Sri Lanka, July 10 -- The number of tourists arriving in Sri Lanka so far this year has surpassed 1.2 million.

The Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority announced that a total of 1,216,344 tourists have visited the island.

Furthermore, in just the first eight days of this month, 48,300 foreign tourists have arrived.

The highest number of arrivals during this period, 10,153, came from India.

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