TOURIST ARRIVALS BY COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE

JANUARYCountry of Residence

2013 2014 + % ChaNORTH AMERICA 5,644 6,909 22.4Canada 2,724 3,070 12.7U.S.A. 2,920 3,839 31.5LATIN AMERICA &THE CARIBBEAN 252 386 53.2WESTERN EUROPE 39,283 46,301 17.9Austria 1,640 1,652 0.7Belgium 652 723 10.9Denmark 1,380 1,700 23.2France 6,312 8,430 33.6Netherlands 2,015 1,958 -2.8Italy 2,196 2,497 13.7Norway 633 739 16.7Spain 316 604 91.1Sweden 1,847 2,242 21.4Switzerland 1,708 1,827 7.0U.K. 11,350 12,896 13.6Germany 7,893 9,211 16.7Others 1,341 1,822 35.9EASTERN EUROPE 15,183 24,837 63.6Russia 5,586 10,700 91.6Ukraine 5,309 6,424 21.0Czech. Republic 994 1,323 33.1Poland 1,269 2,193 72.8Others 2,025 4,197 107.3AFRICA 575 875 52.2South Africa 219 302 37.9Others 356 573 61.0MIDDLE EAST 6,235 6,842 9.7Saudi Arabia 2,274 2,283 0.4UAE 252 383 52.0Isreal 756 896 18.5Kuwait 613 497 -18.9Oman 444 936 110.8Others 1,896 1,847 -2.6EAST ASIA 13,200 25,823 95.6China(P.R.) ** 3,328 10,779 223.9Japan 1,872 2,859 52.7Malaysia 1,258 2,059 63.7Philippines 1,613 809 -49.8Singapore 997 1,191 19.5Thailand 742 668 -10.0Korea(South) 1,429 1,807 26.5Others 1,961 5,651 188.2

SOUTH ASIA 24,774 28,392 14.6India 16,938 17,886 5.6Maldives 5,185 7,024 35.5Pakistan 1,709 2,351 37.6Bangladesh 700 746 6.6Others 242 385 59.1AUSTRALASIA 5,397 6,210 15.1Australia 4,860 5,535 13.9New Zealand 525 659 25.5Others 12 16 33.3TOTAL 110,543 146,575 32.6

** Includes Hong Kong and Macau + Provisional

Monthly Bulletin, Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority - January 2014