TOURIST ARRIVALS BY COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE

Country of Residence
NORTH AMERICA
Canada
U.S.A.
LATIN AMERICA &
THE CARIBBEAN
WESTERN EUROPE
Austria
Belgium
Denmark
France
Netherlands
Italy
Norway
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
U.K.
Germany
Others
EASTERN EUROPE
Russia
Ukraine
Czech Republic
Poland
Others
AFRICA
South Africa
Others
MIDDLE EAST
Saudi Arabia
UAE
Isreal
Kuwait
Oman
Others
EAST ASIA
China(P.R.) **
Japan
Malaysia
Philippines
Indonesia
Singapore
Thailand
Korea(South)
Others
SOUTH ASIA
India
Maldives
Pakistan
Bangladesh
Others
AUSTRALASIA
Australia
New Zealand
Others
TOTAL

MARCH
2013

JAN-MAR
% Cha

2013

2014

% Cha

5,772
2,512
3,260

6,042
2,641
3,401

4.7
5.1
4.3

16,651
7,579
9,072

18,440
8,320
10,120

10.7
9.8
11.6

269
42,891
1,197
917
1,067
7,248
1,497
1,484
577
679
1,034
1,684
13,590
10,384
1,533
12,513
4,826
3,632
1,148
1,138
1,769
541
296
245
5,580
1,346
425
1,084
427
336
1,962
15,162
3,018
2,472
1,516
967
2,989
1,166
876
1,349
809
25,799
15,281
7,304
2,134
856
224
4,681
4,209
448
24

350
44,824
1,482
817
821
9,266
1,540
1,592
474
564
1,073
1,419
11,823
12,448
1,505
18,657
8,948
3,311
1,464
1,903
3,031
873
299
574
6,629
2,672
767
429
464
518
1,779
21,751
7,700
3,800
2,301
951
3,223
1,151
771
1,033
821
29,907
18,734
7,419
2,500
894
360
4,015
3,564
423
28

30.1
4.5
23.8
-10.9
-23.1
27.8
2.9
7.3
-17.9
-16.9
3.8
-15.7
-13.0
19.9
-1.8
49.1
85.4
-8.8
27.5
67.2
71.3
61.4
1.0
134.3
18.8
98.5
80.5
-60.4
8.7
54.2
-9.3
43.5
155.1
53.7
51.8
-1.7
7.8
-1.3
-12.0
-23.4
1.5
15.9
22.6
1.6
17.2
4.4
60.7
-14.2
-15.3
-5.6
16.7

770
127,655
4,727
2,528
3,974
21,813
5,337
5,335
1,793
1,368
4,532
5,446
38,544
28,105
4,153
42,442
15,477
13,597
3,723
3,978
5,667
1,600
754
846
16,027
4,272
847
2,739
1,858
1,127
5,184
47,461
12,642
7,486
5,192
3,678
6,628
3,432
2,463
3,354
2,586
71,710
46,648
17,058
5,173
2,214
617
13,403
12,098
1,262
43

1,109
143,760
5,220
2,567
4,393
28,313
5,564
6,266
2,024
1,752
5,314
5,490
39,035
32,964
4,858
66,421
29,371
14,640
4,783
6,354
11,273
2,493
860
1,633
18,390
5,846
1,415
2,377
1,877
2,036
4,839
72,639
28,798
10,009
6,116
2,468
12,606
3,288
2,458
4,103
2,793
84,278
54,154
19,992
6,617
2,518
997
13,971
12,467
1,434
70

44.0
12.6
10.4
1.5
10.5
29.8
4.3
17.5
12.9
28.1
17.3
0.8
1.3
17.3
17.0
56.5
89.8
7.7
28.5
59.7
98.9
55.8
14.1
93.0
14.7
36.8
67.1
-13.2
1.0
80.7
-6.7
53.0
127.8
33.7
17.8
-32.9
90.2
-4.2
-0.2
22.3
8.0
17.5
16.1
17.2
27.9
13.7
61.6
4.2
3.1
13.6
62.8

133,048

17.5

337,719

421,501

24.8

113,208

** Includes Hong Kong and Macau

2014

+ Provisional

Monthly Bulletin, Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority - March 2014