According to the latest data released by the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA) the tourism arrivals in November 2019 have increased to 176,587 from 118,743 in October 2019, recording the highest number of tourist arrivals, since the Easter bombings in April.

But in comparison to November last year, there was a decline of 09.5% when the arrivals were 195,582.

Sri Lanka saw a sharp 70.8 percent YoY decline in tourist arrivals in May, following the attacks. However, since then, the arrivals have recovered steadily, narrowing the YoY decline to 57 percent in June, 46.9 percent in July, 28.3 percent in August and 27.2 percent in September, 22.2 percent in October and 9.5 in November.

As at 31 November 2019, 1,672,039 of tourists had visited Sri Lanka for this year. It is a decline of 19.6% over last year when 2,080,627 of tourists has visited the country during the same period.