Tourist arrivals up by 13.4%
Sri Lanka's tourism sector has continued to impress with February
arrivals increasing by 13.4% having included more than 11,000 visitors
to the island, the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA),
reported. Tourists and visitors from Western Europe and China showed a
double digit growth.
Reports showed Western European arrivals having risen 13.7% to 41,484
compared, to the 36,497 visitors in February 2012. Visitors from UK
showed a surge of 25.4% to 10,235, Germans increasing 13.6% to 6,738,
with visitors from France increasing to 16.4% to 5,567 and the
Netherlands having increased by 3.5% to 3,716 visitors.
Visitors from the Eastern region of Europe increased by 18.2% to
8,083, with tourist arrivals from the Middle East having increased
slightly by 3.2% to 4,077 visitors.
South Asian arrivals increased by 15.5% with 22,191 tourists recorded
to having visited the country.
In the previous year, visitors from India, only showed a 2.9% growth
due to the changes in visa enforcements, but rose by 7.0% to 15,631 this
year. Maldives showed a growth of 45.9% to 4,563 visitors.
Visitors from the region of East Asia, showed a rise of 7.6% to
10,039, while visitors from China showing an increase of 26.8% to 2,476
visitors.
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