COLOMBO : Sri Lanka has officially surpassed its highest-ever number of tourist arrivals within a calendar year, with 2,333,797 visitors recorded in 2025 as of Monday (Dec. 29).
The milestone arrival was an Indian tourist from Thiruvananthapuram, who arrived onboard a SriLankan Airlines flight.
This figure surpasses the previous record of 2,333,796 tourists recorded in 2018, which had stood as the highest annual tourist arrival figure in the country’s history.
