Tourist arrivals increase in November

Tourist arrivals increase in November
The number of tourist arrivals to Sri Lanka went up 63.1% to 72,251 in the month of November 2010, compared to November 2009 which was only 44,311, according to the latest figures released by the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority.
Figures showed an increase in the number of arrivals from Western Europe, South Asia, East Asia, Middle East and North America.
Tourists from Western Europe, the traditional tourist generating market, rose 61.7percent to 24,594 in November 2010. The number of visitors from the UK went up 54.5 percent to 9,788, those from France up 127.0 percent to 3,232 and from Germany up 41.6 percent to 4,862.
South Asian visitors rose to 65.2 percent to 22,091 with tourists from India up by 77.3 percent to 15,550, from Maldives up 42.0 percent to 5,091 and from Pakistan up 44.2 percent to 982.
Arrivals from Australasia went up 70.1 percent to 4,178 and from East Asia up by 69.2 percent to 7,951. Japanese visitors increased 74.9 percent to 1,420, visitors from Malaysia rose 66.9 percent to 1,893.
Visitors from Singapore rose 94.9 percent to 1,536.
Tourist arrivals in the country increased sharply from May 2009 after the restoration of peace.
Courtesy: Presidential Media Unit