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Tourism in Madagascar
Visitor arrivals at the borders and the sector indicators published by the Ministry of Tourism and Handicrafts: the monthly series, seasonality, hotels, jobs and investment.
In March 2026, Madagascar welcomed 17,844 non-resident visitors at its borders, a +14.5 % change year on year. Over 2025, the country recorded 330,909 arrivals, by air and by sea. Source: Ministry of Tourism and Handicrafts, provisional data.
Arrivals this month
17,844 visitors
March 2026, latest published month
Year-to-date total
71,190 +12.0 %
January to March 2026, against the same window a year earlier: 63,567 arrivals.
Arrivals 2025
330,909 visitors
Annual total published by the MTA
Monthly arrivals, year by year
Monthly arrivals of non-resident visitors, one line per year. The source does not publish the years 2020 to 2022. Source: MTA, provisional data.
See the monthly table
| Month | 2019 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14,944 | 10,310 | 38,754 | 30,263 | 30,469 |
| February | 20,508 | 15,206 | 31,071 | 17,722 | 22,877 |
| March | 21,304 | 13,817 | 15,910 | 15,582 | 17,844 |
| April | 24,825 | 20,932 | 20,237 | 32,483 | - |
| May | 21,011 | 18,881 | 22,349 | 29,664 | - |
| June | 23,141 | 17,170 | 19,501 | 25,043 | - |
| July | 34,229 | 25,915 | 26,243 | 35,835 | - |
| August | 27,079 | 24,551 | 28,834 | 30,341 | - |
| September | 26,396 | 24,087 | 24,487 | 31,207 | - |
| October | 32,366 | 29,944 | 28,546 | 26,367 | - |
| November | 35,162 | 28,321 | 30,223 | 24,927 | - |
| December | 25,319 | 30,718 | 30,718 | 31,475 | - |
The split by port of entry in 2025
The 2025 arrivals by port of entry, as published by the MTA. Shares are computed over the published annual total.
Air, Antananarivo
171,631 visitors
51.9 % of the total
Air, regions
118,728 visitors
35.9 % of the total
Sea and cruises
40,550 visitors
12.3 % of the total
The high season, July to September, concentrates 29.4 % of 2025 arrivals.
Hotels, jobs and investment
The tourism sector's economic indicators published by the MTA, each dated by its reference year.
Hotel room stock (2025)
34,365 rooms
The sector's cumulative room count. 4,973 rooms and 1,521 covers created in 2025.
Cumulative direct jobs (2025)
59,742 jobs
Tourism sector. 2,035 new jobs in 2025.
Investment (2025)
62.24 bn Ar
The year's investment in hotels, restaurants and travel companies.
Method and source
The figures come from the studies and statistics service of the Ministry of Tourism and Handicrafts, which publishes them as provisional, quarterly from 2026. We archive each publication, normalise the monthly and annual series and compute the year-on-year and year-to-date changes. Indicative data, not contractual.
Source: Ministry of Tourism and Handicrafts (MTA)
API access
Visitor arrivals and the hotel room stock are available as JSON, for your services and your agents.
- Visitor arrivals
GET https://api.stileex.xyz/v1/series/mg/tourist-arrivals/latest- Hotel room stock
GET https://api.stileex.xyz/v1/series/mg/hotel-rooms/latest- All series
GET https://api.stileex.xyz/v1/series/mg
Frequently asked questions
- How many visitors does Madagascar welcome?
- The latest monthly value and the published annual total are shown at the top of this page, as published by the Ministry of Tourism and Handicrafts. The data is provisional.
- What is Madagascar's tourist high season?
- July to September concentrate the strongest inflow; the exact share of the latest full year is shown on this page. Cruise calls lift sea arrivals early and late in the year.
- How many hotel rooms does the sector count?
- The sector's cumulative room count is shown on this page, as published by the MTA, with the rooms and covers created during the year.
- Is this data available via API?
- Yes. Monthly arrivals and the hotel room stock are exposed as JSON on api.stileex.xyz/v1/series/mg/tourist-arrivals/latest, for your services and your agents.