Sri Lanka tourist arrivals up 18.5-pct in May with Bangladesh among top 5

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s tourist arrivals increased 18.5 percent from a year ago to 132,919 in May 2025, with most visitors coming from India and Bangladesh becoming the fourth largest market, data from the island’s tourism promotion office showed.

Tourist arrivals in Sri Lanka up to May 2025 were 1,029,000, up 14.8 percent from a year earlier. There were 47,001 visitors from India in May 2025, making up 35.4 percent of total arrivals, followed by the UK with 9,221 which made up 6.9 percent of arrivals…..| read more on Economy Next