ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka received almost 1.8 million tourists in 2015, up 17.8 percent from the previous year, with India the main origin but Chinese visitors showing the strongest growth supported by traditional European markets.
December arrivals grew 15.4 percent to 206,114 from a year ago, on the back of a 20 percent rise in November, bringing total annual arrivals to 1,798,380, according to provisional statistics from the tourism office.
Indian arrivals grew 30.3 percent to 316,247 in 2015 from the year before, with the number of visitors in December rising 35.5 percent to 35,437.
China was the next biggest origin for visitors to the island, with arrivals in 2015 surging 67.6 percent to 214,783, including those from Hong Kong and Macau.
Chinese arrivals grew 52.3 percent to 15,843 in December 2015 from a year ago, the data showed.
The number of visitors from traditional Western European markets grew 15.3 percent to 552,442 in 2015 from the year before.
Arrivals from the United Kingdom rose 12.3 percent to 161,845 in 2015, with December arrivals up 17.3 percent to 18,762 while the number of visitors from Germany rose 12.5 percent to 115,868.
But arrivals from Eastern Europe fell, owing to political and currency problems, with visitors from Russia down 11.3 percent to 61,846 in 2015 from the previous year.
December arrivals grew 15.4 percent to 206,114 from a year ago, on the back of a 20 percent rise in November, bringing total annual arrivals to 1,798,380, according to provisional statistics from the tourism office.
Indian arrivals grew 30.3 percent to 316,247 in 2015 from the year before, with the number of visitors in December rising 35.5 percent to 35,437.
China was the next biggest origin for visitors to the island, with arrivals in 2015 surging 67.6 percent to 214,783, including those from Hong Kong and Macau.
Chinese arrivals grew 52.3 percent to 15,843 in December 2015 from a year ago, the data showed.
The number of visitors from traditional Western European markets grew 15.3 percent to 552,442 in 2015 from the year before.
Arrivals from the United Kingdom rose 12.3 percent to 161,845 in 2015, with December arrivals up 17.3 percent to 18,762 while the number of visitors from Germany rose 12.5 percent to 115,868.
But arrivals from Eastern Europe fell, owing to political and currency problems, with visitors from Russia down 11.3 percent to 61,846 in 2015 from the previous year.
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