Sri Lanka yesterday welcomed the arrival of 1,500,000th tourist for 2014 at the Bandaranaike International Airport.

The name of the milestone visitor was Torence Jimmy, who along with Qupika Hedwig arrived via UL 558 Sri Lankan Airlines flight from Germany. Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau officials including Managing Director Rumy Jauffer and representatives from the travel and tourism industry extended a warm welcome – Pix by Deepa Adhikari