ECONOMYNEXT – China remains Sri Lanka’s fastest growing tourism market with the number of visitors up 31.5% to 16,004 in May 2016 from a year ago, tourism office statistics show.
The number of Chinese tourists visiting the island, including those from Hong Kong, were up 42.7% to 112,890 in the five months to may 2016 from the same period last year, the fastest growth of all tourism markets.
Total tourist arrivals rose 10.1% in May 2016 from the year before with arrivals up 18.4% in the January-May period.
India remains the biggest source of visitors, up 7.9% to 34,259 in May 2016 from a year ago and up 21.9% in the five months to May.
Arrivals from traditional markets like the United Kingdom, Germany and France also showed double-digit growth rates in the five month period but visitors from Russia fell.
The number of Chinese tourists visiting the island, including those from Hong Kong, were up 42.7% to 112,890 in the five months to may 2016 from the same period last year, the fastest growth of all tourism markets.
Total tourist arrivals rose 10.1% in May 2016 from the year before with arrivals up 18.4% in the January-May period.
India remains the biggest source of visitors, up 7.9% to 34,259 in May 2016 from a year ago and up 21.9% in the five months to May.
Arrivals from traditional markets like the United Kingdom, Germany and France also showed double-digit growth rates in the five month period but visitors from Russia fell.
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