Visitor arrivals to Sri Lanka up 1% in Oct-2018, visitor arrivals from India down 14%

8 November, 2018

Sri Lanka's Tourism Development Authority reported (07-Nov-2018) visitor arrivals to Sri Lanka for Oct-2018. Details include:

  • Visitor arrivals: 153,123, +0.5% year-on-year;
    • India: 38,169, +3.2%;
    • China (including Hong Kong and Macau): 18,882, -13.6%;
    • UK: 17,673, +41.2%;
    • Germany: 9920, -2.6%;
    • Australia: 6912, +33.0%;
    • Maldives: 5223, +2.0%;
    • France: 4784, -6.8%;
    • US: 3714, +5.2%;
    • Netherlands: 3222, +5.8%;
    • Japan: 2831, -9.0%. [more - original PR]