Visitor arrivals to Sri Lanka down 28% in Aug-2019

Sri Lanka's Tourism Development Authority reported (04-Sep-2019) visitor arrivals to Sri Lanka for Aug-2019. Details include:

• Visitor arrivals: 143,587, -28.3% year-on-year;
  • India: 37,568, +17.0%;
  • UK: 14,132, -40.2%;
  • China (including Hong Kong and Macau): 9503, -64.2%;
  • Germany: 7667, -29.1%;
  • France: 7087, -35.7%;
  • Australia: 5985, -27.4%;
  • Maldives: 6880, -28.3%;
  • US: 4686,+6.3%;
  • Spain: 5782, -23.6%;
  • Canada: 4052, -25.5%. [more - original PR]