Sri Lanka is expecting 1.55 million tourists in 2023 led by visitors from India, Chairman of Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority Priyantha Fernando said.

“We are targeting almost 260,000 India arrivals this year,” Fernando told EconomyNext. “With the Chinese traffic opening up of this month there will be further increases.

“We are expecting 1.55 million tourist’s arrivals this year it is quiet promising. We ended with of 102,545 tourists in the month of January 2023.”

In the first week of February 2023, Sri Lanka had received 18,000 tourists, he said.

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