Nearly 200,000 foreign tourists visit Sri Lanka in August

Nearly 200,000 foreign tourists visited Sri Lanka in August 2025, according to the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority on Monday.

The 198,235 arrivals marked a 20.4 per cent increase from August 2024, reports Xinhua.

From January through August this year, total arrivals reached 1,566,523. India, Britain, Russia, Germany and China were the top source markets over the period.

Tourism, a key source of foreign exchange, generated more than 2 billion U.S. dollars in the first seven months of 2025, data from the Central Bank of Sri Lanka showed.