Sri Lanka, Jan. 15 -- Sri Lanka Tourism sets an ambitious target to attract one million tourist arrivals from the country's largest tourist source market, India this year, by more than doubling over the 2018 Indian tourist arrivals.

Tourism Development, Wildlife and Christian Religious Affairs Minister John Amaratunga told Mirror Business yesterday that Sri Lanka Tourism is focusing more on maximizing the benefits from enhancing air connectivity between the two countries to attract high-yield MICE and leisure tourists from India this year.

Sri Lanka attracted 424,887 Indian tourists last year, accounting for over 18 percent of tourist arrivals to the island nation.The minister said that Sri Lanka Tourism targets three million tourist ar...