Sri Lanka’s tourism earnings surpass USD 1.1 billion in Q1 2025 - LankaXpress

Travel and tourism sees resilient M&A activity amid 5% dip in overall deal volume in Q1 2025, reveals GlobalData

Deal-making in the travel and tourism sector showed signs of cautious optimism in the first quarter (Q1) of 2025, with overall activity experiencing only around 5% year-on-year (YoY) dip. While venture financing and private equity deals declined, mergers and acquisitions saw modest growth, highlighting investor selectivity and regional resilience as key themes amid the evolving macroeconomic conditions and shifting strategies across global marke…

Sri Lanka tourism revenue rises 9.4% in Q1 2025

(Photo by Mosharraf Hossain on Unsplash) The Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) states that total tourism earnings for the first three months of 2025 amounted to USD 1,122.3 million. With earnings of USD 354 million reported in March 2025 alone, total tourism revenue for the first quarter has surpassed the USD 1 billion mark. The Central Bank further notes that, compared to tourism earnings of USD 1,025.9 million during the same period in 2024, th…

Sri Lanka’s tourism earnings surpass USD 1.1 billion in Q1 2025 - LankaXpress

The tourism industry generated USD 354 million in March, which has increased Sri Lanka’s earnings from tourism in the first quarter of 2025 to USD 1,122.3 million, according to the latest data from the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL). This marks a 9.4% increase compared to the USD 1,025.9 million earned through tourism in the first quarter of 2024. Tourist arrivals to Sri Lanka in the first quarter of 2025 reached over 722,000, with a 13.6 perc…