Sri Lanka’s tourist arrivals grew 21 percent from a year ago to 252,761 in January 2025, with India and Russia top source markets, data from the state tourism promotion office showed.
Sri Lanka welcomed 43,375 tourists from India with a share of 17.2 percent, 34,096 from Russia making up 13.5 percent and 21,730 from UK, or 8.6 percent.
Chinese visitors were 16,709, making up 6.6 percent, Germans were 15,050 or 6.0 percent and French visitors were 12,619, contributing 5.0 percent.
Sri Lanka tourist sector is recovering from an economic and online visa crisis, after private companies were awarded the contract to issue online visas with multiple fees in controversial circumstances.
Sri Lankas tourist arrivals fell from 2,33 million to 2.05 million as a result in 2024. (Colombo/Feb05/2025)
