Sri Lanka won the ‘Most Popular Tourism Destination Award’ at the Guangzhou International Travel Fair in China, for the second consecutive year.

The award is a testament to Sri Lanka’s growing popularity with Chinese travel enthusiasts.

China has been Sri Lanka’s second largest source market for tourism since 2014.

The Consulate General of Sri Lanka in Guangzhou participated at the GITF in partnership with the Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau.

Nineteen travel and  tour agents from Sri Lanka participated together with a seven member dance troupe.

The GITF is South China’s leading travel Expo drawing affluent travel enthusiasts every year from mainland China.