Sri Lanka approves free tourist visa for Thailand, 6 other countriesA surfboard is seen in the middle of an empty beach, near hotels at Unawatuna beach in Galle, Sri Lanka. The scheme is part of attempts by Sri Lanka to boost tourism recovery and hit a target of 5 million arrivals by 2026, the statement added. But the tourism industry is seeing a turnaround in 2023 with Sri Lanka clocking a million arrivals by September, for the first time since 2019. A group of tourists walks inside the main market in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on Oct 20, 2023. (Photo: Reuters)India is the largest source of tourists with 200,310 arrivals, followed by Russia with 132,300, latest data from the Sri Lanka Development Authority showed.
