Seychelles tourism statistics: arrivals, nights and spend

Where Seychelles stands, September 2026

Seychelles in September: up on a year

The Seychelles recorded 30,917 visitor arrivals in September 2026, +6.1% on a year.

Among the destinations it competes with: Israel +19.2%, Gambia +41.6%.

From the figures on 20 October 2026Every number checked against the dataNext update when October is published

At a glance

Latest month	September 2026
Visitor arrivals	30,917
On a year	+6.1%
Year to date, on a year	+4.5%
Growth rank in Middle East and Africa	4 of 4
Best month on record	October 2025
Trust grade	A, 88

Jet fuel, a gallon$4.39+110.1% on a year/v1/fuel

Growth 20261.0%projected/v1/economy/SC

This brief, its figures, rivals and outlook as data: GET /v1/countries/SC/briefAnalyst

Visitor arrivals to Seychelles, and the change on a year

Visitor arrivalsThe year beforeChange on a year, %

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Seychelles against its rivals

Click a country to swap it, or remove it with the cross. Up to six alongside Seychelles.As data: GET /v1/compare?country=SCDeveloper

Country	Latest	Figure	On a year	Vs 2019	Year to date	Rivalry with Seychelles

The last six months

Month	Visitor arrivals	On a year	Vs 2019	Vs 3-year average
Sep 2026	30,917	+6.1%	n/a	+217.9%
Aug 2026	34,987	+248,034.8%	n/a	+458,245.0%
Jul 2026	31,628	+1.8%	n/a	+205.2%
Jun 2026	20,497	-24.8%	n/a	+26.4%
May 2026	27,201	-3.4%	n/a	+56.6%
Apr 2026	28,068	-28.4%	n/a	+16.0%

The next three months

No forecast for Seychelles yet: it needs a longer monthly history in one unbroken series.

How it is worked out See the full outlook

Who Seychelles competes with for visitors

2 destinations chasing the same travellers

Ranked by how much of their visitors come from the same markets, how alike their seasons are, and how close they are in size. Open any of them to see its own rivals.

IsraelRivalry 35

Same season and region

Israel, September+19.2% · 136K

Seychelles, September+6.1% · 31K

GambiaRivalry 31

Same season and region

Gambia, December+41.6% · 28K

Seychelles, September+6.1% · 31K

Rivalry is worked out from the figures each destination publishes and is remade every day. As data: /v1/countries/SC/rivals, on Developer and up.

Measures held

Arrivals/v1/arrivals?country=SC

Spend/v1/spend?country=SC

Recovery against 2019n/aNot worked out for Seychelles yet: it needs a longer monthly history.Analyst

Forecast, next 12 monthsn/aNot worked out for Seychelles yet: it needs a longer monthly history.Intel

Market concentrationn/aNot worked out for Seychelles yet: it needs a longer monthly history.Intel

What is held for Seychelles

Measure	Frequency	Breakdown	Series	From	Latest
Arrivals	Monthly	Total	1	2023-01	2026-09
Spend	Quarterly	Total	9	1979-Q1	2026-Q2
Spend	Quarterly	Purpose	2	2007-Q1	2026-Q1
Spend	Annual	Total	8	1976	2025
Spend	Annual	Purpose	2	2007	2025

Monthly arrivals: 100.0% of months held since 2023, none missing. See every month

Get Seychelles in one call

# every arrivals month, Developer plan
curl "https://api.tourismapi.com/v1/arrivals?country=SC" \
  -H "X-API-Key: $TOURISM_API_KEY"

# the whole country in one file, Intel plan
curl -o sc.csv "https://api.tourismapi.com/v1/bulk/SC.csv" \
  -H "X-API-Key: $TOURISM_API_KEY"

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