Over 200,000 Chinest tourists visited Sri Lanka from the beginning of the year till now, Xinhua quoted Sri Lanka's tourism ministry as saying.
The figures put China behind India in the largest number of tourists arriving in the island.
Over 18,000 Chinese tourists arrived last month alone.
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