Tourist arrival crossed the 100,000 mark within the first two weeks of January, recording a Year-on-Year (YoY) increase of 22 percent.
Provisional data from the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA) showed that the island nation welcomed a total of 112, 415 international visitors.
While the daily arrival average currently stands at 8,029, the weekly average is about 56,207.
India stands as the largest tourist traffic generator, accounting for 17.2 percent of the total tourist arrivals. In second place is the Russian Federation that contributed to 15.3 percent of the total tourist arrivals. While the United Kingdom ranks as the third largest source for Sri Lanka tourism, bringing in 8.2 percent of the total arrivals, Germany follows closely behind, accounting for 6.6 percent of the arrivals.
Other key markets include Australia, France, China, United States, Netherlands, and Poland.
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