TOURIST ARRIVALS BY COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE

Country of Residence2013 2014+ % Cha 2013 2014 % Cha

NORTH AMERICA 5,772 6,042 4.7 16,651 18,440 10.7Canada 2,512 2,641 5.1 7,579 8,320 9.8U.S.A. 3,260 3,401 4.3 9,072 10,120 11.6LATIN AMERICA &THE CARIBBEAN 269 350 30.1 770 1,109 44.0WESTERN EUROPE 42,891 44,824 4.5 127,655 143,760 12.6Austria 1,197 1,482 23.8 4,727 5,220 10.4Belgium 917 817 -10.9 2,528 2,567 1.5Denmark 1,067 821 -23.1 3,974 4,393 10.5France 7,248 9,266 27.8 21,813 28,313 29.8Netherlands 1,497 1,540 2.9 5,337 5,564 4.3Italy 1,484 1,592 7.3 5,335 6,266 17.5Norway 577 474 -17.9 1,793 2,024 12.9Spain 679 564 -16.9 1,368 1,752 28.1Sweden 1,034 1,073 3.8 4,532 5,314 17.3Switzerland 1,684 1,419 -15.7 5,446 5,490 0.8U.K. 13,590 11,823 -13.0 38,544 39,035 1.3Germany 10,384 12,448 19.9 28,105 32,964 17.3Others 1,533 1,505 -1.8 4,153 4,858 17.0EASTERN EUROPE 12,513 18,657 49.1 42,442 66,421 56.5Russia 4,826 8,948 85.4 15,477 29,371 89.8Ukraine 3,632 3,311 -8.8 13,597 14,640 7.7Czech Republic 1,148 1,464 27.5 3,723 4,783 28.5Poland 1,138 1,903 67.2 3,978 6,354 59.7Others 1,769 3,031 71.3 5,667 11,273 98.9AFRICA 541 873 61.4 1,600 2,493 55.8South Africa 296 299 1.0 754 860 14.1Others 245 574 134.3 846 1,633 93.0MIDDLE EAST 5,580 6,629 18.8 16,027 18,390 14.7Saudi Arabia 1,346 2,672 98.5 4,272 5,846 36.8UAE 425 767 80.5 847 1,415 67.1Isreal 1,084 429 -60.4 2,739 2,377 -13.2Kuwait 427 464 8.7 1,858 1,877 1.0Oman 336 518 54.2 1,127 2,036 80.7Others 1,962 1,779 -9.3 5,184 4,839 -6.7EAST ASIA 15,162 21,751 43.5 47,461 72,639 53.0China(P.R.) ** 3,018 7,700 155.1 12,642 28,798 127.8Japan 2,472 3,800 53.7 7,486 10,009 33.7Malaysia 1,516 2,301 51.8 5,192 6,116 17.8Philippines 967 951 -1.7 3,678 2,468 -32.9Indonesia 2,989 3,223 7.8 6,628 12,606 90.2Singapore 1,166 1,151 -1.3 3,432 3,288 -4.2Thailand 876 771 -12.0 2,463 2,458 -0.2Korea(South) 1,349 1,033 -23.4 3,354 4,103 22.3Others 809 821 1.5 2,586 2,793 8.0SOUTH ASIA 25,799 29,907 15.9 71,710 84,278 17.5India 15,281 18,734 22.6 46,648 54,154 16.1Maldives 7,304 7,419 1.6 17,058 19,992 17.2Pakistan 2,134 2,500 17.2 5,173 6,617 27.9Bangladesh 856 894 4.4 2,214 2,518 13.7Others 224 360 60.7 617 997 61.6

AUSTRALASIA 4,681 4,015 -14.2 13,403 13,971 4.2Australia 4,209 3,564 -15.3 12,098 12,467 3.1New Zealand 448 423 -5.6 1,262 1,434 13.6Others 24 28 16.7 43 70 62.8TOTAL 113,208 133,048 17.5 337,719 421,501 24.8** Includes Hong Kong and Macau + Provisional

Monthly Bulletin, Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority - March 2014