13 October 2023 08:01 pm Views - 1701
Foreign tourist walking leisurely at Independence Square in Colombo. Provisional data from the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA) shows that the number of tourists who visited Sri Lanka in the first week of October exceeded 25,000. In its weekly tourist arrivals report, SLTDA announced an expected fourth quarter (4Q23) tourist arrivals of 533,744 and expressed confidence to achieve the year's arrival target of 1.55 million. Pix by Pradeep Pathirana