Tourist arrivals to Sri Lanka is expected to exceed 600,000 for 2010 today, af
ter the month of November recorded an all time high for tourist arrivals during a single month, Chairman of Sri Lanka Tourism Dr. Nalaka Godahewa said.A record 72,254 tourists visited Sri Lanka in the month of November which brought the total number of arrivals for the year 2010 up to 568,000 at the end of the month. Today that number is expected to exceed 600,000 while Dr. Godahewa said that he hoped to greet the 600,000thvisitor for 2010 at the airport today. The tourist is expected to arrive on a flight from London at 3.30 p.m.
Reuters reported last month that Sri Lanka’s tourism revenue hit an all time high for the first ten months in 2010 recording an increase of 61.8% and earning a total of $437.9 million. Sri Lanka also saw an increase of 39% in tourist arrivals for the year as it has continued to rise every month since the end of the war in May 2009.The previous record for tourism earnings was $416.8 million which was set in 2004 during the ceasefire agreement between the government and the LTTE.
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November records highest number of tourists arriving in Sri Lanka in a month and 600,000th visitor for 2010 is already here!
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