Sri Lanka tourist arrivals surpasses one million in first 5 months

Sri Lanka's tourist arrivals rose 6.2 percent in May this year compared to the same period last year, surpassing one million arrivals in the first five months of 2018, the data released by the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA) showed.
 
The month recorded 129,466 tourists arriving in the country compared to the 121,891arrived in May 2017.
 
As at 31st May, 1,017,819 tourists had visited Sri Lanka for this year. It is a 14.7 percent growth over last year when 887,093 tourists had visited the country during the same period.

Excerpts from : Colombo Page