The latest data of Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA) revealed an overall of 1,804,873 traveler arrivals up until now this year, bringing the count much closer to the target of 2.3 million traveler arrivals set for 2024.
The recent report revealed 184,158 tourist arrivals in the country in between November 01 and 30.
Throughout the 3rd week of last month, 42,376 traveler arrivals were taped as the greatest number of arrivals.The greatest variety of tourists gotten here from India, with a total of 41,120 Indian tourists touching down in Sri Lanka while the Russian Federation had the 2nd greatest number of traveler arrivals, with a total of 29,053 arrivals.Meanwhile, the Central Bank of Sri Lankas (CBSL) financial indication report revealed that the tourism revenues have actually increased as much as USD 272.9 million this November, compared to last years November revenues of USD 205.3 million.Overall, the tourism earnings from January to November for 2024 is USD 2.8 billion, suggesting a 56% boost compared to last years incomes of USD 1.7 billion between January and November.In the meantime, Sri Lankas foreign remittances from migrant workers deposited in November this year has totaled up to USD 530.1 million, marking an enhancement compared to the USD 517.4 million figure recorded in October.The CBSL reported that workers remittances tape-recorded in August 2024 show a boost of USD 425 million compared to the very same duration last year.In 2023, workers remittances amounted to USD 5.39 billion from January to November.In contrast, foreign remittances tape-recorded from January to November 2024 stands at USD 5.96 billion.Accordingly, the cumulative influx of foreign remittances from January to November this year shows a year-on-year development of 10.4%.