Tourist arrivals cross half a million mark

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Arrivals during Sept. 1-11 period cross 10, 000 mark

Tourist arrivals to Sri Lanka for the first eleven days of September have crossed the 10,000 mark, indicating a slow but steady increase in the number of visitors entering the country.

Provisional data by the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA) showed that for the 1 – 11 September period a total of 10,796 tourists arrived in Sri Lanka.

With the September arrivals so far, the cumulative arrivals for the year have reached 507,226.
The daily arrival rate for the said period is 979 tourists per day.

The top three source markets during the period under review were, India (21 percent), the United Kingdom (11 percent), and Australia (8 percent). The three countries accounted for 2,228. 1,183, and 817 visitors.

Other notable markets include Germany and Canada. Industry stakeholders are optimistic in the number of tourist arrivals to the island nation increasing going forward with several tourist traffic generating markets having relaxed the travel advisories that were issued against visiting Sri Lanka.

At present, Sri Lanka is placed under Level 2 advisory, which is ‘exercise increased caution’ when visiting. The risk level has been lowered for the country following the improvement in the ground situation.

With Sri Lanka a step away from being catagorised under Level 1 advisory, which is ‘exercise normal precaution’, tourism sector stakeholders remain upbeat about the upcoming winter season.

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Jude Tuesday, 13 September 2022 08:37 AM

Most indians coming here NOT tourists they are mostly smugglers!! Yeah!!

Truth under carpet Tuesday, 13 September 2022 10:49 AM

How these authorities are fooling Sri Lankans! Most of those arrived are not foreigners, they are Ceylon origins and migrated to those mentioned countries, and holding passports of respective countries. Since they did not obtain dual citizenship, they come on tourist visa to meet their relatives. This is the naked truth. Now, I wonder how tourism industries would bloom by these people who are visiting their families in SL? Stop giving false info to poor Lankans, and a country cannot develop by driving citizens by fooling them, finally all will be fooled.

Sanjeeva Fernando Tuesday, 13 September 2022 01:39 PM

They are counting Sri Lankans with foreign passports as tourists. These people are not tourists they are staying with family.

DW Tuesday, 13 September 2022 01:46 PM

Most Indian tourists are wealthy people and make a good contribution to SL. It is wrong to say they are smugglers.

Cugan Tuesday, 13 September 2022 01:58 PM

Lot of my friends and families comes on tourists visa

Jacintha Fernando Tuesday, 13 September 2022 02:57 PM

Yes. Many Sri Lankans with foreign passports visited to see their families after a long break due to COVID.

Be Fair Tuesday, 13 September 2022 03:58 PM

And miraculasly the 1m mark in December

Hail Hitler Wednesday, 14 September 2022 07:48 AM

They have all come to have a glimpse of a modern concentration camp! Curiosity has no bounds!!!

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