India has topped the list of Sri Lanka's source markets for inbound tourism with nearly 33,000 tourists from the country arriving the island nation in the first six months this year, registering an impressive 18.7 per cent increase, according to official figures.
China, which witnessed a growth a of 18.7 per cent, came second with 20,424 arrivals.
Tourist arrivals from India grew by 18.4 per cent to 32,971 to provide the largest inbound market up to June, the figures released by the state tourist board showed.
The overall tourist arrivals in the island nation rose 19 per cent to 146,828 in June 2018 year-on-year.
Besides India and China, tourists arrival from UK and Australia also witnessed double digit growth.
Visitors from the UK grew 16.1 per cent to 12,104 and Australia grew 57 per cent to 9,997.
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German arrivals fell 17.5 per cent to 7,024.
Visitors from Japan saw an increase of 3.5 per cent to 3,074, while Malaysian arrivals rose 18.3 per cent to 2,019.
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