Sri Lanka’s tourist arrivals rose 11.6 percent for April this year to 136,367 compared to the 122,217 in April 2015,the data released by the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA) showed.
Total arrivals for the first four months of this year rose 20.0 percent to 721,185 arrivals compared to the 601,055 visited in the same period of 2015.
Arrivals from South Asia for April increased 13.4 percent to 37,312 while visitors from India increased 12.3 percent to 25,890 in April. Tourist arrivals from Pakistan declined 18 percent to 2,260.
Chinese tourists rose 37.6 percent to 18,972. Tourist arrivals from Middle East increased 5.8 percent to 5,803 visitors. Tourist arrivals from East Asia increased 22.6 percent to 29,786 visitors.
Tourist arrivals from North America increased 3.4 percent to 6,370 in April this year. Western European arrivals were up 12.2 percent to 39,243. Tourist arrivals from Germany, UK and France reached 8,065, 12,006 and 7,518 respectively. (IH)
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