February Visitor Arrivals Lift Two-Month Tourism Total Above Half a Million

Sri Lanka welcomed 279,328 tourists in February, a 16.2% increase from the same month a year earlier, according to figures reported on 4 March.

The Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority’s data placed India as the largest source market for the month, with 47,679 arrivals. The United Kingdom followed with 30,788 and Russia with 23,099.

Germany, China and France also contributed sizeable visitor numbers. Together, January and February brought 556,655 tourist arrivals to the country.

For the two-month period, India accounted for 99,740 visitors, followed by the United Kingdom with 60,328 and Russia with 50,233. The figures measure arrivals and should not be treated as equivalent to tourism earnings or hotel occupancy.

Source: news.lk