Sri Lanka tourist arrivals up by 14.7 percent in April

Sri Lanka’s tourist arrivals rose 14.7 percent in April this year compared to the same period last year. This is revealed in data released today by the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority.

The month recorded 79,829 tourists arriving in the country compared to the 69,591arrived in April 2012.

Tourist arrivals recorded a 11.7 percent increase in the first four months of this year with 368,627tourists arriving in the island.

Overall arrivals from North America rose 14.3 percent to 19,859 this year. Arrivals from US rose 30.2 percent during the first four months of 2013.

Tourist arrivals from Western Europe reached a 12.1 percent increase in the first four months of this year as against in the same period last year.

Arrivals from South Asia up to April this year  increased by 5.3 percent with 79,880 tourists visiting the island.