Tourism
• During the past three years, total tourist arrivals from Russia to Sri Lanka recorded an increasing trend. In 2109 Russia marked the 7th important market place for Sri Lanka Tourism by increasing 34% tourist arrivals from the Russian Federation to Sri Lanka.
• The majority of Russian tourists visited Sri Lanka on vacation.
Table 7: Tourists arrivals to Sri Lanka
|
Year |
Number of visitors |
Percentage share of total tourist arrivals to Sri Lanka |
|
2002 |
2,943 |
0.7% |
|
2003 |
3,683 |
0.7% |
|
2004 |
4,985 |
0.8% |
|
2005 |
3,704 |
0.7% |
|
2006 |
7,985 |
1.4% |
|
2007 |
13,621 |
2.7% |
|
2008 |
15,797 |
3.6% |
|
2009 |
11,834 |
2.6% |
|
2010 |
13,278 |
2.03% |
|
2011 |
21,385 |
2.5% |
|
2012 |
28,402 |
2.8% |
|
2013 |
51,235 |
4.02% |
|
2014 |
69,718 |
4.56% |
|
2015 |
61,846 |
3.43% |
|
2016 |
58,176 |
2.84% |
|
2017 |
59,191 |
1.7% |
|
2018 |
64,497 |
8.9% |
|
2019 |
86,549 |
34.2% |
Source: Sri Lanka Tourist Development Authority
