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Sri Lanka Tourism keeps hopes as April arrivals show drop
06 May, 2019
Sri Lanka Tourism today said that it was still hopeful that the industry will get back on its feet following the Easter Sunday attacks as official April arrivals figures showed a drop.
The total number of international tourist arrivals to Sri Lanka during April 2019 was 166,975.
In comparison to April last year, there was a decline of 7.5% where the arrivals were 180,429 which is estimated to be a direct consequence of Easter Sunday Attacks took place on 21st of April.
Last month, the largest source markets for tourists were United Kingdom, followed by India and Germany.
As of 30th April, 907,575 of tourists had visited Sri Lanka which is a 2.2% growth compared to the year 2018 where 888,353 tourists had visited the country during the same period.
The Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority said it was positive that the Tourism industry could be revived back to normal in the coming weeks despite the current situation. (Colombo Gazette)
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