Tourist arrivals fall below 100,000 for first time in 2023

1 June 2023 02:00 pm Views - 357

Tourist arrivals to Sri Lanka fell below the 100,000 mark for the first time this year, with the month of May welcoming a total of 83, 309 international visitors.

Accordingly, the cumulative tourist arrivals for 1 January to 31 May reached 524, 486, provisional data from the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA) showed.

The top three tourist traffic generators to Sri Lanka during May were: India, the Russian Federation, and Germany.