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With a population of almost 1.29 million, you would expect Mauritius to feel crowded, but it doesn’t. Although the main towns are frequently teeming with pedestrians and the roads jammed with cars, deserted areas of beach and forest are easy to find.

The population is overwhelmingly young with about 22% being under 15 years of age and only 7.5% over 65. In 2012, life expectancy at birth was 71.25 years for a man and 78.35 years for a woman.

In the enthusiastic prose of the MTPA, ‘the people are unique for their sheer diversity – Indians, Africans, Europeans, Chinese and an intoxicating range of mixtures’.

It is potentially an explosive mixture, although few tensions are apparent to the visitor. Instead there is an admirable respect for the beliefs and lifestyles of others.

Mauritians are usually delighted to speak to visitors, although the stranger may have to start up the conversation. The ethnic diversity means that, unless dressed like a typical tourist, you won’t stand out and can wander around without being the object of curiosity outside the tourist areas. If people approach to talk to you, it will probably be a genuine offer of help or hospitality, rather than a sales ploy.

Since all Mauritians are descended from immigrants (many have grandparents who were born in another country), the ethnic groups are distinctive in appearance, religion and language, although the distinctions are getting blurred and the many ethnic labels have now been whittled down to the General Population, the Indo-Mauritians and the Sino-Mauritians.

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