Tourist arrivals crossed the 150,000 mark in November 2023, recording the highest tourist arrivals for the year so far.
According to Sri Lanka’s Tourism Ministry, a total of 151,496 tourist arrivals were reported for the month of November.
In November, India continued to rank as the largest source market for Sri Lanka, accounting for 20 per cent of the arrivals, while Russia ranked as the second largest, bringing in 16 per cent of the tourists.
In third place was Germany, which accounted for 8 per cent of the total arrivals for the month.
The other key source markets for tourist arrivals for the month included the United Kingdom, Australia, China, the United States and France.
With the tourist arrivals reported for November 2023, Sri Lanka’s total tourist arrivals for the first 11 months of the year stand at 1.27 million. (NewsWire)