Sri Lanka 2025 tourist arrivals up 17.5-pct to March 26
- CNL Reporter
- March 31, 2025
- Travel and Tourism
- 2025 tourist arrivals, Sri Lanka
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Sri Lanka’s tourist arrivals grew 23.2 percent to 191,982 in the first 26 days of March 2025, from a year ago, data from the tourism promotion office showed.Year-to-date arrivals were up 17.6 percent to 684,960, Sri Lanka Tourist Board data showed.
India was the top source of tourists with 32,879 (17.1 percent share), followed by the Russian Federation at 25,869 (13.5 percent share) and the UK at 17,453 (9.1 percent share).
Germany was the fourth biggest market at 15,864 (8.3 percent), France 13,651 (7.0 percent0 and China was next with 8,869 (4.6 percent).
Up to March 26, India was also the largest source of tourists at 111,982, followed by Russian Federation (90,2550 and the UK (64,711).
