Sri Lanka has recorded over 25,000 tourist arrivals within the first 4 days of year, according to the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA).
Accordingly, a total of 25,619 tourist arrivals were recorded from 01 – 04 January, out of which 5,060 were identified as Russian nationals, while 3,333 were identified as Indian nationals.
While a majority of the tourists were identified as Russian and Indian nationals, Germans, Americans, British, Australians, Chinese, French and the Dutch tourists, too, were amongst those arrivals.
Sri Lanka barely missed its target of 1.5 million tourist arrivals in 2023, having recorded a total of 1,487,303 tourist arrivals. However, as per the SLTDA, they expect to see 2.3 million tourist arrivals within this year.
