Tourist arrivals
2,053,465
+38.07% vs 2023, as published
Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority · 2024 · persons
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Tourism & Hospitality Intelligence
Arrivals, earnings and SLTDA-registered accommodation. Establishment names are not listed, because a reusable public register was not confirmed.
Tourism earnings, SLTDA estimate
USD 3,168.6 mn
Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority · 2024 · USD million
Registered accommodation
4,519
Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority · 2024 · establishments
Registered rooms
55,455
Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority · 2024 · rooms
Business discovery
A national register, once a licensed source is loaded.
Industry intelligence
Published economic figures, each with a source and period.
Geographic intelligence
Provinces, districts and, later, DS and GN divisions.
Opportunity intelligence
Only projects named in a public document.
Predictive intelligence
Not in this release. No model output is shown.
Explore sub-sectors
Cards without a published count say so. They are not filled with a guess.
Guest houses
1,687
SLTDA-registered guest houses. Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority · 2024 · establishments
- National total
- Not a graded-hotel count
- As at 2 Jan 2025
Home stays
1,122
SLTDA-registered home stays. Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority · 2024 · establishments
- National total
- Separate from guest houses
- As at 2 Jan 2025
Bungalows
1,111
SLTDA-registered bungalows. Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority · 2024 · establishments
- National total
- Table 07 category
- As at 2 Jan 2025
Classified hotels
169
Classified tourist hotels. Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority · 2024 · establishments
- 169 establishments
- 17,182 rooms in this category
- Star split is in the same table
Tour operators
Data coming soon
Tour-operator establishments
- No published operator count loaded
- Category exists in ISIC
- Count not estimated
Activity by district
Key insights
Tourist arrivals by month, 2024
Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority · 2024-01 · persons. Each bar is a published figure, not an index.
2024-01: 208,253.2024-02: 218,350.2024-03: 209,181.2024-04: 148,867.2024-05: 112,128.2024-06: 113,470.2024-07: 187,810.2024-08: 164,609.2024-09: 122,140.2024-10: 135,907.2024-11: 184,158.2024-12: 248,592.
Featured opportunities
Editorial research
Lake resort development, Dedduwa
BOI booklet project for a lake resort on about 1,800 acres at Dedduwa, Galle. The published minimum investment is not shown, because the booklet says the information may need verification.
Dedduwa, Galle · 14 March 2023 · Not independently verified
Source: Ready to Invest Opportunities in Sri Lanka, Board of Investment, 14 March 2023 Are you a business owner?
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