Tourist arrivals to Sri Lanka exceed 100,000 this year

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More than 100,000 tourists have visited the country from January up to date, the Tourism Ministry said.

Accordingly, 101,872 tourists arrived from January 1 to November 28 this year and 41,177 tourists have arrived in the country from November 1 to yesterday (28).

According to the Tourism Development Authority, the highest number of tourists have arrived from India this month.

A total of 13,368 tourists have arrived in the country from India in November this year while the second highest number of tourist arrival of 3,449 reported from Russia in the last 28 days after India.

In addition, tourists have arrived from the United Kingdom, Pakistan, Germany, the Maldives, France, the United States, Canada and Australia.

The Tourism Development Authority predicts that between 150,000 and 180,000 tourists will arrive in the country by the end of this year.

The ministry said that Minister Prasanna Ranatunga is confident that the tourism industry will gradually recover by next year.(Darshana Sanjeewa Balasuriya)

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joshua Monday, 29 November 2021 02:18 PM

all these numbers do not count, when they bring covid

Karalasingam Sivalingam Monday, 29 November 2021 03:29 PM

Encouraging news. Sri Lanka should rescind all previous circulars and permit travellers' entry to Sri Lanka on PCR tests negative results. Fully vaccinated notion has fizzled out. Seize this opportunity to draw tourist from the west, since west is grappled with severe winter. Tourism our first priority. Let us not "kill the duck that lays golden eggs"

Roshanaly Monday, 29 November 2021 03:37 PM

Increase in Covid death.

N SENA Monday, 29 November 2021 10:05 PM

THIS IS AN OPENING FOR THE NEW VIRUS TO ENTER SRI LANKA THRU TOURISTS

Arnold Tuesday, 30 November 2021 08:38 AM

If the entire population is vaccinated there is nothing to worry. Tourists do not get too close to Lankans anyway. But the real worry is in the near future they might have to bring their own food and fuel cans.

VJ Tuesday, 30 November 2021 04:17 PM

This will give our government another opportunity to keep the country under lockdown. The president too is going on R

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