Minister of Tourism Harin Fernando states that 701,331 tourists visited Sri Lanka between January 2022 and December 26, 2022.

The minister pointed out that the government expects tourist arrivals to hit 720,000 in total by the end of 2022.

The number of tourist arrivals in the year 2021 stood at 194,495.

According to the summary report on tourist arrivals this year, a total of 73,314 tourists have visited Sri Lanka just within this month, as of December 26.

The Tourism Minister further stated that a considerable number of tourists are scheduled to visit Sri Lanka in the months of January and February next year.