Travellers can anticipate enhanced connectivity and convenient travel options between the two countries during their summer holidays. March saw 28,016 tourists from the Russian Federation accounting for 13% of the overall total of 209,181.

Russian Federation remains second biggest source market for Sri Lanka with 91,205 tourists in the first quarter of this year.

It also underscores the airline’s ongoing efforts to promote tourism, trade and cultural cooperation between Russia and Sri Lanka.

The announcement was made when the General Sales Agent (GSA) for both airlines — Maldiviana Aviation Ltd., representatives recently called on the Civil Aviation Authority of Sri Lanka Director-General of Civil Aviation and Chief Executive Officer A.V.M. Sagara Kotakadeniya (Retd.) on Tuesday