Tourist arrivals down by 4.5% in December

Colombo (News 1st) - The total number of international tourist arrivals to Sri Lanka during December 2019 was 241,663. According to the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority in comparison to December 2018, there was a decline of 4.5% when the arrivals were 253,169. As at 31st December 2019, 1,913,702 of tourists had visited Sri Lanka in 2019. It is a decline of 18% over last year when 2,333,796 of tourists has visited the country during the same period.