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Tourist arrivals to the country for the whole month of October crossed the 40,000 mark.

After the month of September having welcomed the lowest number of international travelers for the year so far, the 1 to 31 October period saw 42,062 tourists enter the country, provisional data from the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA) showed.

With October arrivals, Sri Lanka has opened its doors to a total of 568,258 tourists since January.


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  • Sokrates Tuesday, 01 November 2022 04:12 PM

    If a democratic government that respects human rights were in power, there could be many more tourists.

    Klaus kiontke Tuesday, 01 November 2022 04:44 PM

    Die Frage ist wer kommt als Tourist nach Sri Lanka, was ich sehe ist nicht die Elite und die Leute mit Geld aus westlichen Ländern. War gestern in Bento, all Hotels leer. War in Negombe das selbe. 3 Gäste im Heritage Hotel davon wir 2.

    Cugan Tuesday, 01 November 2022 04:44 PM

    Most of them are not tourists though ,open up the Pallali air port pls

    Tissa Fernando Tuesday, 01 November 2022 05:43 PM

    The objective of tomorrow's mass protest is to reduce this tourist arrival number to less than 5000. These bastards cannot stand ant positive development.

    Terrence Tuesday, 01 November 2022 05:51 PM

    @Klaus Kiontke you are trying to express something which the general readership doesn't understand I presume the language maybe German. For the benefit of those readers it is better to obtain a translation and get it published which the DM management will oblige

    Kandy Wednesday, 02 November 2022 10:31 AM

    The numbers do not tell the real story. These numbers consist of the Sri Lankan origin citizens of other countries visiting SL too. However, the outside world scenario does not reflect

    tilak Wednesday, 02 November 2022 02:49 PM

    so todays protest is aimed at reversing this so that SJB and JVP have something to talk about at the next election campaign


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