The number of tourist arrivals to Sri Lanka went up 8.1 percent to 30,234 in June 2009, compared to the corresponding period in the previous year, according to figures released by Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority. Tourist arrivals in to Sri Lanka increased as a result of improved security situation in the country.

The tourism office figures showed an increase in the number of arrivals grew from Western Europe, East Asia and India.

Arrivals from Western Europe rose 7.5 percent to 10,161. Visitors from the UK rose almost 11 percent to 5,883.

The number of visitors from India, a growing market, rose 8.1 percent to 6,124. The number of arrivals from East Asia rose 13.6 percent to 3,589.