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Tourist arrivals hit record high in September
Daily Mirror - Sri Lanka
|October 02, 2025
INCREASE PRIMARILY FUELLED BY A REMARKABLE SURGE IN VISITORS FROM NEIGHBOURING INDIA SL WELCOMED A TOTAL OF 158,971 TOURISTS IN SEPTEMBER 2025, ECLIPSING PREVIOUS RECORD OF 149,087 SET IN BENCHMARK YEAR OF 2018 JANUARY-SEPTEMBER ARRIVALS TOTAL 1.72MN NEED TO ATTRACT 874,506 MORE TOURISTS IN 4Q25 TO REACH 2.6MN TOURIST TARGET
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Sri Lanka's tourism sector celebrated a historic milestone, recording its highest-ever number of tourist arrivals for the month of September, primarily fuelled by a remarkable surge in visitors from neighbouring India.
The country welcomed a total of 158,971 tourists in September 2025, eclipsing the previous record of 149,087 set in the benchmark year of 2018.
The performance marks a significant 30.2 percent increase, compared to the 122,140 arrivals recorded in September 2024, signalling a robust and sustained growth in the nation's key tourism markets.
The year-to-date (YTD) figures also paint a positive picture, with a cumulative 1,725,494 tourists visiting the island in the first nine months of 2025.
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