During the past 12 days 24,773 tourists have arrived in the country increasing the total tourist arrivals this year to 129,762, said Minister of Tourism Prasanna Ranatunga.
He said the majority of the tourists are from India, Russia, the United Kingdom, Germany, Australia, Kazakhstan, the United States, France, Canada and the Maldives.
The Minister said heavy tourism promotional activities are presently taking place to attract tourists during the European winter season.
According to him, the tourism industry targets to reach 10 billion US dollars by year 2025 with over six million tourists expected.
Former Chairman of SriLankan Airlines, Nishantha Wickramasinghe, arrested on allegation of corruption by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) has been remanded until July 1 by the Colombo Magistrate court.
Deputy Minister of Finance and Economic Stabilization and NPP National List MP Harshana Suriyapperuma who is tipped to be named the next Finance Ministry Secretary resigned from Parliament today.
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