Tourist arrivals in first week of November top 12k

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Russia ranks as largest source market
India pushed to second place, while UK remains in third place
Arrivals for January 1 to November 7 total 580, 689

November has kicked off with significant improvement in tourist arrivals as the first seven days of the month saw over 12, 000 international visitors entering the country.

Provisional data from Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA) showed that for the first week of November a total of 12, 431 tourists visited the country.

This brings the total number of tourist arrivals for the January 1 to November 7 period to 580,689.

November kick-started with the Russian Federation ranking as the largest source market for destination Sri Lanka, a position enjoyed by India for several months straight. Russia accounted for 27 percent of the total tourist traffic for the first week of November.

Emerging as the second largest source market was India, contributing to 15 percent of the total arrivals, whereas the United Kingdom ranked as the third largest tourist traffic generator, accounting for 8 percent of the total arrivals.

The hike in arrivals from the Russian Federation is due to Aeroflot, the flag carrier of Russia, and Azur Air, the largest charter airline of Russia, resuming flights to Colombo.

Several other airlines, including Air France, too resumed services to Colombo, which will augur well for the hard-hit industry. The highest number of arrivals is expected from the third week of November with Sri Lanka gearing up to welcome and host FIFA Football World Cup spectators in-between matches of the football World Cup.

The island nation has officially launched the FIFA Fan Zone Sri Lanka in Negombo and industry stakeholders have started to aggressively promote attractive packages to lure a section of the crowd from Qatar during the duration of the World Cup.

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Suhada malli Wednesday, 09 November 2022 08:40 AM

Improve first impression at airport. start with having regulated standardized taxis coming in a queue to pick passengers.

D P P Prasad Wednesday, 09 November 2022 09:01 AM

As l believe that the more arrivals of tourists will lead to the upliftment of the tourism sector. Thus the persons such as hotel owners , guides , the drivers who are engaged in the tourism industry can earn something for their existence

K.L Pathirana Wednesday, 09 November 2022 11:05 AM

Are they no other place to go Russians ? or Ukrainian's ? In either case we're fully prepared to video tape the morning food fights !

Sam Wednesday, 09 November 2022 01:43 PM

The travelers should be charged extra or double the fare when travelling on public transport. Itis well known, these guys coming with few dollars and eating into the local's pie was the habit of most of the low budget travelers.

Eper Wednesday, 09 November 2022 06:34 PM

As winter is approaching and we are covid safe,please take this opportunity n give a dedicated service to the tourism industry.Also due support should be given to the foreign employment and export sectors.Most importantly the audit commission and independent judiciary is compulsory

Nagarajan Rubyka Friday, 11 November 2022 09:54 AM

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