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Tourist arrivals by country (SLTDA)

Tourist arrivals by country of residence, monthly, from the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority. Persons, monthly, 2018–2026.

Published by the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority; read from SLTDA tourist arrivals from all countries.

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Tourist arrivals, total (SLTDA)158,557−0.3%
Tourist arrivals from afghanistan (SLTDA)6+20.0%
Tourist arrivals from albania (SLTDA)8−42.9%
Tourist arrivals from algeria (SLTDA)39−39.1%
Tourist arrivals from andorra (SLTDA)9+125.0%
Tourist arrivals from angola (SLTDA)0–
Tourist arrivals from antigua and barbuda (SLTDA)0–
Tourist arrivals from argentina (SLTDA)58−30.1%
Tourist arrivals from armenia (SLTDA)158+14.5%
Tourist arrivals from australia (SLTDA)10,951+20.3%
Tourist arrivals from austria (SLTDA)751+6.1%
Tourist arrivals from azerbaijan (SLTDA)38−25.5%
Tourist arrivals from bahamas (SLTDA)0–
Tourist arrivals from bahrain (SLTDA)127+67.1%
Tourist arrivals from bangladesh (SLTDA)4,220−14.8%
Tourist arrivals from barbados (SLTDA)20+400.0%
Tourist arrivals from belarus (SLTDA)116−44.2%
Tourist arrivals from belgium (SLTDA)1,373−20.7%
Tourist arrivals from belize (SLTDA)0–
Tourist arrivals from benin (SLTDA)40.0%
Tourist arrivals from bhutan (SLTDA)36−48.6%
Tourist arrivals from bolivia (SLTDA)7+16.7%
Tourist arrivals from bosnia and herzegovina (SLTDA)30+114.3%
Tourist arrivals from botswana (SLTDA)40.0%
Tourist arrivals from brazil (SLTDA)129+4.9%
Tourist arrivals from brunei darussalam (SLTDA)5+150.0%
Tourist arrivals from bulgaria (SLTDA)74−23.7%
Tourist arrivals from burkina faso (SLTDA)40.0%
Tourist arrivals from burundi (SLTDA)2−33.3%
Tourist arrivals from cambodia (SLTDA)127+408.0%
Tourist arrivals from cameroon (SLTDA)1−75.0%
Tourist arrivals from canada (SLTDA)2,805+11.6%
Tourist arrivals from cape verde (SLTDA)0–
Tourist arrivals from central african republic (SLTDA)0–
Tourist arrivals from chad (SLTDA)3+200.0%
Tourist arrivals from chile (SLTDA)39+2.6%
Tourist arrivals from china (SLTDA)11,722+11.4%
Tourist arrivals from colombia (SLTDA)85+46.6%
Tourist arrivals from comoros (SLTDA)5−54.5%
Tourist arrivals from republic of congo (SLTDA)2−50.0%
Tourist arrivals from costa rica (SLTDA)7+40.0%
Tourist arrivals from cote divoire (SLTDA)10.0%
Tourist arrivals from croatia (SLTDA)49+58.1%
Tourist arrivals from cuba (SLTDA)4−42.9%
Tourist arrivals from cyprus (SLTDA)23−36.1%
Tourist arrivals from czech republic (SLTDA)538−16.1%
Tourist arrivals from denmark (SLTDA)572−4.8%
Tourist arrivals from djibouti (SLTDA)3–
Tourist arrivals from dominica (SLTDA)10−16.7%
Tourist arrivals from dominican republic (SLTDA)5+150.0%
Tourist arrivals from democratic republic of congo (SLTDA)16+220.0%
Tourist arrivals from ecuador (SLTDA)14−6.7%
Tourist arrivals from egypt (SLTDA)300+14.9%
Tourist arrivals from el salvador (SLTDA)2−60.0%
Tourist arrivals from equatorial guinea (SLTDA)0–
Tourist arrivals from eritrea (SLTDA)4+300.0%
Tourist arrivals from estonia (SLTDA)14−64.1%
Tourist arrivals from ethiopia (SLTDA)8−68.0%
Tourist arrivals from fiji (SLTDA)17−34.6%
Tourist arrivals from finland (SLTDA)142−26.4%
Tourist arrivals from france (SLTDA)4,876−5.2%
Tourist arrivals from gabon (SLTDA)0–
Tourist arrivals from the gambia (SLTDA)1−66.7%
Tourist arrivals from georgia (SLTDA)16−20.0%
Tourist arrivals from germany (SLTDA)7,277−22.1%
Tourist arrivals from ghana (SLTDA)10−74.4%
Tourist arrivals from greece (SLTDA)165−25.0%
Tourist arrivals from grenada (SLTDA)20.0%
Tourist arrivals from guatemala (SLTDA)3−66.7%
Tourist arrivals from guinea (SLTDA)1−50.0%
Tourist arrivals from guinea-bissau (SLTDA)0–
Tourist arrivals from guyana (SLTDA)0–
Tourist arrivals from haiti (SLTDA)20.0%
Tourist arrivals from honduras (SLTDA)5+25.0%
Tourist arrivals from hungary (SLTDA)142+4.4%
Tourist arrivals from iceland (SLTDA)15+66.7%
Tourist arrivals from india (SLTDA)51,931+4.5%
Tourist arrivals from indonesia (SLTDA)1,238+227.5%
Tourist arrivals from iran (SLTDA)138−83.7%
Tourist arrivals from iraq (SLTDA)291−3.6%
Tourist arrivals from ireland (SLTDA)529−13.1%
Tourist arrivals from israel (SLTDA)2,549+19.3%
Tourist arrivals from italy (SLTDA)2,058−12.1%
Tourist arrivals from jamaica (SLTDA)8+60.0%
Tourist arrivals from japan (SLTDA)5,387+30.2%
Tourist arrivals from jordan (SLTDA)186+5.1%
Tourist arrivals from kazakhstan (SLTDA)82−30.5%
Tourist arrivals from kenya (SLTDA)127+86.8%
Tourist arrivals from kiribati (SLTDA)4+100.0%
Tourist arrivals from kosovo (SLTDA)0–
Tourist arrivals from kuwait (SLTDA)126−11.3%
Tourist arrivals from kyrgyzstan (SLTDA)20−73.3%
Tourist arrivals from lao people's democratic republic (SLTDA)22−4.3%
Tourist arrivals from latvia (SLTDA)38−22.4%
Tourist arrivals from lebanon (SLTDA)265+1.5%
Tourist arrivals from lesotho (SLTDA)0–
Tourist arrivals from liberia (SLTDA)0–
Tourist arrivals from libya (SLTDA)3+200.0%
Tourist arrivals from liechtenstein (SLTDA)6+20.0%
Tourist arrivals from lithuania (SLTDA)105−27.1%
Tourist arrivals from luxembourg (SLTDA)24−35.1%
Tourist arrivals from madagascar (SLTDA)11+37.5%
Tourist arrivals from malawi (SLTDA)2+100.0%
Tourist arrivals from malaysia (SLTDA)2,122−17.4%
Tourist arrivals from maldives (SLTDA)4,230+7.6%
Tourist arrivals from mali (SLTDA)5−50.0%
Tourist arrivals from malta (SLTDA)58−48.7%
Tourist arrivals from marshall islands (SLTDA)0–
Tourist arrivals from mauritania (SLTDA)10.0%
Tourist arrivals from mauritius (SLTDA)66+40.4%
Tourist arrivals from mexico (SLTDA)106+39.5%
Tourist arrivals from micronesia (SLTDA)1–
Tourist arrivals from moldova (SLTDA)10−33.3%
Tourist arrivals from monaco (SLTDA)2–
Tourist arrivals from mongolia (SLTDA)16−38.5%
Tourist arrivals from montenegro (SLTDA)20.0%
Tourist arrivals from morocco (SLTDA)87−2.2%
Tourist arrivals from mozambique (SLTDA)2−71.4%
Tourist arrivals from myanmar (SLTDA)169+1.8%
Tourist arrivals from namibia (SLTDA)20.0%
Tourist arrivals from nauru (SLTDA)0–
Tourist arrivals from nepal (SLTDA)781+31.3%
Tourist arrivals from netherlands (SLTDA)2,939−33.7%
Tourist arrivals from new zealand (SLTDA)1,446+20.5%
Tourist arrivals from nicaragua (SLTDA)20.0%
Tourist arrivals from niger (SLTDA)4–
Tourist arrivals from nigeria (SLTDA)22−26.7%
Tourist arrivals from macedonia (SLTDA)2−92.0%
Tourist arrivals from norway (SLTDA)523+1.6%
Tourist arrivals from oman (SLTDA)317+59.3%
Tourist arrivals from pakistan (SLTDA)2,617+78.3%
Tourist arrivals from palau (SLTDA)1–
Tourist arrivals from palestinian territories (SLTDA)102+209.1%
Tourist arrivals from panama (SLTDA)3−25.0%
Tourist arrivals from papua new guinea (SLTDA)19+46.2%
Tourist arrivals from paraguay (SLTDA)0–
Tourist arrivals from peru (SLTDA)26−21.2%
Tourist arrivals from philippines (SLTDA)581−9.6%
Tourist arrivals from poland (SLTDA)1,317−50.4%
Tourist arrivals from portugal (SLTDA)405−11.8%
Tourist arrivals from qatar (SLTDA)64+88.2%
Tourist arrivals from romania (SLTDA)138−30.3%
Tourist arrivals from russian federation (SLTDA)2,146−33.5%
Tourist arrivals from rwanda (SLTDA)3−70.0%
Tourist arrivals from saint kitts and nevis (SLTDA)6−62.5%
Tourist arrivals from saint lucia (SLTDA)5+66.7%
Tourist arrivals from saint vincent and the grenadines (SLTDA)10.0%
Tourist arrivals from samoa (SLTDA)1–
Tourist arrivals from san marino (SLTDA)2+100.0%
Tourist arrivals from sao tome and principe (SLTDA)0–
Tourist arrivals from saudi arabia (SLTDA)536+64.4%
Tourist arrivals from senegal (SLTDA)5+25.0%
Tourist arrivals from serbia (SLTDA)58−15.9%
Tourist arrivals from seychelles (SLTDA)270+126.9%
Tourist arrivals from sierra leone (SLTDA)3+200.0%
Tourist arrivals from singapore (SLTDA)1,159+10.1%
Tourist arrivals from slovakia (SLTDA)197−41.2%
Tourist arrivals from slovenia (SLTDA)128−12.3%
Tourist arrivals from solomon islands (SLTDA)0–
Tourist arrivals from somalia (SLTDA)8+166.7%
Tourist arrivals from south africa (SLTDA)333−18.6%
Tourist arrivals from south korea (SLTDA)684+20.6%
Tourist arrivals from south sudan (SLTDA)6–
Tourist arrivals from spain (SLTDA)3,430−29.1%
Tourist arrivals from sudan (SLTDA)98+19.5%
Tourist arrivals from suriname (SLTDA)1−66.7%
Tourist arrivals from swaziland (SLTDA)0–
Tourist arrivals from sweden (SLTDA)431+7.5%
Tourist arrivals from switzerland (SLTDA)1,950−11.1%
Tourist arrivals from syrian arab republic (SLTDA)5+400.0%
Tourist arrivals from tajikistan (SLTDA)6−57.1%
Tourist arrivals from tanzania (SLTDA)10−16.7%
Tourist arrivals from thailand (SLTDA)651+45.0%
Tourist arrivals from timor-leste (SLTDA)1−66.7%
Tourist arrivals from togo (SLTDA)0–
Tourist arrivals from tonga (SLTDA)0–
Tourist arrivals from trinidad and tobago (SLTDA)5−68.8%
Tourist arrivals from tunisia (SLTDA)53−18.5%
Tourist arrivals from turkey (SLTDA)575+35.9%
Tourist arrivals from turkmenistan (SLTDA)9+12.5%
Tourist arrivals from united arab emirates (SLTDA)375−19.2%
Tourist arrivals from uganda (SLTDA)9−60.9%
Tourist arrivals from united kingdom (SLTDA)10,738−0.1%
Tourist arrivals from ukraine (SLTDA)231−23.8%
Tourist arrivals from uruguay (SLTDA)5−68.8%
Tourist arrivals from united states (SLTDA)3,176−11.0%
Tourist arrivals from uzbekistan (SLTDA)37−43.1%
Tourist arrivals from vanuatu (SLTDA)3−25.0%
Tourist arrivals from venezuela (SLTDA)9−35.7%
Tourist arrivals from vietnam (SLTDA)587+171.8%
Tourist arrivals from yemen (SLTDA)48+20.0%
Tourist arrivals from zambia (SLTDA)30.0%
Tourist arrivals from zimbabwe (SLTDA)20−20.0%
Tourist arrivals from antarctica (SLTDA) ended1–
Tourist arrivals from aruba (SLTDA) ended0–
Tourist arrivals from european union (SLTDA) ended0–
Tourist arrivals from guam (SLTDA) ended0–
Tourist arrivals from hong kong (SLTDA) ended1–
Tourist arrivals from isle of man (SLTDA) ended1–
Tourist arrivals from netherlands antilles (SLTDA) ended0–
Tourist arrivals from north korea (SLTDA) ended0–
Tourist arrivals from saint barthelemy (SLTDA) ended0–
Tourist arrivals from taiwan province of china (SLTDA) ended374+385.7%
Tourist arrivals from tuvalu (SLTDA) ended1–
Tourist arrivals from vatican city (SLTDA) ended0–

Tourist arrivals, total (SLTDA)

persons, monthly. Sep 2026: 158,557, −0.3% on a year earlier

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Published by the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority; read from SLTDA tourist arrivals from all countries.

* Calculated by Macro Lab from the published values.