As of January 21, the island nation of Sri Lanka is open to tourists from all countries. Both of the country’s international airports reopened on the same day.

When Covid-19 forced the world’s nations to close their borders in 2020, Sri Lanka was only just starting to recover from the Easter bombings of 2019. Now, as it reopens to international ...

By November, Sri Lanka had already welcomed 1.3 million tourists, with India as the top contributor with nearly 260,000 arrivals, followed by Russia with 168,000 tourists, based on the latest ...

Tourism is Sri Lanka’s third-largest source of foreign exchange. On average, a tourist spends $181 daily, according to government data. Suranga Silva, a professor in tourism economics at the ...

Sri Lanka Tourism shared impressive winter peak season results, with international arrivals reaching 665,295 by March 23, 2025—a marked increase compared to the previous year. These figures illustrate ...

Sri Lanka earned $1.5 billion from tourism in the first six months of 2024, up from $875 million dollars during the same period last year, according to the central bank.

Context of Sri Lanka’s tourism performance This Insight follows on Verité’s previous Insight published in April 2014: Sri Lanka Tourism: What got us here, won’t get us there.

Sri Lanka earned US$1.3 billion (S$1.78 billion) from tourism in the first eight months of 2023, up from US$833 million dollars during the same period in 2022, according to the central bank ...

Sri Lanka's cabinet approved issuing free tourist visas to visitors from 35 countries including China, India and Russia, a top official said on Thursday, in an effort to boost tourism and help ...