Tourists
Sri Lanka recorded 118,010 tourist arrivals from September 1 to 29
Aruna Shantha
03-Oct-2024 01:22:20
From September 1 to 29, 2024 Sri Lanka attracted a total of 1,480,678 and with a daily average arrival mark of around 4,000 per day the country passed last year�s total number,
The total number of arrivals by October 1, 2024 surpassed the entire number of visitors recorded in 2023 which was 1,487,303 ( 1.4 million ).
Sri Lanka recorded 118,010 tourist arrivals from September 1 to 29, 2024 marinating the 100,000 plus arrival mark every month in 2024. The best month was in 2024 February where Lanka attracted 218,350 arrivals registering a 102.8% growth over 2023 February which had 107,639 visitors.
With peaceful elections and the re-introduction of the ETA visa system as against the controversial VFS visa system and also free visa on arrival for 7 countries Sri Lanka Tourism expects to mark 2024 as the best year for tourism over running the 2,333,796 arrival mark which was registered in 2018.
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