Tourist arrivals grew by 25.2 per cent in July 2014 followed by 13.8 per cent growth in August 2014 to 140,319 tourists from 123,269 in the corresponding month of 2013. India, UK, China, Germany and France were the top five sources of tourist arrivals accounting for 47.6 per cent of total arrivals in August 2014, a Central Bank release said.
Earnings from tourism have increased by 22.2 per cent to US dollars 202.7 million in August 2014 compared to US dollars 165.9 million in August 2013.
Meanwhile, in cumulative terms tourist arrivals recorded a growth of 23.1 per cent during the year to August 2014 while earnings from tourism soared by 32.1 per cent to US dollars 1,447.2 million during the period.
Meanwhile workers’ remittances grew by 15.2 per cent to US dollars 606.7 million in July 2014 compared to US dollars 526.6 million in the corresponding period of 2013.
Meanwhile, cumulative inflows of workers’ remittances rose to US dollars 3,966.6 million during the first seven months of 2014 from a corresponding figure of US dollars 3,565.6 million during the same period of 2013, resulting in a growth of 11.2 per cent.
Source : http://www.dailynews.lk/?q=business/tourist-arrivals-earnings
Sri Lanka Travel Feneteko