India remains the top source market for Sri Lanka, with 36,417 tourist arrivals in October 2024. Indian tourists represent 27 per cent share out of the total of 1.35 lakh for the month. The total Indian tourists that have travelled to Sri Lanka this year has reached 3.23 lakhs, which is well above the 3.03 lakh tourist arrivals from India last year.

Statistics from the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA) show that in the year so far, over 1.6 million tourists arrived in the island nation. The number is more than the total arrivals of 1.48 million recorded last year. With healthy numbers clocked this year so far, led primarily by India, a projection of 2.9 million tourist arrivals for 2025 is being made. Connectivity with India has improved with daily flights to Jaffna as well as the ferry service from Nagapattinam complement flights from several important Indian cities.