Tourism earnings of $ 696.3 million in the first four months of this year is equivalent to 61.28 per cent of the totality of tourism earnings of last year and the number of tourist arrivals at 441,117 in the first four months of this year is equivalent to 61.27 per cent of the total tourist arrival figure of last year, latest State owned Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA) statistics showed.
Tourism earnings for the whole of last year raked in a total of USD 1,136.3 million, a year on year (YoY) increase of 124.2 per cent, while arrivals in the same period increased by 270.2 per cent YoY to 719,978, C entral Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) data also showed.
Tourism earnings in the first four months of the year raked in USD 696.3 million, a YoY increase of 17.82 per cent (USD 105.3 million) Central Bank of Sri Lanka’s (CBSL’s) Thursday’s (4 May) data showed.
Tourism was Sri Lanka’s fifth largest foreign exchange (FX) earner last year (2022), according to official data.
Meanwhile, tourist arrivals in the first four months of the year (2023), YoY increased by 12.21 per cent (42,518) to 441,117 Tourism was Sri Lanka’s fifth largest FX earner last year, behind garments, remittances, IT and IT enabled services exports and tea in that descending order, respectively, according to latest CBSL and Export Development Board data.