Tourist arrivals exceed 84k in first three weeks of March

Accordingly, the cumulative tourist arrivals for January 01 to March 21 stand at 294,769.
The daily arrival average for the month of March has improved to 4,027. 

The increase in arrivals in the second week is due to the arrival of 250 female athletes from France to participate in the adventure trail Raid Amazones 2023. The group, along with officials and crew, arrived in the island nation on March 20.

Ranking third and taking over the position of the United Kingdom is Germany, which contributed to 8 percent of the arrivals. 

<p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1rem; color: rgb(33, 37, 41); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, " segoe="" ui",="" roboto,="" "helvetica="" neue",="" arial,="" "noto="" sans",="" sans-serif,="" "apple="" color="" emoji",="" "segoe="" ui="" symbol",="" emoji";="" font-size:="" 16px;"="">China has moved up in Sri Lanka’s list of top source markets. It is now among the top 10 tourist traffic generators and stands at the ninth position. Just last week, China was in the 13th position.