovery as the country enters the final part of the year.
00:16We witnessed a record 398,841 visitor arrivals in 2025, surpassing the previous record of 384,204 visitors set in
00:302019.
00:31But tourism performance in 2026 has been more uneven.
00:36The year started strongly with arrivals in January and February, ahead of the same period last year.
00:42However, numbers fell sharply in March and April, before showing some recovery in May.
00:47Arrivals dipped again in June, but July brought further improvement, with visitor numbers exceeding those recorded in July 2025.
00:55The latest figures from the National Bureau of Statistics show that by August 16th, 218,308 visitors had arrived in
01:04Seychelles,
01:04that is 24,409 fewer visitors than at the same point last year, when 242,717 arrivals had been recorded.
01:17Overall, arrivals are currently 10.1% lower than in 2025, meaning Seychelles is behind the pace of its record
01:25-breaking tourism year.
01:26However, the improvement in recent months could signal a recovery as the country enters the final part of the year.
01:34So, we're going to see.
01:34Let's see.
01:34Let's see.
