Sri Lanka’s tourist arrivals were down 22.5%  from a year earlier to 118,743 in October 2019, recovering from a fall of 70% in May after Easter Sunday blasts in April spooked visitors and triggered travel bans.

According to the latest data released by the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA) As at 31st October 2019, 1,495,055 of tourists had visited Sri Lanka for this year.

It is a decline of 20.7% over last year when 1,885,045 of tourists has visited the country during the same period.

Asia and Pacific became the largest source of tourist traffic to Sri Lanka with 56% of the total traffic received in October 2019. Europe accounted for 37% of the total traffic, America 5%, Middle East 2% and Africa 0.5%.

India, China, United Kingdom, Germany and Russia were Sri Lanka’s top five international tourist generating markets in the month of October this year.

India was the largest source of tourist traffic to Sri Lanka with 28% of the total traffic received in October 2019.

China accounted for 10% of the total traffic; while United Kingdom, Germany and Russia accounted for 7%, 7% and 5% respectively.