Sri Lanka’s tourism arrival figures continued to rise for the past 10 weeks with an average of more than 6,000 arrivals per day.
The latest figures for this month show that more than 40,000 tourists arrived between March 1 to 6.
Last month, a total of 218,350 tourists arrived while in January 208,253 tourist arrivals were recorded.
Reports from the outstations said that large number of tourists had arrived in the Ella, Kandy and Galle areas over the past few weeks.
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The Cyclonic Storm “Ditwah” moved further north from Trincomalee today evening leaving a trail of destruction including more than 90 deaths, over 100 missing and tens of thousands displaced, officials said.
A third rescue attempt to save 28 people trapped on the rooftop of a farm building in Vithikuliya, Nikaweratiya, has failed due to the dangerous water surge from the Deduru Oya.
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All passengers of a bus swept away by rising floodwaters on the Kalawewa Bridge along the Anuradhapura–Puttalam road have been rescued, Navy Commander Vice Admiral Kanchana Banagoda said.
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