Sri Lanka’s tourism earnings surge by 56% compared to 2023

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The latest statistics of Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority revealed a total of 1,804,873 tourist arrivals so far this year, bringing the count much closer to the target of 2.3 million tourist arrivals set for 2024.

The recent report revealed 184,158 tourist arrivals in the country between November 01 and 30. During the third week of last month, 42,376 tourist arrivals were recorded as the highest number of arrivals.

The highest number of tourists arrived from India, with a total of 41,120 Indian tourists touching down in Sri Lanka while the Russian Federation had the second highest number of tourist arrivals, with a total of 29,053 arrivals.

Gang members killed at least 60 people on Friday and 50 on Saturday using machetes and knives, it said.