News Date 2024/09/09
According to the most recent figures from the Sri Lanka Central Bank, Sri Lanka earned more than two billion US dollars from tourism in the first eight months of 2024.
According to Central Bank figures, Sri Lanka earned 2.17 billion dollars over the aforementioned time, a 66.1 percent increase over the same period in 2023.
The central bank statistics indicates that 1.36 million visitors arrived in the first eight months of 2024, a 50.7 percent rise in tourist arrivals during the same time, according to Xinhua news agency.
“Sri Lanka earns more than two billion dollars from tourism. ”
164,609 people arrived in August 2024, up over 20% from August 2023, according to Central Bank figures.
One of Sri Lanka’s main sources of foreign income is tourism.
According to Nalin Perera, Managing Director of the Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau, the country’s tourism officials anticipate three million international visitors by 2025.
