China beats India to become Sri Lanka's top tourist market in July

[Azizam]

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China beats India to become Sri Lanka's top tourist market in July
Aug 05, 2015 09:16 AM GMT+0530 | 0 Comment(s)

ARRIVALS: Sri Lanka has been actively wooing tourists from China amid growing economic and political ties.

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka's tourist arrivals rose 31 percent from a year earlier to 175,804 in July 2015 with China becoming the top generating market, relegating India to second place, data date from the state tourism promotion office showed.

China sent 25,120 visitors to Sri Lanka in July up 65.5 percent from a year earlier, with the total in the seven months to July rising 77 percent to 119,705.

Economic and political ties between China and Sri Lanka rose during the last regime with air links also growing.

India generated 24,681 visitors in July, up 28 percent from a year earlier, with the total up to July rising 27.4 percent to 170,134.

Visitors from South Asia was up 36 percent to 36,360 in July also helped by a 23 percent rise in Maldivian visitors to 6,023.

Arrivals from Western Europe rose 18 percent to 64,905, with arrivals from UK rising 23 percent to 20,643. French visitors were down 0.2 percent to 9,080 but visitors from Germany were up 7.2 percent to 8,494.

Visitors from Eastern Europe rose 16.7 percent to 7,378 with Czech tourists rising 60 percent to 957. Russian visitors fell 5 percent to 2,514.

In the seven months to July total arrivals rose 16.8 percent to 1,005,855.

China beats India to become Sri Lanka's top tourist market in July | Economynext

 

[Chinese-Dragon]

Sri Lanka, one of the best tourist spots in the world.

Also:

Chinese tourists now biggest source of travel spending - BBC News

Chinese tourists are the biggest source of global tourism income, and have been since at least 2013. It helps the global economy and also enriches the minds of our people.

 

[AndrewJin]

I will definitely make some contribution in the future!
With more tourism infra under construction, more and more tourists will be attracted.

 

[samv]

And to think the current Sri Lankan government has been spewing hatred towards the Chinese.

The Sri Lanka PM Ranil Wickremasinghe and the Minister of Finance Ravi Karunanayake come to mind. Both these morons were screaming and shouting against the Chinese and the first thing they did when they came to power was to cut off the Chinese and bring a halt to their investment projects in the country, most notably the Colombo Port City project.

Puppets of the west, ingratiating themselves to India and the USA.

 

[protest]

Woohooo.. Go China.. Srilanka good for you. You should ban all Indians coming to your country.

 

[Echo_419]

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China beats India to become Sri Lanka's top tourist market in July
Aug 05, 2015 09:16 AM GMT+0530 | 0 Comment(s)

ARRIVALS: Sri Lanka has been actively wooing tourists from China amid growing economic and political ties.

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka's tourist arrivals rose 31 percent from a year earlier to 175,804 in July 2015 with China becoming the top generating market, relegating India to second place, data date from the state tourism promotion office showed.

China sent 25,120 visitors to Sri Lanka in July up 65.5 percent from a year earlier, with the total in the seven months to July rising 77 percent to 119,705.

Economic and political ties between China and Sri Lanka rose during the last regime with air links also growing.

India generated 24,681 visitors in July, up 28 percent from a year earlier, with the total up to July rising 27.4 percent to 170,134.

Visitors from South Asia was up 36 percent to 36,360 in July also helped by a 23 percent rise in Maldivian visitors to 6,023.

Arrivals from Western Europe rose 18 percent to 64,905, with arrivals from UK rising 23 percent to 20,643. French visitors were down 0.2 percent to 9,080 but visitors from Germany were up 7.2 percent to 8,494.

Visitors from Eastern Europe rose 16.7 percent to 7,378 with Czech tourists rising 60 percent to 957. Russian visitors fell 5 percent to 2,514.

In the seven months to July total arrivals rose 16.8 percent to 1,005,855.

China beats India to become Sri Lanka's top tourist market in July | Economynext

Impressive figure