Almost two hundred thousand foreign tourists visit Sri Lanka in August 2025

2025-09-01 08:51:11

(MENAFN) Sri Lanka welcomed nearly 200,000 foreign visitors in August 2025, according to reports from local tourism authorities.

The 198,235 arrivals represented a 20.4 percent rise compared with the same month last year. From January to August, the island nation recorded a total of 1,566,523 international arrivals. India, the United Kingdom, Russia, Germany, and China were the leading sources of tourists during this period.

Tourism, a vital contributor to Sri Lanka’s foreign exchange earnings, generated over 2 billion U.S. dollars in the first seven months of 2025, according to data from the Central Bank of Sri Lanka.

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