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Tourist arrivals in Sri Lanka surge to monthly high in November

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COLOMBO, Dec. 5 (Xinhua) -- Sri Lanka welcomed 151,496 international tourists in November, the highest monthly number of visitors it received in 2023, according to the latest data released by the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA).

This is the first time that the number of tourists to the South Asian country passed the 150,000 mark in a month after December 2019, according to the SLTDA.

Sri Lanka's cumulative tourist arrivals for the first 11 months of the year stand at 1.27 million, according to the SLTDA.

About 20 percent of the total number of tourists came from India, with other key markets including Russia, Germany, Britain, Australia, China, the United States and France, it said.

Tourism is one of Sri Lanka's top foreign revenue generators. The government waived visa fees for nationals from China, India, Indonesia, Russia, Thailand, Malaysia and Japan in late November to boost tourism in the coming season. Enditem

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