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Tourism Minister confident of highestever arrivals in 2025
Daily FT
|November 20, 2025
FOREIGN Affairs, Foreign Employment and Tourism Minister Vijitha Herath yesterday expressed strong confidence that Sri Lanka will record its highest-ever tourist arrivals this year, buoyed by sustained market momentum and a sharp revival in key source markets.
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"We welcomed our two-millionth tourist this week and expect arrivals to reach 2.4 to 2.5 million by year-end," he said, reaffirming tourism's key role in the country's economic recovery.
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