Sri Lanka records highest number of tourist arrivals during a single month in November

Sri Lanka Tourism Chairman Dr. Nalaka Godahewa has said that the country had last month recorded the highest number of tourist arrivals during a single month.

A record 72,251 tourists had visited Sri Lanka in the month of November, which had brought the total number of arrivals for the year 2010 up to 569,849 at the end of the month. It is a 45.7 percent increase from last year.

Dr. Godahewa has told Reuters that tourist arrivals to Sri Lanka are expected to exceed 600,000 for 2010.