Over 63,835 tourists arrivals upto April  

[May 12 2011]

<P>By shirajiv Sirimanne





<P>April 2011 saw yet another surge in tourist arrivals with  overall arrivals up to April reaching 63,835. This was at 38,300 last  year which is over a 40 percent increase as agaist the corresponding  period last year. 


<P>In  the period under review, the closest neighbor India has generated  52,181  visitors to Sri Lanka with a 90% increase for April mainly due to  vacation period. this was followed by traditional markets UK ( 37022),  Germany ( 20,928) and France ( 19,577). Healthy growth was also reported  from Middle East, Eastern Europe, Scandinavia, and North America .