Over 13,000 tourist arrivals in September

COLOMBO (News 1st); September has marked a remarkable increase in tourist inflow, the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Board Statistics states. Accordingly, the highest number of tourist arrivals within 2021 were marked in September, with 13,547 tourists visiting Sri Lanka as opposed to the previous month, August, of 5,040 tourists. The total number of tourists who visited Sri Lanka during several instances the country was reopened during the first few months of 2021 was 37,924. This adds up to 35% of the total number of tourist arrivals taking place within only the past month. Meanwhile, the Chairman of the Civil Aviation Authority Upul Dharmadasa previously said that 400,000 tourists are expected to arrive in the country by November and December.