Sri Lankan tourism earnings exceed 2 bln USD

COLOMBO, Sept. 8 (Xinhua) -- Sri Lanka has earned over 2 billion U.S. dollars from tourism in the first eight months of 2024, the latest data from the country's Central Bank shows.

Sri Lanka earned 2.17 billion dollars in the above period, which is a 66.1 percent increase from the same period in 2023, the Central Bank data shows.

Tourist arrivals also increased by 50.7 percent in the same period, and 1.36