TOURIST ARRIVALS BY COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE

JANUARY
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
Singapore

2013 2014 +
% Cha
5,644
6,909
22.4
2,724
3,070
12.7
2,920
3,839
31.5
252
39,283
1,640
652
1,380
6,312
2,015
2,196
633
316
1,847
1,708
11,350
7,893
1,341
15,183
5,586
5,309
994
1,269
2,025
575
219
356
6,235
2,274
252
756
613
444
1,896
13,200
3,328
1,872
1,258
1,613
997

386
46,301
1,652
723
1,700
8,430
1,958
2,497
739
604
2,242
1,827
12,896
9,211
1,822
24,837
10,700
6,424
1,323
2,193
4,197
875
302
573
6,842
2,283
383
896
497
936
1,847
25,823
10,779
2,859
2,059
809
1,191

53.2
17.9
0.7
10.9
23.2
33.6
-2.8
13.7
16.7
91.1
21.4
7.0
13.6
16.7
35.9
63.6
91.6
21.0
33.1
72.8
107.3
52.2
37.9
61.0
9.7
0.4
52.0
18.5
-18.9
110.8
-2.6
95.6
223.9
52.7
63.7
-49.8
19.5

Thailand
Korea(South)
Others
SOUTH ASIA
India
Maldives
Pakistan
Bangladesh
Others
AUSTRALASIA
Australia
New Zealand
Others
TOTAL
** Includes Hong Kong and Macau

742
1,429
1,961
24,774
16,938
5,185
1,709
700
242
5,397
4,860
525
12
110,543

668
1,807
5,651
28,392
17,886
7,024
2,351
746
385
6,210
5,535
659
16
146,575

-10.0
26.5
188.2
14.6
5.6
35.5
37.6
6.6
59.1
15.1
13.9
25.5
33.3
32.6

+ Provisional

Monthly Bulletin, Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority - January 2014