Sri Lanka, Jan. 31 -- Tops 210,000 in 26 days:

Daily arrivals average 7,500:

Sri Lanka Tourism recorded a major milestone in the first 26 days of 2025 by attracting 212,838 visitors. This number surpasses the total arrival figure of January 2024 which was 208,253.

The first 26 days arrival mark also betters monthly income figures from February to June and also September and October last year.

The country also averaged around 7,500 daily arrivals in January 2025.

With free visa on arrival, good connectivity with short flying time India was the best tourism source market for Sri Lanka with 37,383 arrivals. This was 17.6% of the total number of arrivals.

The Russian Federation was second (29,266-13.8%) while the United Kingdom (18,036-...