Latest data highlights that as at 31st August 2018, 1,582,835 tourists had visited Sri Lanka for this year which is a 12.5% growth over last year when 1,406,854 tourists had visited the country during the same period. Further a total number of international tourist arrivals to Sri Lanka during August 2018 was 200,359, compared to 190,928 in August last year, at a growth of 4.9%. During the month, the largest source market for tourists is India, followed by China and United Kingdom. Almost 99% of tourists travelled by air to Sri Lanka.
Asia and Pacific had continued to be the largest source of tourist traffic to Sri Lanka with 47% of the total traffic received in August 2018. Europe accounted for 41% of the total traffic, Middle East 6%, America 5% and Africa 0.5%. India, China, United Kingdom, France and Germany were Sri Lanka’s top five international tourist generating markets in the month of August this year. India was the largest source of tourist traffic to Sri Lanka with 16% of the total traffic received in August 2018. China accounted for 13% of the total traffic, while United Kingdom, France and Germany accounted for 12%, 6% and 5% respectively.
