The tourist arrivals to Sri Lanka crossed the 38,000 mark in the first week of December, the provisional data from the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA) showed.
From December 1 to 7, the island nation welcomed a total of 38,046 international visitors. When compared with the first seven days of November, which recorded the highest number of tourist arrivals since the outbreak of the pandemic in March 2022, a marginal dip of 1.1 percent is seen.
Accordingly, the daily arrival average stands at 5,435, realising 15 percent of the target set for December.