COLOMBO, Dec. 9 (Xinhua) — Income generated by tourism in Sri Lanka from January to the top of November reached 1.8 billion U.S. {dollars}, which is a 78.3 p.c hike from the identical interval in 2022, the most recent information by the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) revealed.
The income earned from tourism elevated to 205.3 million {dollars} in November 2023, which is over twice the income in November 2022, in accordance with the most recent information.
Minister of Foreign Affairs Ali Sabry advised parliament on Thursday that the vacationer arrivals will spike in 2024 with extra airways coming into the nation.
Sri Lanka welcomed 151,496 worldwide vacationers in November, the very best month-to-month variety of guests it obtained in 2023, official information confirmed.
Sri Lanka’s cumulative vacationer arrivals for the primary 11 months of the yr stand at 1.27 million, in accordance with the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority.
Tourism is certainly one of Sri Lanka’s prime overseas income turbines. In late November, the federal government waived visa charges for nationals from China, India, Indonesia, Russia, Thailand, Malaysia, and Japan to spice up tourism within the coming season.