SRI LANKA TOURISMDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY

ANNUAL STATISTICAL REPORT

2009

ANNUAL STATISTICAL REPORT

OF SRI LANKA TOURISM - 2009

This is the forty-first in the series of Annual Statistical Report

published by the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority

(formerly "Sri Lanka Tourist Board") and it provides a continuing

review of the trends and development of the tourist industry.

The report is divided into three sections. Section I contains a summary of performance of the tourist sector in 2009 and

Section II presents statistical tables and charts. Section III comprises the definitions of terms and sources of information.

The statistical analyses presented in this year's report cover the following subject areas:

A - Trends and Structural Characteristics of Tourist Traffic

B - Scheduled Airline Operations & Passenger Movements

C - Accommodation Industry - Capacity and its Utilization

D - Income and Employment

E - Tourist Prices

F - Foreign Travel by Sri Lankans

G - Growth of Travel and Tourism

H - Revenue from Tourism

Copyright© 2009 Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority ASR

CONTENTS

SECTION I:

SECTION II:

PART A: TRENDS AND STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS OF TOURIST TRAFFIC

SUMMARY - PERFORMANCE OF SRI LANKA TOURISM - 2009 3

TABLES AND CHARTS 13

Chart 1 Tourist Arrivals by Year - 1967 to 2009 14

Table ( a ) Market Growth Trends by Nationality - Growth Indices 14

Table 1 Tourist Arrivals by Country of Nationality - 2003 to 2009 15

Chart 2 Tourist Arrivals by Top Ten Markets - 2008 & 2009 16

Table ( b ) Market Growth Trends by Residence - Growth Indices 16

Table 2 Tourist Arrivals by Country of Residence - 2003 to 2009 17

Chart 2( a ) Shares of Tourist Arrivals by Region - 2002 to 2009 18

Chart 2( b ) Tourist Arrivals by Region - 2008 & 2009 18

Table 2(a) Tourist Arrivals by Miscellaneous Countries - 2007 to 2009 19

Chart 3 Seasonality of Tourist Traffic - 2009 20

Table ( c ) Seasonal Variation in Traffic Flow - 1967 to 2009 20

Table 3 Tourist Arrivals by Country of Residence & Month - 2009 21

Chart 4 Mode of Transport and Port of Arrivals - 2008 & 2009 22

Table ( d ) Relative Importance of Different Ports - Percentage Distribution of Arrivals - 2000 to 2009 22

Table 4 Tourist Arrivals by Country of Residence & Mode of Transport - 2009 23

Chart 5 Tourist Arrivals by Type of Carrier - 2008 & 2009 24

Table ( e ) Relative Importance of Different Carriers - Percentage Distribution of Arrivals - 2000 to 2009 24

Table 5 Tourist Arrivals by Country of Residence & Carrier - 2009 25

Table 5( a ) Tourist Arrivals by Charter Carriers - 2000 to 2009 26

Chart 6 Purpose of Visit 2008 & 2009 27

Table ( f ) Percentage Distribution of Tourists by Purpose of Visit - 2000 to 2009 27

Table 6 Tourist Arrivals by Country of Residence & Purpose of Visit - 2009 28

Chart 7( a ) Period of Stay - 2008 & 2009 29

Chart 7( b ) Average Duration of Stay & Region - 2008 & 2009 29

Table ( g ) Period of Stay - Percentage Distribution - 1978 to 2009 29

Table 7 Average Duration of Stay and Tourist Nights by Country of Nationality 2008 & 2009 30

Chart 8 Tourist Arrivals by Age & Sex - 2008 & 2009 31

Table ( h ) Percentage Distribution by Sex & Age - 2000 to 2009 31

Table 8 Tourist Arrivals by Country of Residence, Sex & Age - 2009 32

Chart 9 Occupational Categories - 2008 & 2009 33

Table (i) Percentage Distribution by Occupational Categories - 2000 to 2009 33

Table 9 Tourist Arrivals by Country of Residence & Occupation - 2009 34

Chart 10 Shares of Total Seating Capacity by Carrier - 2009 36

Table 10 Scheduled Airline Operations & Seating Capacity - 2009 36

Chart 11 Growth of Passenger Arrivals & Departures - 1999 to 2009 37

Table 11 Passenger Arrivals and Departures by Port and Category of Travellers - 2009 37

Chart 12 Shares of Accommodation Capacity (Rooms) by Resort Region - 2000 to 2009 40

Table ( j ) Accommodation Capacity (Rooms) in Graded Establishments and its Regional Distribution - 2000 to 2009 40

Chart 13 Tourist Nights and Occupancy Rates by Month - 2009 41

Table 12 Accommodation Capacity and Guest Nights in Graded and Supplementary Establishments - 2001 to 2009 41

Chart 13( a ) Occupancy Rates by Resort Region - 2008 & 2009 42

Table ( k ) Occupancy Rates by Region - 2000 to 2009 42

Table 13 Monthly Occupancy Rates in Graded Establishments by Region - 2009 43

Table 13( a ) Capacity and Nights in all Accommodation Establishments by Class - 2008 & 2009 43

Table 14 Foreign Guest Nights in Graded Accommodation Establishments by Region and Month - 2009 44

Table 15 Local Guest Nights in Graded Accommodation Establishments by Region and Month - 2009 44

Chart 14 Value of Tourism - 1999 to 2009 46

Table 16 Volume & Value of Tourism - 2001 to 2009 46

Table 17 Foreign Exchange Earnings from Tourism - 2008 & 2009 47

PART B: SCHEDULED AIRLINE OPERATIONS AND PASSENGER MOVEMENTS

PART C: ACCOMMODATION INDUSTRY - CAPACITY AND ITS UTILIZATION

PART D: INCOME & EMPLOYMENT

Table ( l ) Exchange Rates (Annual Average) - 1999 to 2009 47

Chart 15 Direct Employment in the Tourist Industry - 2007 to 2009 48

Table 18 Direct Employment in the Tourist Industry - 2007 to 2009 48

Chart 16 Tourist Price Index - 2000/2001 to 2009/2010 50

Table 19 Index of Tourist Prices - 1974/75 to 2009/2010 50

Chart 17 Sri Lankan Departures - 1999 to 2009 52

Table 20 Sri Lankan Departures - Growth Trends - 1977 to 2009 52

Table 21 Tourism Growth Trends - 1967 to 2009 54

Table 22 Tourist Arrivals by Month - 1969 to 2009 55

Table 23 Passenger Arrivals and Departures - 1976 to 2009 55

Table 24 Conferences Held and Revenue Earned at BMICH - 1981 to 2009 58

Table 25 Number of Foreign Visitors Visiting the Museums and Revenue from Sale of Tickets - 1983 to 2009 58

Table 26 Number of Foreign Visitors Visiting the Cultural Triangle and Revenue from Sale of Tickets - 1985 to 2009 59

Table 27 Number of Foreign Visitors to the Zoological Gardens and Revenue from Gate Fees - 1981 to 2009 60

Table 28 Revenue from Foreign Visitors Visiting the Botanic Gardens - 1980 to 2009 61

Table 29 Revenue from Foreign Visitors Visiting the Wild Life Parks - 1985 to 2009 62

Table 30 Revenue from Embarkation Tax - 1975 to 2009 63

Table 31 Public Sector Revenue from Tourism (In Rs.million) - 2007 to 2009 63

DEFINITIONS OF TERMS AND SOURCES OF INFORMATION 66

LIST OF RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS OF THE SRI LANKA TOURIST BOARD 68

PART E: TOURIST PRICES

PART F: FOREIGN TRAVEL BY SRI LANKANS

PART G: GROWTH OF TRAVEL & TOURISM

PART H: REVENUE FROM TOURISM

SECTION III:

SUMMARY 1SECTION

PERFORMANCE OF SRI LANKA TOURISM 2009

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International tourist arrivals has declined worldwide by 4%, from 924 with the last year. The other significant contributors to the total are;

million in 2008 to 880 million in 2009. Global economic crisis Western Europe 37.9 per cent, Eastern Europe 5.9 per cent, Australasia

aggravated by the uncertainty around the A(H1N1) pandemic turned 5.8 per cent, North America 5.6 per cent and Middle East 5.3 per cent.

2009 into one of the toughest years for the tourism sector.As in previous years, India remained as the major producer of tourist

Tourist arrivals to Sri Lanka during the year 2009, amounted to traffic to Sri Lanka with 83,634 arrivals, accounting for 18.7 per cent

447,890 recording an increase of 9,415 or 2.1 %, when compared with market share.

the previous year. During the first half of the year tourist arrivals The average duration of stay decreased to 9.1, as compared to 9.5 decreased by 16.3% mainly due to the security uncertainty which nights in the previous year.prevailed in the country and resultant travel advisories issued by main

tourist generating markets. Ending of over three decade internal The room capacity in tourist hotels (graded establishments) decreased conflict in the country and liberalization of Northern and Eastern by 332 rooms from 14,793 in 2008 to 14,461 in 2009 due to the provinces in May 2009 has opened up new vistas for Sri Lanka Tourism. degrading of some tourist hotels into guest houses. Following this situation, tourist arrivals recorded a remarkable growth

of 21.5 per cent in the second half of the year.The Room Occupancy Rate of graded accommodation increased to

48.4 per cent in 2009 as compared to 43.9 per cent in the previous The foreign exchange earnings increased marginally by 1.1 %, from Rs. year – an increase of 4.5 percentage points.37,094.00 million (US $ 319.5 mn) in 2008 to Rs. 37,506 million (US $

326.3 mn) in 2009.

Foreign Exchange (FE) Receipts per tourist per day recorded an increase

of US $ 5.1, from US $ 76.7 in 2008 to US $ 81.8 in 2009.

Tourism continued its position as the sixth largest FE earner even in the

year 2009. Those that ranked above tourism were Foreign Remittances

– 382.8 billion, Textiles and Garments – Rs. 376.1 billion ,Tea – 136.2

billion, Transportation Services 99.4 billion and Rubber Based

Products- 44.2 billion. The portion of tourism's contribution to total FE

earnings in 2009 amounted to 2.6 per cent as compared to Foreign

Remittances-26.6 per cent, Garments – 26.2 per cent, Tea– 9.5 per cent,

Transportation Service-6.9 per cent and Rubber based Product – 3.1

per cent.

Asia continued to be the largest source market region to Sri Lanka with

38.9 per cent of the total arrivals for the third consecutive year.

However, there was a slight decrease in Asia's share when compared

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A - International

For the year as a whole, international arrivals show the share of the European regions declined from 54.4 that, except for Africa, which bucked the global per cent in 2006 to 53.5 per cent in 2007, 52.9 per trend, all the world regions were negative in cent in 2008 to 52.2 in 2009, while Africa was a 2009.The Middle East , Europe and the Americas robust performer recording 10.0 per cent increase

International tourist arrivals decreased worldwide were the hardest hit regions. Preliminary estimates than the previous year.

by 4%, from 880 million in 2008 to 920 million in points to a 6% drop in arrivals for the Middle East

2009. Furthermore international tourist arrivals last year with, in line with trends for Asia , a

shrank by 10%, 7% and 2% in the first three turnaround in the second half after a double –digit

quarters of 2009 respectively. decline in first six months of 2009. As in 2008, Europe (-6%) turned in one of the worst

The global economic crisis aggravated by the performances. Central, Eastern and Northern Europe The tourist arrivals for the year 2009 as a whole

uncertainty around the A(H1N1) pandemic turned (-8%) were particularly affected, while in the increased by 2.1 per cent to 447,890 as compared to

2009 into one of the toughest years for the Americas (-5%), all sub regions ended 2009 down the figure of 438,475, recorded in the previous year.

tourism sector. Added to that, consumers tended on the previous year, but North and Central America

to travel closer to home during 2009.Several (both at -6%) recorded largest decreases. Tourist nights, one of an important yardstick in

destinations have seen domestic tourism endure to measuring the volume of tourist traffic, is recorded

the crisis better and even grow significantly, often Table A-2 4,075,799 in 2009, recording a decrease of 2.2 %

with the support of specific government measures nights compared to the year 2008. This was mainly

aimed at leveraging this trend.due to the decrease of average duration of stay from

Table A-1 9.5 nights in 2008 to 9.1 nights in 2009. (See tables 7 & 12).

Following the slight increase in tourist arrivals, the overall official tourist receipts marginally increased by 1.1 per cent, from Rs. 37,094 million in 2008 to

Source - World Tourism Organization 37,506 million in 2008.(Note - Figures for 2009 are provisional estimates)

In terms of US Dollars, the total receipts in 2009 European region continues it's position as the major amounted to US$ 326.3 million, as against US$ 319.5 tourists receiving region in the world recording more million recorded for the previous year, recording a Source - World Tourism Organization than one half of world tourism (52.2 per cent), while marginal increase in dollar terms of 2.1 per cent. (Note - Figures for 2009 are provisional estimates) Europe and Americas as the traditional scenes of

international tourism, and receive almost seven-The average spending per tourist increased to US $ tenths, (68.1 per cent) of world tourism. 744.4, recording an increase of 2.2 per cent when compared to US $ 728.6 in 2008. The average However, it is noteworthy that the gradual decline in spending per tourist per day amounted to US $ 81.8, the share of world tourism received by the Europe, which showed an increase of 6.6 per cent as during the past consecutive four years period. Thus compared to US $ 76.7 in 2008.

B - Tourism Demand - Volume and Value

(B-1) Volume

Regional Distribution of World Tourism Arrivals (2006 to 2009)

World Tourist Arrivals by Regions in million (2006 to 2009)

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Europe

Middle East

South Asia

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142.1 139.6147.1 -5.13.0

175.3 180.5184.1 -1.91.1

480.1 459.7487.1 -5.60.3

46.4 52.555.6 -5.68.2

9.7 10.010.3 -2.81.1

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Region Relative Share

2006 2007 2008 2009

Africa 4.8 4.9 5.0 5.5

Americas 16.2 15.8 16.0 15.9

E. Asia & Pacific 18.8 19.5 18.9 19.3

Europe 54.4 53.5 52.9 52.2

Middle East 4.8 5.2 6.1 6.0

South Asia 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.1

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Tourism as a foreign exchange earner, is relatively Table C-2 important in the overall economy of Sri Lanka. The given Table B-1 below reveals figures for 2008 & Table C-1 below presents the distribution of the 2009. tourist arrivals in different source market regions for

the years 2007 - 2009 as compared to the base year Table B-1 1999 and the percentage changes recorded for each

year as compared with the previous year.

Table C-1

UNWTO estimates that worldwide receipts from international tourism reached US$ 852 billion last year, down from US$ 942 billion in the previous year ( See Table C-2). In absolute terms, international tourism receipts decreased by US $ 90 billion. On the hand, in real terms, i.e. using local currencies at constant prices in order to adjust for exchange rate fluctuations and inflation, international tourism receipts decreased by 5.7% in 2009.This was the first year of decline since 2003,when international Source - Central Bank of Sri Lanka

tourism was hit by the Iraq war and the outbreak of - Sri Lanka Tourism Development AuthorityThe major drop in tourist arrivals were recorded SARS, decreasing by 1.3% in real terms.from other countries (Latin America & the Caribbean

thTourism has retained its position as the 6 largest and African regions) recording – 63.2 per cent as All regions suffered drop in receipts in real terms( and earner of FE in the national economy by ranking concerned to the previous year. South East Asian also in arrivals, with the exception in Africa),albeit behind Private Foreign Remittances, Textiles & Market, South Asia and Eastern Europe are also with varying rates of decline. The hardest hit regions Garments, Tea, Transportation Services and Rubber recorded drops of 3.2,1.3 and 10.6 percentage were Americas and Europe, where receipts declined based products. Further, the contribution of tourism points respectively in 2009, as against to the last year. by 10% and 7% irrespectively in 2009 when to the total FE earnings remained relatively small as Other market regions recorded increases during the compared with the figures of previous year. Asia and 2.6 per cent in 2009, which remains unchanged in its year under review. North America by 2.6 per cent, the Pacific( -1%),the Middle East and Africa ( both -share, as compared to the previous year. Tourism fell North East Asia by 13.5 per cent, Australasia by 19.4 4%) did comparatively better than the world far behind the top five FE earners who accounted for per cent, Western Europe by 1.8 and Middle East by average.72.3 per cent of the total, namely Private Foreign 41.5 per cent. Remittances -26.6 per cent, Textiles and Garments-

Table C-3 below gives the percentage shares of 26.2 per cent, Tea -9.5,Transportation Services- 6.9 tourism received from the broad market regions for per cent and Rubber based products- 3.1 per cent.2008 to 2009 as compared with year 1999.

C - Sources of Tourism DemandInternational Tourist Receipts by Regions in US $

Billion (2006 to 2009)

Relative Importance of Tourism as FE Earner

International Tourism Arrivals by Regions (1999, 2007, 2008 & 2009)

2008 2009

Sector FE % of FE Sector FE % of FEEarnings Earnings Earnings EarningsRs. Million Rs. Million Rs. Million

1 Textiles & Garments 376,024 26.5 1 Private Foreign 382,818 26.6

Remittances

2 Private Foreign 316,091 22.3 2 Textiles & Garments 376,146 26.2

Remittances

3 Tea 137,600 9.7 3 Tea 136,171 9.5

4 Transportation 4 Transportation Services 99,391 6.9

Services 108,430 7.6

5 Rubber based 5 Rubber based product 44,163 3.1

products 58,671 4.1

6 Tourism 37,094 2.6 6 Tourism 37,506 2.6

7 Minor Agriculture 7 Computer &

products 31,069 2.2 Information Technology

Services 28,161 2.0

8 Petroleum products 27,551 1.9 8 Minor Agriculture Products 27,616 1.9

9 Computer & 9 Petroleum Products 15,484 1.1

Information Technology

Services 24,917 1.8

10 Others 302,118 21.3 10 Others 289,122 20.1

Total 1,419,565 100.0 1,436,578 100.0

Market Region 1999 2007 2008 2009 % Change

07/99 08/07 09/08

America-North 18,477 28,355 24,311 24,948 53.5 -14.2 2.6

Asia-North East 27,723 33,832 27,688 31,439 22.0 -18.2 13.5

Asia-South East 23,646 18,425 17,443 16,.890 -22.1 -5.3 -3.2

Asia-South 63,006 148,360 127,911 126,205 183.5 -13.7 -1.3

Australasia 15,159 22,924 21,839 26,068 51.2 -4.7 19.4

Europe-West 275,796 194,448 167,187 170,123 -29.5 -14.2 1.8

Europe-East 6,204 25,573 29,440 26,310 312.2 15.1 -10.6

Middle East 4,821 13,554 16,776 23,741 181.1 23.8 41.5

Others 1,608 8,537 5,880 2,166 430.9 -31.1 -63.2

World 436,440 494,008 438,475 447,890 -13.2 -11.2 -2.1

currenciesLocal2006

24.5

153.7

144.5

376.3

30.5

11.5

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Region 2007 20092008constant prices %

Africa

Americas

Esat Asia &

Pacific

Europe

Middle East

South Asia

World

29.5 28.730.0 -4.03.8

171.1 165.2187.6 -9.84.7

172.3 188.1193.4 -0.13.4

435.2 413.3473.7 -6.5-1.2

35.2 41.841.5 -0.74.8

13.9 15.115.5 -3.67.4

856.8 852.2924.0 -5.71.4

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Table C-3 Table C-4 Meantime, Canada has dropped from the list .

The peak months for arrivals fall during November/December and the mini peak in July/August. The highest number of arrivals was recorded in December, with the seasonal index moving up to 152, recording a 52.3 per cent increase above the monthly average. The seasonality ratio in 2009 was decreased to 1.5, from 1.6 in 2008. The coefficient of seasonal variation in 2009 was 23, compared to 24 in 2008.(See Tables c & 3).

The Lowest number of arrivals was recorded in May, which was mainly due to the war. The seasonal index has fallen to 66 (See Table c).

Similar to the previous year Western Europe as the Katunayake International Airport, the only air access major market source for Sri Lanka has dropped from point to Sri Lanka, handled 99.9 per cent of the total 63.2 per cent in 1999 to 38.1 per cent in 2008 and to It can be seen that the top major source of markets tourist arrivals during the year under review. The 37.1 per cent in 2009. On the other hand market in the table above. India became the top producer balance 0.1 per cent used the Colombo Harbour as share of South Asia has expanded from 14.4 per cent in 2009 too. But the arrivals from India decreased the port of entry to the country as in previous in 1999 to 29.2 per cent in 2008 and 28.2 per cent in by 1,604, from 85,238 in 2008 to 83,634 in 2009. years.(See Tables d & 4).2009. Further UK too retained its second position with a

slight increase of 263 arrivals, from 81,331 in 2008 Table C-4 below shows a comparison of the Top-ten

to 81,594 in 2009. Altogether twenty scheduled airlines operated source markets for tourism to Sri Lanka in the years regular services to Sri Lanka and accounted for 98.7 2008 and 2009. It was a noteworthy feature that first five largest per cent of the total tourist traffic to the country

producers in 2008 i.e. India, U.K, Maldives, during the year review. Charter flights (1.2 per cent) Germany and Australia retained their same positions and arrivals by sea (0.1 per cent) accounted for the in the year 2009 too. However in absolute terms balance. The drastic drop in the operation of charter only U.K., Maldives and Australia produced increases flights was due to the impact of internal conflict in traffic. France who occupied the eighth position in aggravated by global economic downturn and 2008 moved up to sixth, with a 50 per cent increase uncertainty of A(H1N1) pandemic.in arrivals in absolute terms, while Russia and Netherlands moved down from fifth and seventh Sri Lankan Airlines, Emirates, Qatar Airways, Cathay positions to eighth and ninth positions respectively. It Pacific and Singapore Airlines (SIA), are the 5 leading is a noteworthy that, Japan is featuring in the list. scheduled airlines (each carried more than 18,000

Relative Importance of Market Regions Top-Ten Source Markets D - Profile Characteristics(1999, 2008 & 2009) (2008 & 2009)

(D-1) Seasonality of Arrivals

(D-2) Mode of Transport and Port of Arrival

(D-3) Arrivals by Carrier

Market Region Percentage Share

1999 2008 2009

America-North 4.2 05.5 5.6

Asia-North East 6.4 06.3 7.0

Asia-South East 5.4 04.0 3.8

Asia-South 14.4 29.2 28.2

Australasia 3.5 05.0 5.8

Europe-West 63.2 38.1 37.9

Europe-East 1.4 06.7 5.9

Middle East 1.1 03.8 5.3

Others 0.4 01.4 0.5

World 100.0 100.0 100.0

2008 2009

Market Total Percentage Market Total Percentage

Arrivals Share Arrivals Share

India 85,238 19.4 India 83,634 18.7

U.K. 81,331 18.5 U.K. 81,594 18.2

Maldives 31,564 7.2 Maldives 31,916 7.1

Germany 30,625 7.0 Germany 29,654 6.6

Australia 19,536 4.5 Australia 23,239 5.2

Russia 15,797 3.6 France 15,886 3.5

U. S. A. 14,053 3.2 U. S. A. 14,241 3.2

Netherlands 13,030 3.0 Russia 11,834 2.6

France 10,594 2.4 Netherlands 11,291 2.5

Canada 10,258 2.3 Japan 10,926 2.3

Total 312,026 71.1 Total 314,215 69.9

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tourists in 2009) –which accounted for 77.1 per Cultural visits decreased to 2.0 percent from 2.6 cent of the total tourist traffic to the country (See percent, Visiting friends & Relations(VFR) decreased Table 5). from 8.3 percent to 5.2 percent and other purposes

moved down to 2.8 per cent from 6.0 per cent Inter-regional flights accounted for 82.5 per cent of compared to the previous year.the total tourist arrivals, which was an increase of 7.8 percentage points when compared with 78.1 It should be noted that the majority of the pleasure per cent recorded for 2008(See Table e). travellers, 40.8 percent were from Western Europe, Correspondingly, the share of intra-regional traffic 36.0 percent from Asia, 6.4 per cent from decreased to 16.2 per cent, from 18.8 per cent in Australasia, 6.1 percent for each from Eastern the previous year. It is a noteworthy that, the share Europe and Middle East, and the balance 4.6 of intra-regional traffic is decreasing from last four percent from other countries (See Table 6). The years from 22.9 per cent in 2006, 20.6 per cent in largest proportion of business tourists (private and 2007 , 18.8 per cent in 2008 to 16.2 per cent in official) came from Asia while Western Europe 2009. taking the second place. It is noteworthy that 58.1

percent of those who came for business purposes During the year under review, there are three were from Asian countries. Out of those 35.5 European Charter Airlines operated flights to Sri percent are from India only.Lanka, bringing a total of 5,469 tourists to the

India, as the major tourist market produced over country. In terms of market share, more than half eighty three thousand tourists to Sri Lanka in of the proportion of charter arrivals decreased 2009 is comparatively different from that of all from 3.0 per cent in the previous year to 1.2 per other markets - namely 69.7 percent Pleasure, cent in the current year. 16.3 percent Business, 3.5 percent Visiting Friends and Relations (VFR), 2.7 percent Convention and Meetings, 6.0 percent Religious & Cultural and With the fluctuation of the tourist traffic since past other purposes 1.8 percent, constituted the rest.ten years, the momentum pattern of tourists

visiting the country has undergone significant changes. Likewise, the proportion of pleasure tourists (namely those who visit the country for holiday, recreation and sightseeing etc), has There is a substantial decrease of the average declined continuously until the year 2007 to 67.1 duration of stay of tourists during the year 2009.It per cent from 90.1 per cent in 2000. (see table 6 & decreased from 9.5 nights to 9.1 nights (See Table g).

f).But from 2008 and 2009 a portion of pleasure It can be seen that, 25.7 percent of tourists stayed

tourists increased upto 73.2 percent and 79.9 3 nights or less whilst 29.2 percent. stayed

percent respectively. For the year 2009, there was between 4-7 nights, 34.1 percent stayed between 8-

a marginal increase of those who visited for Private 14 nights and 11.0 percent stayed for more than

and Official Business to 8.6 percent from 8.5 two weeks.

percent, Conventions and Meetings moved up to 1.4 per cent from 1.5 percent, Religious and

(D-4) Purpose of Visit

(D-5) Average Duration of Stay and Tourist Nights

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The total number of nights spent by the 447,890 The composition of this kind of traffic denoted that as tourists who visited the country in 2009 amounted many as 56.6 per cent of these passengers were Sri Of the total tourists 78.4 percent of the tourists were to 4,075,799 (See Table 7). This was a decrease of Lankans. The two way tourist passengers accounted gainfully occupied in 2008, recording an increase of 2.1 2.2 percent when compared with the 4,165,511 for 26.9 percent of the total. The balance 18.0 percentage points in comparison to the 76.3 percent nights recorded for the previous year (See Table 12). percent constituted the Resident Visa Holders and recorded in 2008. Retired Persons constituted 4.4

Other Foreign Travelers, who could not be classified percent while the balance 17.2 percent declared According to the review, the number of nights spent as tourists (See Table 11).themselves as having no occupation. Those in the "No in graded accommodation was 2,818,487 in 2009. Occupation" category were mainly housewives and This was a decrease of 2.0 per cent, when compared dependants (See Tables 9 & i).with the figure of 2,763,223 nights recorded in

2008. (See Table 12). Of the tourists who engaged in gainful occupations, Due to degrading of some tourist hotels, the number 26.1 percent were engaged in "Other Occupations" However, the tourist nights spent in supplementary of registered tourist hotels decreased to 242 units viz.: white-collar workers in the non-executive grades establishments amounted to 779,317 in 2009, which with 14,461 rooms from 256 units with 14,793 rooms and skilled/ semi-skilled workers. was an increase of 11.1 percent as compared to in the previous year. [see Table 13 (a)].

701,254 nights recorded in 2008. Others in gainful occupations were Businessmen (12.4 However, the supply of supplementary percent), Executives (13.9 percent), Professionals It should be noted that in 2009, only 69.2 percent of accommodation units (namely guest-houses, motels, (10.3 per cent), Scientists & Technicians (7.7 per cent) the tourist nights were spent in graded establishments inns etc) increased by 51 additional units, from 578 in and Educationists (8.0 per cent). while another 19.1 percent were spent in 2008 to 629 in 2009. The degraded units are

supplementary accommodation establishments. The included to these additional units. The room capacity balance 11.7 percent of the tourists have been spent in in these units increased by 627 from 5,319 to 5,946 Twenty scheduled airlines operated flights to Sri unregistered accommodations units and private houses during the same period under review.Lanka in 2009 (See Table 5). (See Table 12).

The room capacity distribution in graded During the summer season from May to October, the accommodation was 34.2 per cent in the South Coast number of flights operated per week amounted to region, 22.1 per cent in the Colombo City region, 268 with a seating capacity of 66,900 per week (See It should be noted that out of the total tourist 18.5 per cent in the Ancient Cities region,17.2 per cent Table 10).

arrivals in 2009, 59.7 percent were male and the in Greater Colombo region (including Negombo) , balance 40.3 percent female (See Table h). During the winter season from November 2008 to 6.4 per cent in the High Country region and the

April 2009, the number of flights operated amounted balance 1.6 per cent in the East Coast regions (See Table When reviewing age-distribution, the majority of to 277 per week, with a seating capacity of 70,343 j).

the tourists were in between 40-49 years, accounting per week.

for 28.6 percent of the total traffic recording a 1.2 percent percentage points over 27.4 percent

In 2009,the overall annual room occupancy rate of recorded in 2008. Compared to 2008 age groups 3-The up & down movement of passengers (includes graded establishments increased to 48.4 per cent 19,30-39, 50-59 and 60 & over showed decreases arrivals and departures), through the Katunayake from 43.9 per cent in the previous year (See Table k). while 20-29 and 40-49 showed increases of their age International Airport, amounted to 3.32 million. This brackets.

All regions, have recorded increases in room represented a decrease of 0.9 per cent as compared to occupancy in 2009, when compared with the the up & down passenger traffic of 3.35 million corresponding figures for 2008. Colombo City and recorded for the previous year (See Tables 11 & 23).

(D-7) Occupation

G - Tourism Supply

(G-1) Accommodation Capacity

E- Scheduled Airline Operations

(D-6) Age & Sex Distributions

(G-2) Occupancy RateF- Passenger Movements

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Greater Colombo regions have increased marginally During the year under review, the total of foreign Approximately two third of those employed are compared to the previous year recording 0.1 guest nights recorded in al l registered from Accommodation and Catering sectors. This percentage points each whilst East Coast ,Ancient accommodation establishments (both tourist hotels amount is 61.2 percent of the total direct Cities, High Country & South Coast recorded and supplementary accommodations) amounted to employment. Travel Agents and Tour Operators 16.2,9.2 ,8 & 3.5 percentage points respectively. 3,597,804 accounting for 88.3 per cent of the total accounted for 13.7 percent while Airlines accounted

tourist nights spent in the country as against to 83.2 for 10.1 percent. The sectors such as Accommodation When reviewing the regions, the highest occupancy percent in 2008. and Catering, Travel Agents and Tour Operators, level was recorded in the Colombo City (57.8 Agencies providing recreational facilities and Tourists

The distribution of foreign guest nights in tourist percent), followed by the Greater Colombo region shops shows marginal increases in their employment hotels by resort regions shows that 32.5 percent of (52.7 percent) and South Coast (49.6 per cent). capacity.the total foreign guest nights have been spent in

It is noteworthy that the highest overall monthly the South Coast Region recording the highest Of the total direct employment, 58.5 percent were in occupancy rate of 71.2 percent was recorded in proportion . The Colombo City Region accounted the Technical, Clerical and Supervisory grades, 24.6 December due to the highest arrival of the year and for 26.9 percent, Greater Colombo region 21.4 per percent were in the Manual and Operative grades the lowest monthly occupancy rate of 31.4 percent cent, Ancient Cities region 15.0 per cent, High and the balance constituted 16.9 percent in in May due to the critical war situation in the Country 3.3 per cent and East Coast region 0.9 per Managerial grades.country (See Table 13). cent (See Table 14).

The total indirect employment in the supplying sector in 2009 was estimated at 72,899 (See Table 21). Thus the total of both direct and indirect Notably, the total foreign guest nights recorded in all The Tourist Industry creates employment employment as a result of tourism in 2009 adds up to tourist hotels amounted to 2,818,487 which was an opportunities directly in tourism related business 124,970. This was a slight increase of 1.5 percent over increase of 2.0 per cent over 2,763,223 nights establishments such as hotels and other the figure of 123,134 recorded in 2008. recorded in 2009.(See Table 12). The local guest accommodation units, restaurants, travel agents and

nights also recorded at a rate of 18.7 percentage in tour operators, recreation and entertainment One of the significant comparisons is the ratio of jobs these hotels from 979,438 to 1,163,220 during the businesses, souvenir, handicraft and other shops etc. generated, both directly and indirectly, due to the same period. and also indirectly in those businesses, which sell number of tourist arrivals. In 2009, this ratio was one

goods and services to the tourism sector. In general, it job for every 3.6 arrivals.In the case of supplementary accommodation has been found that indirect employment generated establishments, there was an increase in the number as a result of tourism is much higher than direct of foreign guest nights recorded in by 11.1 percent, employment. Research conducted in Sri Lanka reveal Under the year under review, the overall tourist price from 701,254 in 2008 to 779,317 in 2009. These that the ratio of direct employment to indirect index showed a marginal increase of 0.6 percent, nights as a proportion of total guest nights in employment is 1:1.4. This means that for every 100 when compared with the previous year. In absolute supplementary accommodations are 62.3 percent jobs created in the tourism sector there will be 140 terms, it increased by only 30 points from 4,910 in for the same year.jobs generated in the supplying sectors. the 2008/2009 season, to 4,940 in the 2009/2010

The local guest nights recorded in these season (See Table 19). The category in which the The total number of persons employed directly in the supplementary establishments also increased prices of Accommodation sector slightly increased tourism sector as at end of 2009 amounted to 52,071 substantially by 11.8 percent, from 421,987 in by 0.7 percent while the Food and Beverage sector which was an increase of 1.5 percent over the figure 2008 to 471,730 in 2009. The local guest nights as increased by 0.4 percent and Transport sector of 51,306 recorded in 2008 (See Table 18).a proportion of total guest nights in supplementary inc reased by 0 .6 percent . Wi th in the establishments are 37.7 per cent. accommodation sector, the price increases occurred

(G-3) Guest Nights H - Employment in the Tourist Industry

I - Tourist Prices

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at a lower rate in all areas recording City Area 1.3 percent while Beach area 0.4, Circuit area 1.3 percent.

Tourism brings revenue from public sector institutions in a multitude of ways, namely direct and indirect taxes, fees and levies, profits from business undertakings etc. However, statistics of revenue collections are readily available only from a few sources, such as tourism development levy, embarkation tax, Income of Tourism Development Authority, entrance fees to cultural triangle, Wild life parks, museums, botanical gardens, BMICH etc. The revenue collections from some of these sources are given in Tables 25 to 31.

In 2009,the revenue collected from the listed sources amounted to Rs 2,152.4 million as compared to Rs.1,854.2 million collected from the same sources in the previous year. This was an increase by 16.1 per cent.

Of the total revenue collected in 2009, the top contributors were; embarkation tax – Rs.766.3 million, Tourism Development Levy 405.2 and cultural triangle entrance fees – 402.8 million. In addition to this, the Zoological gardens, BMICH and the Wild Life Parks contributed 201.7 millions,146.7 millions & 103.9 millions respectively.

The tourism sector has backward linkages. Therefore it is noteworthy that in addition to direct revenue, the government also earns substantial amount of income as indirect taxes such as from income tax, electricity, water, post and telecommunication, lease rentals etc. are unavailable. The presented figures are only a partial indication of total revenue from tourism.

J - Public Sector Revenue

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PART A: TRENDS & STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTCS OF TOURIST TRAFFIC

PART A: TRENDS AND STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS OF TOURIST TRAFFIC

Tourist Arrivals by Year - 1967 to 2009

1967

1968

1969

1970

1971

1972

1973

1974

1975

1976

1977

1978

1979

1980

1981

1982

1983

1984

1985

1986

1987

1988

1989

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

70

60

50

40

30

20

10

0

-10

-20

-30

% C

han

ge

600,000

500,000

400,000

300,000

200,000

100,000

0

Arr

ival

s

Arrivals % Change

Western Europe

North America

Australasia

Others

3,330 2,609 2,560 3,255 3,640 2,903 2,917 2,498 2,115 7.0

1,525 1,486 2,371 2,950 3,260 3,706 4,024 3,338 2,926 7.6

493 463 569 713 871 1,328 1,014 806 660

2,162 1,533 1,579 2,363 3,314 3,508 2,954 2,728 2,752 8.5

1,547 1,707 2,067 2,873 3,265 2,815 3,536 5,749 6,492 20.6

3.6

Asia

Market Growth Trends by Nationality - Growth Indices

(Average 1963/1966 = 100)

Table (a)

Chart 1

Market 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008Average AnnualGrowth Rates

2,171

2,900

712

3,087

6,507

2009

2,633 2,978 2,889 2,943 2,598 2,306 7.4 2,068 2,355 All Markets 2,106 1,771

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f N

atio

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ity -

2003 t

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Table

1

Co

untr

y o

fN

atio

nal

ity

NO

RT

H A

MER

ICA

Can

ada

U.S

.A.

LAT

IN A

MER

ICA

&

TH

E C

AR

IBB

EA

N

WEST

ER

N E

UR

OPE

Aust

ria

Bel

giu

m

Den

mar

k

Finla

nd

Fran

ce

Ger

man

y

Ital

y

Net

her

lands

No

rway

Spai

n

Swed

en

Switze

rlan

d

U.K

Oth

ers

EA

STER

N E

UR

OPE

Russ

ia

Oth

ers

MID

DLE

EA

ST

AFR

ICA

ASI

A

Ban

gla

des

h

Chin

a (P

.R.)

Ho

ng K

ong, C

hin

a

India

Indo

nes

ia

Japan

Ko

rea

(So

uth

)

Mal

aysi

a

Mal

div

es

Nep

al

Pak

ista

n

Philip

pin

es

Singap

ore

Thai

land

Taiw

an (

P.C

.)

Oth

ers

AU

STR

ALA

SIA

Aust

ralia

New

Zea

land

Oth

ers

Tota

l

2003

2004

20

05

20

06

25,0

99

11,1

09

13,9

90

636

255,1

79

7,3

37

4,2

68

2,7

32

1,10

3

28,5

76

58,8

75

15,6

48

18,2

12

3,6

77

2,8

01

3,9

16

11,1

77

93,3

06

3,5

51

10,6

00

3,6

83

6,9

17

6,7

59

1,925

177,3

77

1,851

7,3

80

3,1

50

90,6

39

1,392

17,1

78

2,7

00

9,2

83

11,5

77

977

9,6

74

2,4

18

8,4

23

6,0

08

2,5

32

2,1

95

23,0

67

20,0

75

2,8

58

134

500,6

42

30,6

54

14,9

74

15,6

80

715

285,3

66

8,6

25

5,7

18

3,4

96

1,989

30,4

22

58,9

32

17,9

84

21,

487

3,4

44

2,9

87

8,1

40

10,6

87

107,0

42

4,4

13

14,2

59

4,9

85

9,2

74

9,4

86

1,759

196,0

23

1,760

9,4

24

916

104,3

90

1,426

19,7

47

4,5

97

9,9

39

15,2

01

890

9,6

29

1,807

7,8

66

5,2

09

1,929

1,293

27,9

40

24,4

71

3,3

31

138

566,2

02

46,7

27

21,

335

25,3

92

732

227,5

58

4,1

48

3,8

91

3,7

93

1,15

0

26,6

41

46,3

20

10,1

47

15,2

52

4,3

33

1,781

5,4

62

8,3

39

92,9

29

3,3

72

9,3

05

3,7

19

5,5

86

10,2

30

2,3

37

222,8

44

2,3

25

9,8

18

1,219

113,0

23

1,639

17,1

63

6,0

23

11,6

68

24,3

96

1,0

77

11,0

56

2,3

60

10,7

96

5,4

09

2,7

05

2,1

67

29,5

75

25,8

36

3,6

08

131

549,3

08

35,6

88

14,8

63

20

,825

80

5

228,6

66

4,6

77

6,3

73

3,5

40

1,244

22,7

03

47,2

96

12,3

53

19,4

60

3,0

57

2,3

69

5,5

79

7,7

29

88,5

31

3,7

55

14,2

36

8,0

00

6,2

36

10,1

91

3,1

63

241,

954

2,4

66

16,3

64

1,0

83

128,5

20

4,9

40

16,2

17

5,3

18

9,8

23

24,5

05

1,15

2

11,1

65

3,4

80

6,6

62

5,4

75

2,5

80

2,2

04

24,9

00

21,

665

3,1

27

108

559,6

03

20

07

28,3

38

11,8

62

16,4

76

4,1

04

195,8

13

3,5

73

4,6

53

1,782

498

9,5

40

35,0

16

11,4

51

17,5

32

2,3

04

2,4

81

4,8

24

4,9

11

94,0

89

3,1

59

25,4

85

13,5

30

11,9

55

13,5

87

2,9

91

20

0,6

97

1,668

10,4

13

210

105,9

06

1,40

4

14,2

74

4,8

60

6,6

66

29,5

50

885

10,1

73

2,1

06

5,6

91

2,5

17

2,5

44

1,830

22,9

93

20

,241

2,6

55

97

494,0

08

2009

25,0

44

10,7

85

14,2

59

666

170

,186

2,4

11

2,6

13

1,306

742

16,2

05

29,6

64

7,2

14

11,2

97

1,669

2,3

83

3,5

78

6,2

47

81,

682

3,1

75

26,1

77

11,3

90

14,7

87

23,8

21

1,591

174,3

82

1,295

8,5

74

1,325

83,6

50

1,039

10,9

31

3,5

95

6,8

78

31,

890

679

7,3

88

1,421

7,9

76

3,1

98

2,7

11

1,832

26,0

23

23,2

49

2,6

23

151

447,8

90

20

08

23,2

03

9,7

45

13,4

58

3,7

21

165,8

22

2,6

84

2,3

94

1,336

489

10,7

03

30

,154

9,1

37

13,1

80

1,620

2,2

51

3,7

45

5,2

61

80

,214

2,6

54

29,3

52

15,8

31

13,5

21

16,7

01

2,3

54

175,9

44

1,438

10,0

15

421

88,6

28

1,258

10,5

78

4,1

02

5,0

21

31,

458

897

7,7

02

1,520

5,7

02

3,5

10

1,988

1,70

6

21,

378

19,1

45

2,1

48

85

438,4

75

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15

Tourist Arrivals by Top Ten Markets - 2008 & 2009

Chart 2

0

10,000

20,000

30,000

40,000

50,000

60,000

70,000

80,000

90,000

India

UK

Maldive

s

Ger

man

y

Austra

lia

Fran

ce

U.S.A

Russi

a

Nethe

rland

s

Japa

n

2009

2008

Touri

st A

rriv

als

By Country of Residence

Western Europe 3,727 3,525 2,757 2,707 3,449 3,844 3,071 3,088 2,628 2,260 2,299

Asia 1,617 1,294 1,268 2,022 2,507 2,800 3,157 3,423 2,862 2,446 2,467

North America 666 624 576 716 905 1,072 1,674 1,273 1,022 876 899

Australasia 2,153 2,589 1,862 1,876 3,262 3,770 4,224 3,569 3,256 3,102 3,703

Others 1,187 1,177 1,315 1,573 1,884 2,575 2.121 2,686 4,305 4,896 4908

Average

AnnualGrowth

Market 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 Rates

6.9

7.2

4.0

8.8

18.6

All Markets 2,295 2,106 1,771 2,068 2,633 2,978 2,889 2,943 2,598 2,306 2,355 7.4

Market Growth Trends by Residence - Growth Indices

(Average 1963/1966 = 100) Table (b)

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16

Touri

st A

rriv

als

by C

ountr

y o

f R

esid

ence

- 2

003 t

o 2

009

Table

2

2003

2004

20

05

20

06

Co

untr

y o

fR

esid

ence

NO

RT

H A

MER

ICA

Can

ada

U.S

.A.

LAT

IN A

MER

ICA

&

TH

E C

AR

IBB

EA

N

WEST

ER

N E

UR

OPE

Aust

ria

Bel

giu

m

Den

mar

k

Finla

nd

Fran

ce

Ger

man

y

Ital

y

Net

her

lands

No

rway

Spai

n

Swed

en

Switze

rlan

d

U.K

Oth

ers

EA

STER

N E

UR

OPE

Russ

ia

Oth

ers

MID

DLE

EA

ST

AFR

ICA

South

Afr

ica

Oth

ers

25,1

10

11,1

64

13,9

46

634

255,1

69

7,3

10

4,3

04

2,7

20

1,10

6

28,5

85

58,9

08

15,6

54

18,1

97

3,6

74

2,7

80

3,8

80

11,2

40

93,2

78

3,5

33

10,6

33

3,6

86

6,9

47

6,7

89

1,991

980

1,011

61,

819

29,7

59

14,6

33

15,1

26

741

284,4

40

8,6

33

5,5

82

3,2

69

1,989

29,9

96

58,2

58

18,8

62

21,

455

3,4

77

3,0

10

7,9

79

10,6

10

106,6

45

4,6

75

14,3

36

5,0

00

9,3

36

10,4

63

1,855

987

868

64,7

14

46,4

57

21,

185

25,2

72

70

5

227,1

91

4,1

27

3,8

55

3,7

81

1,15

0

26,6

53

46,3

50

10,1

92

15,1

56

4,3

30

1,781

5,4

02

8,3

99

92,6

29

3,3

86

9,2

90

3,7

04

5,5

86

10,2

36

2,3

40

1,10

7

1,233

69,9

98

35,3

23

14,6

23

20

,70

0

775

228,4

45

4,6

62

6,3

33

3,5

31

1,244

22,6

93

47,4

02

12,4

24

19,3

60

3,0

54

2,3

67

5,5

24

7,7

27

88,3

06

3,8

18

14,2

21

7,9

85

6,2

36

10,3

45

3,2

35

1,11

6

2,1

19

73,3

49

EA

ST A

SIA

20

07

28,3

55

11,8

69

16,4

86

3,9

62

194,4

48

3,5

80

4,6

69

1,796

497

8,0

91

35,0

42

11,4

51

17,5

26

2,3

04

2,4

84

4,8

51

4,9

17

94,0

60

3,1

80

25,5

73

13,6

21

11,9

52

13,5

54

2,7

12

933

1,779

52854

20

08

24,3

11

10,2

58

14,0

53

3,7

39

167,1

87

2,6

51

2,3

78

1,320

468

10,5

94

30

,625

9,1

26

13,0

30

1,613

2,2

82

3,7

11

5,3

26

81,

331

2,7

32

29,4

40

15,7

97

13,6

43

16,7

76

2,1

41

756

1,385

44,9

44

20

09

24,9

48

10,7

07

14,2

41

617

170

,123

2,4

09

2,6

17

1,362

738

15,8

86

29,6

54

7,5

14

11,2

91

1,666

2,3

87

3,5

60

6,3

31

81,

594

3,1

14

26,3

10

11,8

34

14,4

76

23,7

41

1,549

779

770

48,3

29

7,2

51

3,0

75

9,0

88

1,538

9,6

68

1,0

69

16,2

74

973

Chin

a (P

.R.)

Ho

ng K

ong, C

hin

a

11,9

49

186

9,8

12

537

8,5

50

1,330

1,395

17,1

15

2,7

09

9,3

31

1,466

19,6

41

4,5

31

10,1

32

1,669

17,1

48

6,0

56

11,5

78

5,0

42

16,1

89

5,2

98

9,7

13

Indo

nes

ia

Japan

Ko

rea

(So

uth

)

Mal

aysi

a

1,40

4

14,2

74

4,8

70

6,7

04

1,15

7

10,0

75

4,3

00

5,1

88

1,0

40

10,9

26

3,6

95

6,8

50

2,4

33

8,4

44

5,9

99

2,5

47

1,520

115,5

32

1,830

90,6

03

11,5

83

980

9,7

04

832

1,808

8,5

46

5,0

35

1,907

1,022

133,3

54

1,721

105,1

51

15,0

13

883

9,6

38

948

2,3

66

11,1

56

5,4

24

2,7

20

1,14

4

153,3

53

2,3

16

113,3

23

24,5

76

1,0

71

11,0

29

1,0

38

3,4

74

7,0

12

5,4

60

2,5

65

1,349

168,7

83

2,4

56

128,3

70

24,8

31

1,14

6

11,1

45

835

Philip

pin

es

Singap

ore

Thai

land

Taiw

an (

P.C

.)

Oth

ers

SOU

TH

ASI

A

Ban

gla

des

h

India

Mal

div

es

Nep

al

Pak

ista

n

Oth

ers

2,1

62

5,6

88

2,4

67

2,5

53

597

149,6

26

1,665

106,0

67

29,5

39

885

10,2

04

1,266

1,693

5,8

02

3,5

83

1,90

7

890

128,0

98

1,564

85,2

38

31,

564

860

7,8

85

987

1,421

7,8

08

3,2

08

2,7

15

786

126,2

05

1,294

83,6

34

31,

916

676

7,3

73

1,312

22,9

65

19,9

58

2,8

58

149

500,6

42

26,5

40

23,2

47

3,1

84

109

566,2

02

29,7

38

25,9

86

3,6

17

135

549,3

08

25,1

27

21,

849

3,1

47

131

559,6

03

AU

STR

ALA

SIA

Aust

ralia

New

Zea

land

Oth

ers

Tota

l

22,9

24

20

,241

2,6

27

56

494,0

08

21,

839

19,5

36

2,2

40

63

438,4

75

26,0

68

23,2

39

2,6

72

157

447,8

90

ST

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17

Shares of Tourist Arrivals by Region - 2002 to 2009

Chart 2(a)

Share

Western Europe

Asia

North America

Australasia

Eastern Europe

Others

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

Year

Chart 2(b)

Tourist Arrivals by Region - 2008 & 2009

North America

Latin America

Western Europe

Eastern Europe

Middle East

Africa

Asia

Australasia

0 50,000 100,000 150,000 200,000 250,000

20082009

Tourist Arrivals

Reg

ion

174,534

173,042

26,068

21,839

2,141

1,549

23,741

16,776

26,310

29,440

170,123

167,187

617

3,739

24,948

24,311

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IST

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18

Table

2(a

)T

OU

RIS

T A

RR

IVA

LS B

Y M

ISC

ELL

AN

EO

US

CO

UN

TR

IES

2007 t

o 2

009

Co

untr

y o

f R

esid

ence

LAT

IN A

MER

ICA

&T

HE C

AR

IBBEA

N

Arg

entina

Bo

livia

Bra

zil

Fren

ch G

uyan

a

Oth

ers

WEST

ER

N E

UR

OPE-O

TH

ER

S

Gre

ece

Irel

and

Po

rtugal

Oth

ers

EA

STER

N E

UR

OPE-O

TH

ER

S

Bulg

aria

Cze

ch. R

epublic

Hungar

y

Po

land

Ro

man

ia

Slo

vak

ia

Ukra

ine

Lith

uan

ia

Oth

ers

AFR

ICA

-OT

HER

S

Alg

eria

Ken

ya

Mau

ritius

Nig

eria

Zam

bia

Oth

ers

MID

DLE

EA

ST

Bah

rain

Iran

Isra

el

Jord

an

Kuw

ait

Leban

on

Om

an

Saudi A

rabia

Qat

ar

UA

E

Egypt

Turk

ey

2007

2009

2008

617

3,7

39

75

352

39

291

157

258

229

748

117

2,0

90

3,1

142,7

42

906

395

1,366

1,647

565

409

277

291

14,4

76

13,6

43

207

242

2,8

142,5

55

418

582

5,1

38

4,9

60

272

305

1,16

4704

2,5

77

952

546

459

1,340

2,8

84

700

1,385

69

120

229

540

117

93

131

99

51

78

103

455

23,7

41

16,7

76

943

805

1,270

2,1

30

1,901

2,5

96

1,10

81,

398

1,12

31,

011

940

759

727

499

6,6

85

3,4

56

1,15

8312

5,9

74

2,4

69

510

417

563

378

3,9

62

233

215

289

400

2,8

25

3,1

80

382

1,866

334

598

11,9

52

361

1,880

584

3,7

61

236

465

524

160

3,9

81

1,779

202

265

59

95

100

1,058

13,5

54

545

338

2,6

48

1,446

831

464

515

3,8

61

219

814

456

372

200

168

668

498

744

665

44,7

46

40,1

62

839

546

2,0

98

1,877

262

376

224

170

1,045

1,863

261

88

62

342

1,11

0

36,2

90

Oth

ers

ASI

A-O

TH

ER

S

Myan

mar

Vie

tnam

Afg

anis

tan

Bhuta

n

Oth

ers

Tota

l

ST

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19

Seasonal V

ariation in

Traffic Flo

w - 19

67 to

2009

(Seasonal In

dices) (1)

Table ( c )

YearJan

FebM

arA

pr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

SepO

ctN

ov

Dec

Seasona-

lity ratio

(2)

Co

efficient

of Seaso

nal

Variatio

n (3

)

1967

1968

1969

1970

1971

1972

1973

1974

1975

1976

1977

1978

1979

1980

1981

1982

1983

1984

1985

1986

1987

1988

1989

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

20

00

20

01

20

02

20

03

20

04

20

05

20

06

20

08

20

09

128

113

132

134

179

123

145

154

137

158

137

144

136

135

146

121

175

127

134

172

167

134

84

107

109

108

131

134

137

123

107

117

122

130

157

86

97

106

114

112

156

103

117

117

123

141

199

125

129

136

121

153

141

140

121

126

127

118

156

122

126

159

156

126

80

106

106

118

123

121

127

117

115

111

114

130

166

97

94

92

115

113

111

92

119

112

112

125

156

119

121

139

130

135

143

128

122

128

124

124

159

123

139

151

150

128

104

109

103

101

116

122

119

105

112

102

113

121

158

101

9881

120

117

10491

101

88

82

85

47

66

84

90

68

90

77

73

9081

92

88

116

89

92

101

10691

80

92

78

8691

83

10081

8881

95

101

131

8381

65

109

10781

70

97

84

79

97

29

70

66

46

65

62

59

55

63

73

70

85

117

69

65

68

54

73

83

74

67

64

68

64

73

70

73

64

69

70

9681

72

64

96

94

85

66

64

59

58

56

29

50

50

47

56

46

43

4451

57

54

77

87

68

52

50

50

76

75

73

66

70

62

63

67

78

7671

72

66

101

80

76

68

96

94

7781

82

84

72

67

57

7991

76

69

43

77

8281

86

9291

89

101

86

64

67

116

99

106

115

103

101

104

107

101

101

93

92

100

102

109

105

107

121

119

90

113

101

88

84

87

75

99

103

87

100

35

87

97

97

102

106

101

30

104

94

79

75

123

112

108

109

122

100

97

107

98

105

99

107

104

56

108

101

103

116

114

84

110

82

87

78

80

57

73

64

70

62

68

59

6471

74

78

88

36

8271

65

66

98

93

90

9491

8491

92

92

98

100

93

93

42

101

86

109

84

8381

102

87

109

107

88

78

9691

88

87

107

90

89

93

88

87

89

58

98

85

66

80

110

98

93

95

97

94

9891

93

93

100

97

80

46

111

120

126

85

83

96

101

94

98

120

95

121

132

110

118

131

137

134

129

123

108

96

99

73

105

108

94

93

69

123

99

107

109

107

98

84

99

105

121

115

98

62

114

132

138

8281

101

119

127

161

153

145

173

168

146

149

174

166

153

155

152

142

127

119

104

112

148

131

135

56

169

143

151

125

123

126

95

142

128

142

111

105

83

129

138

140

86

84

134

152

1.3

1.6

1.5

1.4

2.0

1.7

1.5

1.5

1.7

1.7

1.5

1.6

1.5

1.4

1.5

1.2

1.7

1.3

1.5

1.7

1.7

1.3

1.7

1.4

1.5

1.3

1.3

1.3

1.4

1.4

1.3

1.4

1.2

1.3

1.4

1.5

1.4

1.4

1.1

1.2

1.6

1.5

22

25

27

28

60

33

30

37

44

47

37

36

30

27

2616

4519

3041

40

25

2518

221821

2221

201621

16

20

4315

23

261515

20

07

137

105

85

80

64

75

107

109

90

90

11014

81.5

25

24

23

(1)Seaso

nal in

dices are co

mpiled

by tak

ing av

erage arriv

als per m

onth

as 100

(2)

Seasonality

ratio =

Hig

hest M

onth

ly A

rrival / A

verag

e Arriv

al per m

onth

(3) C

oefficien

t of Seaso

nal V

ariation is o

btain

ed b

y calcu

lating th

e standard

dev

iation o

f the Seaso

nal In

dices.

Seasonality

of To

urist Traffic - 2

00

9C

hart 3

Arriva

lsIn

de

x

Mo

nth

Tourist Arrivals (Thousands)

Index

60,000

38,468

34,16934,065

26,054

30,234

42,22341,207

37,98337,575

44,311

56,862

24,739

JanFeb

Mar

Apr

May

JunJul

Aug

SepO

ctN

ovD

ec

40

60

80

100

120

140

160

0

10,0

00

20,0

00

30,0

00

40,0

00

50,0

00

ST

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IST

ICS

PART A: TRENDS AND STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS OF TOURIST TRAFFIC

20

Touri

st A

rriv

als

by C

ountr

y o

f R

esid

ence

& M

onth

- 2

009

Table

3

Co

untr

y o

fR

esid

ence

NO

RT

H A

MER

ICA

Can

ada

U.S

.A.

LAT

IN A

MER

ICA

&

TH

E C

AR

IBBEA

N

WEST

ER

N E

UR

OPE

Aust

ria

Bel

giu

m

Den

mar

k

Finla

nd

Fran

ce

Ger

man

y

Net

her

lands

Ital

y

No

rway

Spai

n

Swed

en

Switze

rlan

d

U.K

Oth

ers

EA

STER

N E

UR

OPE

Russ

ia

Oth

ers

AFR

ICA

South

Afr

ica

Oth

ers

MID

DLE

EA

ST

Tota

lJa

nFe

bM

arA

pr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

No

vD

ec

Seas

on

-ality

Rat

io

24,9

48

10,7

07

14,2

41

617

170,1

23

2,4

09

2,6

17

1,362

738

15,8

86

29,5

64

11,2

91

7,5

14

1,666

2,3

87

3,5

60

6,3

31

81,

594

3,1

14

26,3

10

11,8

34

14,4

76

1,549

779

770

23,7

41

174,5

34

8,5

50

537

83,6

34

1,040

10,9

26

3,6

95

6,8

50

31,

916

7,3

73

1,421

7,8

08

3,2

08

2,7

15

4,3

01

26,0

68

23,2

39

2,6

72

157

447,8

90

2,2

15

1,032

1,18

3

86

15,5

74

189

188

179

120

1,805

2,9

00

1,214

799

157

269

324

628

6,5

99

203

4,4

07

2,3

08

2,0

99

143

65

78

1,14

7

12,6

57

925

181

5,2

68

48

861

376

298

2,6

16

554

104

463

197

452

314

2,2

39

2,0

21

214 4

38,4

68

1,688

685

1,003

130

15,6

37

224

206

111

81

1,683

2,5

49

1,062

763

154

198

331

722

7,3

16

237

3,5

92

1,523

2,0

69

111

55

56

1,17

6

10,2

77

670

103

4,3

01

42

867

290

229

2,0

77

453

72

390

256

178

349

1,558

1,410

129 19

34,1

69

1,752

741

1,011 65

14,6

65

255

312 85

63

1,761

2,7

00

972

480

102

204

243

642

6,5

79

267

2,8

08

1,206

1,602

87

39

48

1,230

12,1

26

627

57

5,0

01

66

876

429

273

2,5

02

423

63

516

576

153

564

1,332

1,18

8

144 0

34,0

65

1,396

646

750

72

10,4

89

129

217 44

39

956

1,869

690

309

92

164

153

430

5,2

13

184

1,394

788

606

137

73

64

1,15

9

9,8

41

668

62

4,5

11 72

764

134

243

1,965

322

104

314

270

112

300

1,566

1,390

170 6

26,0

54

1,559

693

866

26

8,0

10 80

102

42

25

502

1,216

554

335

70

68

136

208

4,5

58

114

1,002

417

585

115

50

65

818

11,8

78

592

107

5,6

97

89

675

252

338

2,1

45

599

224

518

330

111

201

1,331

1,19

6

125 10

24,7

39

2,1

55

828

1,327

39

10,1

61

72

138

100 21

687

1,14

3

592

484

165

86

331

263

5,8

83

196

723

252

471

115

53

62

1,225

14,0

80

625

127

6,1

24

84

879

231

354

3,4

27

705

125

854

144

129

272

1,736

1,578

152 6

30234

2,6

69

1,058

1,611 34

16,6

90

237

326

191

48

1,757

2,6

62

1,370

571

179

178

302

787

7,7

90

292

1,208

378

830

138

64

74

4,1

49

15,3

15

685

165

6,7

32

191

909

488

451

3,0

72

986

166

646

245

229

350

2,0

20

1,761

254 5

42,2

23

2,3

37

1,065

1,272

26

16,8

23

226

171

125

37

1,675

2,6

89

907

912 82

310

282

343

8,6

71

393

1,573

674

899

114

40

74

2,9

73

15,4

86

893

118

7,4

09

98

1,318

380

840

2,0

24

761

113

704

211

334

283

1,875

1,598

266 11

41,

207

1,645

692

953 41

13,0

27

150

176

76

59

683

2,1

79

798

535

96

163

221

287

7,3

31

273

1,298

463

835

114

77

37

2,7

06

17,1

93

632

113

10,1

85

58

1,11

6

218

755

2,1

50

489

106

669

172

221

309

1,959

1,711

232 16

37,9

83

1,551

632

919 26

13,8

73

143

180

95

49

1,12

0

2,7

00

810

792

147

223

311

477

6,5

92

234

1,982

1,311

671

108

55

53

1,871

16,3

46

755 61

9,2

19

120

707

372

643

2,4

28

675

118

479

221

240

308

1,818

1,657

148 13

37,5

75

2,0

38

856

1,18

2

26

15,2

12

221

232

130

79

1,424

3,4

33

1,10

7

637

153

230

334

578

6,3

36

318

3,4

56

1,491

1,965

167

99

68

2,8

86

18,0

70

714 77

8,7

69

84

812

292

1,13

4

3,5

86

681

89

788

311

292

441

2,4

56

2,1

57

273

26

44,3

11

3,9

43

1,779

2,1

64

46

19,9

62

483

369

184

117

1,833

3,6

14

1,215

897

269

294

592

966

8,7

26

403

2,8

67

1,023

1,844

200

109 91

2,4

01

21,

265

764

159

10,4

18 88

1,14

2

233

1,292

3,9

24

725

137

1,467

275

264

377

6,1

78

5,5

72

565 41

56,8

62

1.9

2.0 1.8

2.5 1.4

2.4 1.7

1.6

2.0 1.4

1.5

1.3

1.4

1.9

1.6

2.0 1.8

1.3

1.6

2.0

2.3 1.7

1.5

1.7

1.4

2.1

1.5

1.3

1.6

0.8

2.2 1.4

1.6

2.3 1.5

1.6

1.9

2.3

2.2

2.0 1.7

2.8

2.9

2.5 3.1

1.5

ASI

A

Chin

a (P

.R.)

Ho

ng K

ong, C

hin

a

India

Indo

nes

ia

Japan

Ko

rea

(So

uth

)

Mal

aysi

a

Mal

div

es

Pak

ista

n

Philip

pin

es

Singap

ore

Thai

land

Taiw

an (

P.C

.)

Oth

ers

AU

STR

ALA

SIA

Aust

ralia

New

Zea

land

Oth

ers

Tota

l

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Port 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

99.9

99.9

-

0.1

TOTAL SEA 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1

Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Katunayake (BIA) 99.9 99.9 99.9

Kankasanturai - - - - - - - - - -

TOTAL AIR 99.9 99.9 99.9 99.9 99.9 99.9 99.9 99.9 99.9

Talaimannar - - - - - - - - -

Colombo Harbour 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1

99.9 99.9 99.9 99.9 99.9 99.9

Relative Importance of Different Ports - PercentageDistribution of Arrivals - 2000 to 2009

Table (d)

Mode of Transport and Port of Arrivals - 2008 & 2009

Katunayake 99.9%

Colombo 0.1%

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Table

4To

uri

st A

rriv

als

by C

ountr

y o

f R

esid

ence

& M

ode

of

Tran

spo

rt -

2009

447,4

70

Co

untr

y o

fR

esid

ence

NO

RT

H A

MER

ICA

Can

ada

U.S

.A.

LAT

IN A

MER

ICA

&

TH

E C

AR

IBBEA

N

WEST

ER

N E

UR

OPE

Aust

ria

Bel

giu

m

Den

mar

k

Finla

nd

Fran

ce

Ger

man

y

Ital

y

Net

her

lands

No

rway

Spai

n

Swed

en

Switze

rlan

d

U.K

Oth

ers

EA

STER

N E

UR

OPE

Russ

ia

Oth

ers

AFR

ICA

By A

irK

atunay

ake

Sea

Co

lom

bo

24,8

25

10,6

73

14,1

52

617

169,8

45

2,3

80

2,5

86

1,336

738

15,8

86

29,6

22

7,4

95

11,2

51

1,647

2,3

87

3,5

60

6,3

31

81,

512

3,1

14

26,2

91

11,8

15

14,4

76

1,549

23,7

41

174,5

34

8,5

50

1,330

83,6

34

1,040

10,9

26

3,6

95

6,8

50

31,

916

7,3

73

1,421

7,8

08

3,2

08

2,7

15

4,0

68

26,0

68

23,2

39

2,6

72

157

123

34

89 0

278

29 31

26 0 0

32 19 40 19 0 0 0

82 0 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

420

MID

DLE

EA

ST

ASI

A

Chin

a (P

.R.)

Ho

ng K

ong, C

hin

a

India

Indo

nes

ia

Japan

Ko

rea

(So

uth

)

Mal

aysi

a

Mal

div

es

Pak

ista

n

Philip

pin

es

Singap

ore

Thai

land

Taiw

an (

P.C

.)

Oth

ers

AU

STR

ALA

SIA

Aust

ralia

New

Zea

land

Oth

ers

Tota

l

Tota

l

24,9

48

10,7

07

14,2

41

617

170,1

23

2,4

09

2,6

17

1,362

738

15,8

86

29,6

54

7,5

14

11,2

91

1,666

2,3

87

3,5

60

6,3

31

81,

594

3,1

14

26,3

10

11,8

34

14,4

76

1,549

447,8

90

23,7

41

174,5

34

8,5

50

1,330

83,6

34

1,040

10,9

26

3,6

95

6,8

50

31,

916

7,3

73

1,421

7,8

08

3,2

08

2,7

15

4,0

68

26,0

68

23,2

39

2,6

72

157

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Relative Importance of Different Carriers - Percentage

Distribution of Arrivals - 2000 to 2009

Carrier 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

TOTAL AIR 99.9 99.9 99.9 99.9 99.9 99.9 99.9 99.9 99.9 99.9

TOTAL SEA 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1

Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Inter-Regional

Flights 74.1 78.0 79.6 77.8 74.5 77.3 76.1 77.6 78.1 82.5

Intra-Regional

Flights 18.8 18.6 18.0 18.9 21.5 21.6 22.9 20.6 18.8 16.2

Charter Flights 7.1 3.3 2.3 3.2 3.9 1.0 0.9 1.7 3.0 1.2

Passenger Ships

(CBO) 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1

Table (e)

Carrier 2008 2009

Inter-Regional Flights 78.1% 82.5

Intra-Regional Flights 18.8% 16.2%

Charter Flights 3.0% 2.0%

Sea Carrier 0.1% 0.1%

%

Tourist Arrivals by Type of Carrier 2008 & 2009Chart 5

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Tourist Arrivals by Country of Residence & Carrier - 2009

24,948

10,707

14,241

617

170,123

2,409

2,617

1,362

738

15,886

29,654

7,514

11,291

1,666

2,387

3,560

6,331

81,594

3,114

26,310

11,834

14,476

23,741

1,549

174,534

8,550

1,330

83,634

1,040

10,926

3,695

6,850

31,916

7,373

1,421

7,808

3,208

2,715

4,068

26,068

23,239

2,672

157

447,890

7,850

2,419

5,431

255

80,800

165

115

119

89

8,011

19,542

4,536

5,834

321

715

1,541

3,789

35,329

694

10,097

4,203

5,894

6,037

216

85,753

2,689

175

50,713

43

1,518

750

2,550

20,458

3,265

101

516

865

712

1,398

9,597

8,729

849

19

200,605

353

222

131

12

3,728

55

62

41

32

29

236

156

421

94

65

84

96

2,280

77

152

84

68

245

80

12,167

759

189

2,080

119

3,792

325

398

749

35

121

3,458

24

99

19

1,687

1,426

249

12

18,424

354

235

119

17

998

25

49

33

41

39

126

45

86

49

75

56

73

258

43

82

45

37

1,256

28

758

33

19

253

88

43

31

23

136

0

0

0

0

132

0

270

214

56

0

3,763

170

111

59

24

606

29

48

21

36

55

47

25

56

78

45

36

49

56

25

498

233

265

98

75

3,701

874

231

362

74

1,146

26

26

49

11

1

19

749

102

31

34

23

11

0

5,206

574

249

325

21

1,943

22

301

25

125

326

179

125

326

41

79

203

21

91

79

734

365

369

265

74

5,941

425

289

1,254

23

259

25

1,441

891

45

79

129

316

398

367

463

243

209

11

10,015

91

42

49

37

256

12

31

19

11

23

2

17

3

42

24

29

2

9

32

777

425

352

472

98

1,574

356

45

777

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

66

330

36

36

0

0

3,341

806

439

367

24

2,849

78

142

131

49

187

92

139

124

110

80

149

209

1,298

61

1,801

52

849

649

103

10,168

2,140

218

1,320

129

2,474

214

139

214

107

249

2,056

250

279

379

2,312

2,089

214

9

18,712

3,390

1,245

2,145

11

32,304

629

605

99

13

2,214

3,451

983

3,541

156

321

423

1,201

18,457

211

5,015

1,759

3,256

8,256

77

14,283

256

19

5,916

29

691

1,856

1,254

719

2,794

29

124

268

141

187

4,985

4,905

75

5

68,321

1,447

689

758

16

2,532

451

125

11

22

591

451

22

12

15

23

26

23

658

102

1,078

622

456

412

112

698

0

0

400

12

25

1

11

13

3

0

0

0

79

154

159

128

19

12

6,454

399

212

187

19

10,569

231

145

116

12

1,798

1,259

567

159

143

214

321

198

4,985

421

1,118

412

706

345

47

5,390

18

0

4,486

12

25

23

16

365

89

65

94

71

29

94

93

46

41

6

17,980

362

149

213

16

904

22

56

41

36

45

21

71

34

12

13

9

0

325

219

354

156

198

800

142

1,694

0

0

845

22

145

12

198

121

14

19

49

69

25

175

597

574

19

4

4,869

54

21

33

20

1,160

0

0

0

0

321

215

29

19

21

11

9

21

300

214

361

147

214

1,756

124

6,415

41

0

4,438

46

29

12

44

953

367

22

210

42

62

149

1,245

1,029

208

8

11,135

32

13

19

16

607

23

15

12

41

23

175

21

15

34

15

48

45

124

16

146

101

45

123

89

382

23

0

79

12

0

0

0

26

11

0

170

0

49

12

77

77

0

0

1,472

75

43

32

12

528

22

32

15

45

84

12

56

91

48

21

47

32

12

11

317

103

214

34

21

273

13

24

14

22

16

18

35

42

12

22

10

9

4

32

171

98

63

10

1,431

120

49

71

2

584

33

22

56

6

26

41

56

12

41

78

63

25

56

69

98

25

73

12

19

3,612

1

0

2,658

110

33

125

119

125

98

119

111

102

0

11

358

267

79

12

4,805

11

1,030

49

63

456

22

8

2,529

4,252

TotalSriLankan

A/L SIA SaudiaThaiA/W

MalaysianA/L

IndianAir Lines

CathayPacific

542

328

214

22

2,482

29

129

187

74

213

89

269

84

39

145

49

67

989

119

1,244

935

309

533

67

5,314

418

12

3,228

29

268

0

103

785

49

21

279

49

36

37

920

791

121

8

11,124

Jet Air ways

Emi-rates

KuwaitA/W

Kinfisher RoyalJ’danian

Air IndiaExpress Condor

7,103

3,652

3,451

10

20,497

326

451

129

12

1,570

3,186

31

124

164

194

89

141

13,845

235

539

214

325

1,421

39

8,582

398

10

2,145

135

102

98

329

4,129

156

301

121

214

125

319

962

832

121

9

39,153

QatarA/W

Eurofly

Jetlite

260

129

131

22

1,317

83

92

99

14

96

69

73

44

59

79

80

45

365

119

949

458

491

623

101

2,859

22

29

1,260

45

15

47

45

625

214

143

50

98

74

192

718

639

69

10

6,849

AirArabia

232

121

111

14

1,967

33

29

45

0

29

33

19

45

65

22

149

120

1,254

124

252

143

109

214

27

990

21

46

421

13

24

57

61

249

18

11

19

21

19

10

394

307

78

9

4,090

MihinLanka

IslandAviation(Q2)

Country of

Residence

NORTH AMERICA

Canada

U.S.A.

LATIN AMERICA &

THE CARIBBEAN

WESTERN EUROPE

Austria

Belgium

Denmark

Finland

France

Germany

Italy

Netherlands

Norway

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

U.K

Others

EASTERN EUROPE

Russia

Others

MIDDLE EAST

AFRICA

ASIA

China (P.R.)

Hong Kong, China

India

Indonesia

Japan

Korea (South)

Malaysia

Maldives

Pakistan

Philippines

Singapore

Thailand

Taiwan (P.C.)

Others

AUSTRALASIA

Australia

New Zealand

Others

Total

29

12

99

21

44

52

46

11

42

22

20

0

207

0

0

11

0

0

21

29

12

10

0

0

0

124

0

152

131

21

0

0

12

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

12

0

0

0

7

7

0

0

420

494

214

280

36

2,255

112

122

105

80

173

358

147

186

107

156

113

129

323

144

361

219

142

168

2

1,439

30

3

360

12

265

17

14

17

46

32

312

9

238

84

714

630

82

2

5,469

SeaCarrier

CharterCarrier

198

103

95

46

47

0

33

98

17

36

45

185

102

83

33

625

65

56

58

1,250

39

83

69

88

269

149

109

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Tourist Arrivals by Charter Carriers - 2000 to 2009

Charter Carrier 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

Balair

Sterling Airways

Fin Air

Montana

Hapag Lloyd

Scan Air

Lauda

Air Europe

U. T. A.(Charter)

Air Solvika

Air Holland

Austrian Airlines

Air Liberty

Caledonian

Sobel Air

Britannia

Air Monarach

Smart Wings(QS)

Edelweiss Air

CSA Czech Airline

Tvansavia Airline

Aeroflot

My Travel

First Choice

Arkeyfly

Holland Excel

Euro Fly

Others

Total

3,624

-

1,623

-

-

-

246

3,747

-

-

-

2,121

-

-

3,369

-

11,607

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1,923

28,260

976

-

-

-

-

-

715

1,360

-

-

-

1,728

-

-

-

-

5,586

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

871

11,236

-

-

-

-

-

-

567

3,645

-

-

-

1,806

-

-

-

-

-

-

600

1,302

774

642

-

-

-

-

-

-

9,336

-

-

703

-

-

-

277

5,275

-

840

430

-

-

-

-

-

4,083

-

1,935

-

2,235

-

320

-

-

-

-

348

16,446

-

-

1,181

-

-

-

1,374

3,712

-

978

-

-

-

-

-

-

4,117

-

1,536

-

657

-

2,925

-

-

3,828

1,476

447

22,231

-

-

12

-

-

-

908

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

478

-

-

-

1,278

-

-

237

1,848

462

5,223

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1,070

-

-

-

-

578

983

-

2,086

399

5,116

855

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1,324

-

-

-

-

6,310

-

-

-

-

8,489

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1,517

-

-

-

-

9,537

31

-

-

2,344

13,429

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1,438

1,226

-

-

-

-

2,805

-

-

-

-

5,469

2009

Table 5(a)

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26

Percentage Distribution of Tourists by Purpose of Visit

2000 to 2009

Table (f)

Chart 6Purpose of Visit 2008 - 2009

Purpose 2008 2009

Pleasure 73.2% 80.0%

Business 8.5% 8.6%

Visiting Friends & Relations 8.3% 5.2%

Convention & Meetings 1.3% 1.4%

Religious & Cultural 2.6% 2.0%

Others 6.1% 2.8%

Purpose 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

80.0

8.6

5.2

2.0

4.3

Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Pleasure 90.1 89.2 85.4 80.8 78.2 69.6 67.4 67.1 73.2

Business 4.8 6.7 9.4 9.1 10.6 16.9 17.8 10.5 8.5

Visiting Friends

& Relations 2.1 1.8 2.0 6.2 6.4 8.0 7.6 8.3 8.3

Religious &Cultural 1.7 1.2 1.0 1.2 1.5 1.0 1.7 2.8 2.6

Others 1.3 1.1 2.2 2.7 3.4 4.5 5.5 11.3 7.4

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Tourist A

rrivals b

y C

ountry

of R

esiden

ce & P

urp

ose o

f Visit - 2

00

9

Co

untry

of

Resid

ence

NO

RT

H A

MER

ICA

Can

ada

U.S.A

.

LAT

IN A

MER

ICA

&

TH

E C

AR

IBBEA

N

WEST

ER

N E

UR

OPE

Austria

Belg

ium

Den

mark

Finlan

d

France

Germ

any

Italy

Neth

erlands

No

rway

Spain

Swed

en

Switzerlan

d

U.K

Oth

ers

EA

STER

N E

UR

OPE

Russia

Oth

ers

AFR

ICA

Total

Pleasu

re

Priv

ate &O

fficialBusin

ess

Co

nven

tion

&M

eetings

Visitin

gFrien

ds &

Relatio

ns

Relig

ious

&C

ultu

ralO

thers

24,9

48

10,7

07

14,2

41

617

170,12

3

2,4

09

2,6

17

1,362

738

15,8

86

29,6

54

7,5

14

11,291

1,666

2,3

87

3,5

60

6,3

31

81,5

94

3,114

26,3

10

11,834

14,4

76

1,549

14,9

09

5,7

84

9,12

5

421

146,15

9

2,14

5

2,2

98

1,121

459

13,9

85

23,4

51

6,9

21

10,7

48

1,420

2,0

81

3,0

42

5,9

89

70,2

54

2,2

45

21,8

41

10,5

87

11,254

1,121

2,4

87

789

1,698

49

10,0

07

147

163

141

44

549

1,985

312

222

102

169

246

215

5,2

14

498

1,370

412

958

201

236

101

13511

7708

3686

72

11951

5919

22

3017

30914

442

44

398

55

4,8

76

2,9

85

1,891

19

7,5

26

56

6641

49

874

1,985

47

10261

83

106

49

3,8

97

110

1,192

214

97812

602

163

439

39

1,41311

29129

151

342

89

83

28

25

4031

438

125

364

241

123

116

1,838

885

953

78

4,2

48

42

25

39

171

255

1,772

94

77

367

96

30

1,482

122

1,101

336

765

44

MID

DLE

EA

ST23,7

41

174,5

34

8,5

50

1,330

83,6

34

1,040

10,9

26

3,6

95

6,8

50

31,9

16

7,3

73

1,421

7,8

08

3,2

08

2,7

15

4,0

68

26,0

68

23,2

39

2,6

72

157

447,8

90

21,7

21

129,0

60

6,4

87

932

58,3

25

652

8,10

2

3,112

4,2

58

25,4

71

5,6

87

1,369

6,4

78

2,6

15

2,114

3,4

58

22,9

56

20,5

86

2,2

31

139

358,18

8

1,254

22,3

38

1,254

101

13,6

58

154

1,901

215

923

1,687

329

56

1,147

298

346

269

767

658

1027

38,4

73

189

4,3

86

167

76

2,2

68

56

133

59

139

958

321

46

29

74

28

32

173

142

292

6,2

62

412

8,10

8

412

35

2,8

95

114

425

256

987

1,581

412

123

412

136

75

245

977

743

2313

23,12

2

21

6,3

60

112

39

4,9

85

28

46

49

110

231

421

9791

45

67

39

212

189212

9,12

7

144

4,2

82

118

147

1,503

36

3194

433

1,988

203

221

173

40

85

25

983

921

584

12,7

18

ASIA

Chin

a (P.R.)

Ho

ng K

ong, C

hin

a

India

Indo

nesia

Japan

Ko

rea (South

)

Malay

sia

Mald

ives

Pak

istan

Philip

pin

es

Singap

ore

Thailan

d

Taiwan

(P.C.)

Oth

ers

AU

STR

ALA

SIA

Australia

New

Zealan

d

Oth

ers

Total

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Period of Stay - Percentage Distribution - 1978 to 2009

Table (g)

Year 1 - 3 4 - 7 8 - 14 15 - 21 22 - 30 31 & Over TotalAverage

Stay

Nights

1983

1982

1981

1980

1979

1978

1984

1985

1986

1987

1988

1989

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

21.4

21.1

21.9

22.4

17.7

18.1

20.8

4.7

4.2

3.1

3.3

5.0

5.0

4.5

25.2

19.6

18.1

20.4

29.6

26.1

23.7

20.4

21.9

23.3

22.6

23.1

23.8

38.5

28.3

24.2

26.4

25.7

26.9

26.6

23.4

31.2

36.0

37.6

45.0

23.2

14.0

9.6

10.0

13.9

12.8

12.2

26.2

30.0

34.5

38.5

24.7

24.4

25.1

27.1

26.4

26.8

27.0

27.3

27.6

24.3

26.4

29.8

28.7

29.2

29.6

28.4

29.3

25.8

27.3

26.3

20.3

30.7

28.4

24.5

24.9

26.2

29.5

26.9

27.5

30.6

30.9

27.5

27.7

30.8

33.7

37.8

35.9

34.5

34.7

34.8

34.1

25.3

32.2

33.9

33.2

34.1

11.6

12.0

13.1

12.1

12.3

11.7

9.8

21.1

23.0

22.6

23.1

22.1

26.3

23.8

14.1

12.2

11.6

8.2

11.5

13.0

12.6

11.1

12.2

12.0

12.1

11.5

11.8

8.1

10.2

8.8

8.7

8.1

5.4

6.2

6.8

5.9

5.5

5.2

3.6

12.5

13.5

15.4

15.9

16.4

13.3

15.2

4.9

4.1

3.4

3.4

4.6

4.5

3.8

2.7

2.6

2.5

2.6

2.3

1.9

2.6

1.8

2.0

1.8

1.5

5.1

5.7

5.5

2.6

1.2

1.1

0.5

7.8

16.9

24.8

22.8

16.4

13.1

17.4

2.1

3.5

1.5

2.0

1.9

1.2

1.1

0.9

1.0

0.9

1.0

1.0

0.8

1.2

1.1

1.8

1.2

1.4

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

10.8

11.1

11.0

10.5

10.0

9.6

8.9

9.2

10.9

13.2

12.6

10.7

10.8

11.4

10.3

10.6

10.4

10.0

9.8

10.1

10.4

10.3

10.1

9.9

10.1

10.2

10.1

8.7

10.4

10.0

9.5

9.1

Chart 7 (b)

Period of Stay - 2008 & 2009

Average Duration of Stay & Region - 2008 & 2009

Period 2008 2009

1-3 nights 26.4% 25.7%

4-7 nights 28.7% 29.2%

8-14 nights 33.2% 34.1%

15-21 nights 8.7% 8.1%

22-30 nights 1.8% 1.5%

31 nights & Over 1.2% 1.4%

2009

2008

North America

Latin America

Western Europe

Eastern Europe

Middle East

Africa

Asia

Australasia

0.0 2.0 4.0 6.0 8.0 10.0 12.0 14.0

12.0

9.8

10.2

7.9

7.6

9.1

7.9

11.5

10.7

9.9

10.0

8.0

7.5

7.9

7.8

10.7

Reg

ion

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Average Duration of Stay and Tourist Nights by Country of Nationality - 2008 & 2009

Country of

Nationality

NORTH AMERICA

Canada

U.S.A.

LATIN AMERICA &

THE CARIBBEAN

WESTERN EUROPE

Austria

Belgium

Denmark

Finland

France

Germany

Italy

Netherlands

Norway

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

U.K

Others

EASTERN EUROPE

Russia

Others

MIDDLE EAST

AFRICA

ASIA

China (P.R.)

Hong Kong, China

India

Indonesia

Japan

Korea (South)

Malaysia

Maldives

Pakistan

Philippines

Singapore

Taiwan (P.C.)

Thailand

Others

AUSTRALASIA

Australia

New Zealand

Others

Total

Arrivals Average Durationof Stay

TouristNights

2008Arrivals Average Duration

of Stay

TouristNights

2009

25,044

10,785

14,259

666

170,186

2,411

2,613

1,306

742

16,205

29,664

7,214

11,297

1,669

2,383

3,578

6,247

81,682

3,175

26,177

11,390

14,787

23,821

1,591

174,382

8,574

1,325

83,650

1,039

10,931

3,595

6,878

31,890

7,388

1,421

7,976

2,711

3,198

3,806

26,023

23,249

2,623

151

447,890

10.7

11.3

10.1

9.9

10.0

9.3

10.4

10.2

9.2

9.6

10.2

9.8

10.0

10.8

10.2

10.5

10.1

10.2

9.2

8.0

8.5

7.5

7.5

7.9

7.8

8.0

7.2

7.9

7.3

7.6

8.6

7.8

9.2

7.5

8.2

7.5

7.8

7.0

7.8

10.2

11.5

10.1

9.0

9.1

265,887

121,871

144,016

6,593

1,713,463

22,422

27,175

13,321

6,826

155,568

302,573

70,697

112,970

18,025

24,307

37,569

63,095

829,705

29,210

200,674

96,815

103,859

178,658

12,569

1,403,604

68,592

9,540

657,835

7,585

83,076

30,917

53,648

292,310

55,410

11,652

59,820

21,146

22,386

29,687

294,351

266,500

26,492

1,359

4,075,799

23,203

9,745

13,458

3,721

165,822

2,684

2,394

1,336

489

10,703

30,154

9,137

13,180

1,620

2,251

3,745

5,261

80,214

2,654

29,352

15,831

13,521

16,701

2,354

175,944

10,015

421

88,628

1,258

10,578

4,102

5,021

31,458

7,702

1,520

5,702

3,510

1,988

4,041

21,378

19,145

2,148

85

438,475

12.0

13.8

10.2

9.8

10.2

9.6

10.7

10.6

9.6

9.5

10.9

9.8

10.3

12.0

10.4

11.5

10.6

10.5

8.8

7.9

8.2

7.6

7.6

9.1

7.9

7.6

7.1

8.1

7.5

7.7

8.9

8.2

9.4

7.8

8.4

7.6

7.9

7.4

8.0

11.5

13.6

10.7

10.1

9.5

271,753

134,481

137,272

36,466

1,696,714

25,766

25,616

14,162

4,694

101,679

303,555

89,543

135,754

19,440

23,410

43,068

55,767

786,097

23,223

231,881

129,814

102,760

126,928

21,421

1,390,749

76,114

2,989

638,122

9,435

81,451

36,508

41,172

295,705

60,076

12,768

43,335

27,729

14,711

32,178

245,063

260,372

22,984

858

4,165,511

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Chart 8

Tourist Arrivals by Age & Sex - 2008 & 2009

2009 2008

0.0% 10.0% 20.0% 30.0% 40.0%

(3 - 19)

(20 - 29)

(30 - 39)

(40 - 49)

(50 - 59)

(60 & Over)

% in Arrivals

Age

Gro

up

Sex 2008 2009

Male 60.4% 59.7%

Female 39.6% 40.3%

Percentage Distribution by Sex & Age - 2000 to 2009

Table (h)

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

Sex Male 58.7 58.5 59.2 58.7 58.9 62.5 63.0 60.2 60.4 59.7

Female 41.3 41.5 40.8 41.3 41.1 37.5 37.0 39.8 39.6 40.3

Age Group 3 - 19 6.8 7.8 7.6 7.9 9.0 9.8 9.6 9.6 10.1 9.6

20 - 29 38.4 32.6 31.6 30.1 23.1 18.3 18.9 17.1 14.8 15.3

30 - 39 29.0 31.5 30.4 28.7 26.4 24.3 24.0 27.6 28.7 28.4

40 - 49 12.9 16.2 16.8 17.5 20.6 23.0 23.6 30.3 27.4 28.6

50 - 59 3.3 5.5 7.1 8.9 12.8 15.4 14.5 8.3 11.7 11.5

60 & Over 9.6 6.4 6.6 6.9 8.1 9.3 9.4 6.9 7.3 6.6

Female39.6%

Male60.4%

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Tourist Arrivals by Country of Residence, Sex & Age - 2009

Country of

Residence

NORTH AMERICA

Canada

U.S.A.

LATIN AMERICA &

THE CARIBBEAN

WESTERN EUROPE

Austria

Belgium

Denmark

Finland

France

Germany

Italy

Netherlands

Norway

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

U.K

Others

EASTERN EUROPE

Russia

Others

AFRICA

MIDDLE EAST

ASIA

China (P.R.)

Hong Kong, China

India

Indonesia

Japan

Korea (South)

Malaysia

Maldives

Pakistan

Philippines

Singapore

Thailand

Taiwan (P.C.)

Others

AUSTRALASIA

Australia

New Zealand

Others

Total

Total

24,948

10,707

14,241

617

170,123

2,409

2,617

1,362

738

15,886

29,654

7,514

11,291

1,666

2,387

3,560

6,331

81,594

3,114

26,310

11,834

14,476

1,549

23,741

174,534

8,550

1,330

83,634

1,040

10,926

3,695

6,850

31,916

7,373

1,421

7,808

3,208

2,715

4,068

26,068

23,239

2,672

157

447,890

15,122

6,231

8,891

411

96,680

1,498

1,564

745

412

9,325

17,302

4,214

6,695

912

1,183

1,954

4,128

44,897

1,851

16,806

6,894

9,912

821

15,684

108,208

5,124

729

51,249

698

6,587

2,745

3,911

20,369

5,421

1,024

4,568

1,865

1,564

2,354

13,546

12,003

1,456

87

267,278

Male Female

9,826

4,476

5,350

206

73,443

911

1,053

617

326

6,561

12,352

3,300

4,596

754

1,204

1,606

2,203

36,697

1,263

9,504

4,940

4,564

728

8,057

66,326

3,426

601

32,385

342

4,339

950

2,939

11,547

1,952

397

3,240

1,343

1,151

1,714

12,522

11,236

1,216

70

180,612

1,722

811

911

69

16,069

150

159

187

69

2,356

1,897

314

997

213

298

433

512

7,968

516

2,145

1,421

724

56

2,654

17,545

566

125

7,458

33

568

306

498

5,987

658

84

456

452

125

229

2,514

2,256

236

22

42,774

3,713

1,982

1,731

112

22,275

225

256

83

101

3,120

3,451

421

1,561

266

147

476

712

10,758

698

4,219

1,984

2,235

297

3,254

31,038

1,568

236

13,698

197

1,369

542

987

7,689

1,458

278

1,025

698

269

1,024

3,477

2,985

456

36

68,385

6,261

2,564

3,697

146

42,099

711

687

320

102

4,651

6,987

1,854

2,987

383

731

945

1,598

19,875

268

7,316

3,658

3,658

412

5,412

59,276

3,254

397

29,864

364

4,256

1,125

1,698

9,231

3,265

695

2,014

956

912

1,245

6,260

5,478

741

41

127,182

8,151

3,254

4,897

214

53,109

901

798

547

157

4,214

10,589

2,985

3,014

397

891

997

1,998

24,879

742

9,233

4,251

4,982

601

6,784

42,079

1,894

256

19,865

298

3,265

1,369

2,035

7,125

1,254

201

2,689

658

758

412

7,957

7,125

812

20

128,128

3,124

1,421

1,703

12

22,928

325

341

153

114

921

3,698

1,254

1,689

259

199

479

879

12,014

603

1,717

459

1,258

124

3,412

15,533

921

167

8,036

63

598

258

981

1,548

625

89

845

321

369

712

4,531

4,251

269

11

51,381

(3-19) (20-29) (30-39) (40-49) (50-59) (60&Over)

1,977

675

1,302

64

13,643

97

376

72

195

624

3,032

686

1,043

148

121

230

632

6,100

287

1,680

61

1,619

59

2,225

9,063

347

149

4,713

85

870

95

651

336

113

74

779

123

282

446

1,329

1,144

158

27

30,040

Sex Age Groups

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Occupation 2009

Educationists 5.9% 8.0%

Retired Persons 5.5% 4.4%

Scientists & Technicians 7.7% 7.7%

Professionals 8.0% 10.3%

Businessmen 15.3% 12.4%

Executives 13.3% 13.9%

No Occupation 18.2% 17.2%

Other Occupation 26.1% 26.1%

2008

Occupational Categories - 2008 & 2009

Table (i)

Percentage Distribution by Occupational Categories - 2000 to 2009

Occupation 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

12.4

10.3

13.9

7.7

8.0

26.1

17.2

4.4

Businessmen 9.2 10.1 10.4 10.1 11.2 13.8 15.1 16.3 15.3

Professionals 7.6 7.9 7.7 8.6 8.4 6.7 7.7 7.6 8.0

Executives 15.9 16.7 15.8 15.5 15.7 15.6 14.7 12.7 13.3

Scientists & 3.1 7.6 7.5 8.0 7.6 6.6 7.4 7.2 7.7Technicians

Educationists 6.4 5.0 5.3 6.6 6.0 4.6 5.3 5.7 5.9

Other Occupation 30.5 27.8 28.4 27.4 26.7 24.3 23.2 27.4 26.1

No Occupation 20.2 19.1 19.0 18.0 18.2 23.7 21.4 18.0 18.2

Retired Persons 7.1 5.8 5.9 5.8 6.2 4.7 5.2 5.1 5.5

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Tourist Arrivals by Country of Residence & Occupation - 2009Table 9

Educa-tionists

OtherOccupa-

tion

NoOccupa-

tion

RetiredPersons

1,438

869

569

41

13,090

49

214

23

21

369

3,965

785

1,036

126

46

236

325

5,698

197

3,634

1,269

2,365

231

3,593 3,259 1,555

603 2,003 722

2,990 1,256 833

96 12 133

48,148 22,375 6,478

197 132 456

788 299 236

585 121 92

487 19 39

7,948 421 214

8,829 4,987 1,789

1,072 1,756 698

1,517 510 1,265

93 74 42

49 96 51

454 547 561

3,807 436 121

21,582 12,651 812

740 326 102

6,523 3,641 1,569

2,295 1,654 657

4,228 1,987 912

170 124 45

569

14,027

456

29

7,993

84

658

356

125

2,987

564

99

241

12

67

356

2,912

2,458

445

9

35,942

12,869 4,691 1,245

39,372 37,916 6,532

1,955 1,231 798

63 45 19

8,169 23,691 3,698

107 61 33

2,138 1,254 456

372 325 198

1,731 456 278

17,024 5,641 482

1,635 1,756 53

2 41 47

3,037 1,369 22

1,220 569 98

271 789 135

1,648 689 215

6,278 4,979 2,069

5,757 4,658 1,897

483 312 145

38 9 27

117,049 76,997 19,626

Country ofResidence

NORTH AMERICA

Canada

U.S.A.

LATIN AMERICA &

THE CARIBBEAN

WESTERN EUROPE

Austria

Belgium

Denmark

Finland

France

Germany

Italy

Netherlands

Norway

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

U.K

Others

EASTERN EUROPE

Russia

Others

AFRICA

TotalBusiness-

menProfess-ionals

Execu-tives

Scientists& Tech-nicians

3,383

1,542

1,841

125

18,602

357

133

41

66

1,689

2,784

1,125

1,002

658

882

365

321

8,521

658

1,066

741

325

621

3,268

1,254

2,014

49

15,675

245

234

124

37

987

1,253

324

2,154

45

654

154

254

8,754

456

5,042

2,897

2,145

23

4,612

2,458

2,154

139

34,284

848

478

250

49

3,689

4,589

1,298

3,568

569

498

792

698

16,589

369

3,027

1,369

1,658

214

3,840

1,256

2,584

22

11,471

125

235

126

20

569

1,458

456

239

59

111

451

369

6,987

266

1,808

952

856

121

MIDDLE EAST 2,254

27,053

625

456

16,547

521

458

21

1,421

2,001

1,235

625

1,125

745

852

421

2,250

2,012

214

24

55,354

723

17,681

458

236

5,897

59

2,354

1,987

1,658

2,102

1,325

85

987

45

119

369

3,576

2,987

568

21

46,037

658

18,964

1,369

251

10,987

46

2,987

111

658

1,254

236

201

658

69

23

114

495

214

269

12

62,393

732

12,989

1,658

231

6,652

129

621

325

523

425

569

321

369

451

459

256

3,509

3,256

236

17

34,492

ASIA

China (P.R.)

Hong Kong, China

India

Indonesia

Japan

Korea (South)

Malaysia

Maldives

Pakistan

Philippines

Singapore

Thailand

Taiwan (P.C.)

Others

AUSTRALASIA

Australia

New Zealand

Others

Total

24,948

10,707

14,241

617

170,123

2,409

2,617

1,362

738

15,886

29,654

7,514

11,291

1,666

2,387

3,560

6,331

81,594

3,114

26,310

11,834

14,476

1,549

23,741

174,534

8,550

1,330

83,634

1,040

10,926

3,695

6,850

31,916

7,373

1,421

7,808

3,208

2,715

4,068

26,068

23,239

2,672

157

447,890

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Scheduled Airline Operations & Seating Capacity - 2009

Table 10

Airline

Eurofly

Air Arabia

Cathay Pacific

Jetlite

Condor

Emirates

Island Aviation (Q2)

Air India

Jet Air

Kuwait Airways

Kingfisher

Air Asia

Qatar Airways

Royal Jordanian

Type ofAircraft

SeatingCapacity

No. of incoming flights perweek

No. of seats availableon incoming flights

per week

Percentage of totalseating capacity by

carrier

Winter Winter* Winter*Summer Summer Summer

A332

A320

B777-300

B737

B767

B767

B773

A332

A320

B737

A300

A310

A330

A320

A300

A340

A310

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

286

162

385

132

270

265

442

225

146

149

232

198

320

180

240

254

200

1

9

7

7

1

-

27

5

7

7

2

2

7

4

14

2

-

1

9

7

7

-

1

24

5

7

7

2

2

7

4

14

1

1

286

1,458

2,695

924

270

-

11,934

1,125

1,022

1,043

464

396

2,240

720

3,360

508

-

286

1,458

2,695

924

-

265

10,608

1,125

1,022

1,043

464

396

2,240

720

3,360

254

200

0.4

2.1

3.8

1.3

0.4

-

17.0

1.6

1.5

1.5

0.7

0.6

3.2

1.0

4.8

0.7

-

0.4

2.2

4.0

1.4

-

0.4

15.9

1.7

1.5

1.6

0.7

0.6

3.3

1.1

5.0

0.4

0.3

Saudi Arabian Airlines B747-100

B777-300

B777-400

B772

A320

A330

A340

A300

B737

A320

B737

15 417

444

358

288

150

287

314

251

186

156

170

1

2

1

7

54

41

45

4

-

13

7

277

2

1

1

7

59

40

37

4

11

-

7

268

417

888

358

2,016

8,100

11,767

14,130

1,004

-

2,028

1,190

70,343

834

444

358

2,016

8,850

11,480

11,618

1,004

2,046

-

1,190

66,900

0.6

1.3

0.5

2.9

11.5

16.7

20.1

1.4

-

2.9

1.7

100.0

1.2

0.7

0.5

3.0

13.2

17.2

17.4

1.5

3.1

-

1.8

100.0

Singapore A/L16

17 Sri Lankan Airlines

18

19

20

Thai Airways

Mihin Lanka

Air India Express

Total

*November, 2008 to April 2009

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Winter Summer

Sri Lankan A/L 48.3% 47.8%

Emirates 17.0% 16.3%

Qatar A/W 4.8% 5.0%

Cathay Pacific 3.8% 4.0%

King Fisher 3.2% 3.3%

Mihin Lanka 2.9% 3.1%

Singapore A/L 2.9% 3.0%

Saudi Arabian A/L 2.5% 2.4%

Air Arabia 2.1% 2.2%

Air India Express 1.7% 1.8%

Others 10.8% 11.1%

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Shares of Total Seating Capacity by Carrier - 2009

0.0

10.0

20.0

30.0

40.0

50.0

60.0

Sri La

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A/L

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Mihin A

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Saudi A

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Air Ara

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Passenger Arrivals and Departures by

Port and Category of Travellers (1) - 2009

Growth of Passenger Arrivals & Departures 1999 to 2009

Katunayake 1,644,142 1,673,265 914,584 962,786 447,470 446,894 282,088 263,585

TOTAL AIR 1,644,142 1,673,265 914,584 962,786 447,470 446,894 282,088 263,585

Colombo Harbour 420 379 - - 420 379 - -

TOTAL SEA 420 379 - - 420 379 - -

Total Sri Lankan Residents Foreign Tourists (1) Other Foreigners (2)

Port Arrivals Departures Arrivals Departures Arrivals Departures Arrivals Departures

Grand Total 1,644,562 1,673,644 914,584 962,786 447,890 447,273 282,088 263,585

(1) Excluding Indians who are repatriated under Indo-Sri Lanka Agreement

(2) Consists of resident visa holders and other foreign travellers who cannot be

classified as tourists

Source : Department of Immigration & Emigration

Arrivals Departures

1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

0

200,000

400,000

600,000

800,000

1,000,000

1,200,000

1,400,000

1,600,000

1,800,000

Year

Pas

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Resort Regions 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

3,190

2,494

4,940

230

928

2,679

-

14,461

Colombo City 2,582 2,656 2,599 2,571 2,670 2,926 3,209 3,209 3,188

Greater Colombo 2,254 2,315 2,415 2,526 2,581 2,490 2,520 2,555 2,651

South Coast 5,306 5,382 5,504 5,521 5,632 4,431 5,112 5,505 5,370

East Coast 151 151 165 258 263 178 184 184 230

High Country 570 622 669 709 690 709 726 734 772

Ancient Cities 2,448 2,500 2,466 2,552 2,486 2,428 2,467 2,417 2,582

Northern Region - - - - - - - - -

All Regions 13,311 13,626 13,818 14,137 14,322 13,162 14,218 14,604 14,793

Accommodation Capacity (Rooms) in Graded Establishments and

its Regional Distribution - 2000 to 2009

Table (j)

Shares of Accomadation Capacity (Rooms) by Resort Region - 2000 to 2009

Colombo City

Greater Colombo

South Coast

East Coast

High Country

Ancient Cities

Chart 12

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

Share

Year

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Acco

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2

Res

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Reg

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2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

242

14,4

61

28,3

44

629

5,9

46

11,6

54

2,8

18,4

87

1,16

3,2

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779,3

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4,0

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(a).

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222

233

240

223

241

245

256

(b).

No. o

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,137

14,3

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13,1

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14,2

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25,1

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25,9

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26,5

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3,4

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4,2

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4,8

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Fo

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294,2

33

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474,0

95

495,9

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497,3

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3,3

42,2

33

3,9

89,0

58

5,0

92,7

83

5,7

42,4

25

4,7

54,0

85

5,7

93,5

88

4,9

40,0

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4,1

65,5

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men

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67,1

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3,0

45,3

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3,9

64,2

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4,3

94,4

04

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57,5

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3,1

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43

2,7

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2,7

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39

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41

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100,0

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150,0

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200,0

00

250,0

00

300,0

00

350,0

00

400,0

00

Foreign Guest Nights (FGN)

23

7,8

58

23

7,3

46

22

0,7

80

17

4,9

96

14

6,3

66

16

1,6

01

24

6,2

89

26

7,0

26

24

2,4

34

25

6,5

75

26

7,8

74

35

9,3

42

3034

38

42

46

50

54

58

62

66

70

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Table (k)

Occupancy Rates by Resort Region - 2008 & 2009

ResortRegion 2008 2009

44.4%

37.8%

42.2%

49.6%

52.7%

57.8%

-

Ancient Cities 35.2%

East Coast 21.6%

High Country 34.2%

South Coast 46.1%

Greater Colombo 52.6%

Colombo City 57.1%

Northern Region -

JAFFNA

TRINCOMALEE

MATARA

GALLEHAMBANTOTA

KATARAGAMA

WADDUWA

MORATUWA

RATNAPURACOLOMBO

NUWARA ELIYA

KANDY

KURUNEGALA

CHILAWBATTICALOA

POLONNARUWA

ANURADHAPURA

Occupancy Rates by Region - 2000 to 2009

Region 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

57.8

52.7

49.6

37.8

42.2

44.4

-

48.4

Colombo City 52.9 45.4 56.4 68.7 75.5 76.3 64.3 63.9 57.1

Greater Colombo 61.0 47.2 42.8 48.9 52.9 44.8 48.0 49.3 52.6

South Coast 51.8 41.1 38.0 48.3 52.6 31.5 41.2 47.6 46.1

East Coast 10.7 15.0 44.8 51.1 44.2 29.1 16.9 18.0 21.6

High Country 45.2 35.4 36.3 44.3 52.4 36.6 39.9 41.2 34.2

Ancient Cities 48.8 39.1 42.4 54.0 60.4 39.5 43.3 40.3 35.2

Northern Region - - - - - - - - -

All Regions 52.3 42.1 43.1 53.2 59.3 45.4 47.8 46.2 43.9

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Monthly Occupancy Rates in Graded Establishments by Region - 2009Table 13

Capacity and Nights in all Accommodation Establishments by Class - 2008 & 2009Table 13(a)

(A) Hotel 256 242 14,461 28,344 3,981,707 2,818,487 1,163,220 48.4

5 Star 13 13 3,080 3,080 6,037 6,037 861,271 879,004 745,079 740,940 116,192 138,064 52.9 56.6

4 Star 9 13 957 1,582 1,876 3,101 238,980 392,111 171,839 288,314 67,141 103,797 51.7 52.3

3 Star 6 13 435 1,079 853 2,115 87,910 168,825 70,285 124,922 17,625 43,903 45.1 48.5

2 Star 30 39 1,912 2,517 3,748 4,933 487,907 588,897 348,761 416,923 139,146 171,974 43.4 44.9

1 Star 22 30 702 1,005 1,376 1,970 88,179 166,727 45,697 103,903 42,482 62,824 29.2 41.9

Unclassified 176 134 7,707 5,198 14,809 10,188 1,978,414 1,786,143 1,381,562 1,143,485 596,852 642,658 40.1 46.3

(B) Supplementary

Establishments 578 629 5,319 5,946 9,712 11,654 1,123,241 1,251,047 701,254 779,317 421,987 471,730 48.2 50.7

Class No. No. No. Total Foreign Local Room

of of of of Guest Guest Guest Occupancy

Accommodation Units Rooms Beds Nights Nights Nights Rate

2008* 2009** 2008 2009 2008 2009 2008 2009 2008 2009 2008 2009 2008 2009

14,793 28,698 3,742,661 2,763,223 979,438 43.9

Total Number of Registered Tourist Hotels

*2008 - 256

**2009 - 242

Resort Region No. of AnnualUnits Rooms Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun July Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec O/R

All Regions 242 14,461 43.7 42.4 41.6 38.0 31.4 37.0 45.9 55.5 51.4 53.0 57.4 71.2 48.4

Colombo City

Greater Colombo 46 2,494 49.7 48.9 51.3 47.2 38.7 41.1 54.3 56.8 52.7 54.4 58.4 79.2 52.7

I. North of Colombo 38 2,050 50.2 49.2 47.2 44.2 37.2 39.9 49.2 54.9 51.2 53.6 57.4 78.5 51.1

II. South of Colombo 8 444 49.2 48.6 55.4 50.2 40.2 42.2 59.3 58.6 54.2 55.2 59.4 79.8 54.4

South Coast 88 4,940 49.1 47.0 44.4 42.1 36.7 39.8 47.4 56.3 52.4 54.0 56.4 69.9 49.6

I. Upto Galle 72 4,303 53.4 56.9 53.2 49.9 43.1 45.9 52.6 62.8 58.6 59.3 62.7 72.5 55.9

II. Beyond Galle 16 637 44.8 37.1 35.6 34.2 30.2 33.6 42.1 49.7 46.2 48.7 50.1 67.2 43.3

East Coast 8 230 23.1 22.8 22.9 23.1 18.2 20.9 40.3 54.3 53.2 51.2 55.5 67.7 37.8

High Country 24 928 41.8 38.2 36.5 30.2 23.9 34.6 36.2 48.3 45.8 48.8 54.0 68.4 42.2

Ancient Cities 51 2,679 42.8 44.6 43.2 37.2 27.6 32.5 38.1 52.2 46.3 49.4 53.8 61.8 44.1

I. Kandy Area 26 1,318 45.9 49.5 48.9 48.9 37.2 42.3 56.3 68.2 51.2 52.9 56.9 60.9 51.6

II. Anuradhapura Area 7 240 39.2 40.2 35.4 35.4 30.6 37.9 38.1 49.2 47.2 49.2 51.9 59.7 42.8

III.Polonnaruwa / Giritale 7 453 48.7 49.5 52.3 52.3 30.2 32.6 37.9 48.3 46.2 50.2 54.2 60.3 46.9

IV. Habarana / Sig. / Damb. 11 668 37.2 39.2 36.2 36.2 12.3 17.3 20.1 42.9 40.5 45.2 52.0 66.1 37.1

Northern Region - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

25 3,190 55.7 52.8 51.2 48.2 43.2 52.9 58.9 65.3 58.3 60.4 66.2 80.3 57.8

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Table 14

Foreign Guest Nights in Graded Accommodation Establishments

by Region and Month - 2009Resort Region Annual

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun July Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Total

All Regions 237,858 237,346 220,780 174,996 146,366 161,601 246,289 267,026 242,434 256,575 267,874 359,342 2,818,487

Colombo City 75,982 66,241 64,251 44,036 41,258 42,454 60,042 68,276 60,739 63,458 64,254 107,604 758,595

Greater Colombo 68,093 59,686 46,976 47,538 25,965 29,532 44,008 46,987 42,552 49,909 54,244 86,743 602,233

I. North of Colombo 57,845 49,872 39,989 37,684 19,978 23,985 31,461 35,554 33,298 39,151 41,235 72,154 482,206

II. South of Colombo 10,248 9,814 6,987 9,854 5,987 5,547 12,547 11,433 9,254 10,758 13,009 14,589 120,027

South Coast 60,349 67,049 66,510 51,826 57,729 66,583 92,836 91,494 85,177 87,251 89,371 99,342 915,517

I. Upto Galle 49,875 49,875 49,523 44,568 50,441 58,794 82,012 80,236 75,214 76,895 78,282 85,684 781,399

II. Beyond Galle 10,474 17,174 16,987 7,258 7,288 7,789 10,824 11,258 9,963 10,356 11,089 13,658 134,118

East Coast 1,902 915 721 754 985 758 2,689 3,568 3,365 3,125 3,458 3,785 26,025

High Country 5,741 10,254 6,987 3,254 2,564 2,784 9,732 11,254 9,125 9,425 9,942 11,658 92,720

Ancient Cities 25,791 33,201 35,335 27,588 17,865 19,490 36,982 45,447 41,476 43,407 46,605 50,210 423,397

I. Kandy Area 10,874 14,125 13,996 13,455 10,258 13,587 18,502 24,587 22,365 22,961 23,712 24,587 213,009

II. Anuradhapura Area 1,354 1,987 1,627 1,005 1,125 1,358 2,689 1,689 1,532 1,685 1,894 1,894 19,839

III. Polonnaruwa / Giritale 11,684 13,547 16,587 9,874 5,124 3,784 13,894 17,584 16,325 17,103 19,012 19,854 164,372

IV. Habarana / Sig. / Damb. 1,879 3,542 3,125 3,254 1,358 761 1,897 1,587 1,254 1,658 1,987 3,875 26,177

Northern Region - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Table 15Local Guest Nights in Graded Accommodation Establishments

by Region and Month - 2009

Resort Region AnnualJan Feb Mar Apr May Jun July Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Total

All Regions 96,118 75,604 75,107 85,242 72,842 82,298 103,261 119,654 101,375 112,168 118,746 120,805 1,163,220

Colombo City 17,214 14,528 12,547 18,354 10,254 16,587 16,125 15,478 13,692 14,581 16,845 15,236 181,441

Greater Colombo 24,796 15,548 16,972 19,705 15,701 14,508 14,660 18,845 15,158 18,813 20,397 22,484 217,587

I. North of Colombo 17,542 12,547 13,985 16,118 12,547 11,254 10,658 14,587 11,234 13,124 14,587 15,897 164,080

II. South of Colombo 7,254 3,001 2,987 3,587 3,154 3,254 4,002 4,258 3,924 5,689 5,810 6,587 53,507

South Coast 28,421 21,128 20,241 19,107 18,977 24,064 35,120 35,316 26,706 30,591 32,672 33,549 325,892

I. Upto Galle 18,547 11,254 10,987 14,256 13,990 16,810 23,533 23,658 17,364 18,941 20,214 20,698 210,252

II. Beyond Galle 9,874 9,874 9,254 4,851 4,987 7,254 11,587 11,658 9,342 11,650 12,458 12,851 115,640

East Coast 1,547 591 570 1,125 921 998 2,698 4,025 3,457 3,256 3,698 3,845 26,731

High Country 6,542 6,345 5,987 4,257 3,910 5,214 8,547 8,968 7,908 9,001 9,425 10,071 86,175

Ancient Cities 17,598 17,464 18,790 22,694 23,079 20,927 26,111 37,022 34,454 35,926 35,709 35,620 325,394

I. Kandy Area 10,547 10,358 12,008 12,354 11,987 10,210 14,895 17,895 15,241 15,745 15,985 16,124 163,349

II. Anuradhapura Area 2,852 3,102 2,879 2,874 3,487 2,987 2,985 3,895 3,745 3,812 3,981 4,012 40,611

III. Polonnaruwa / Giritale 2,874 2,635 2,531 6,008 6,147 7,129 7,222 12,547 12,589 12,911 12,121 11,587 96,301

IV. Habarana / Sig. / Damb. 1,325 1,369 1,372 1,458 1,458 601 1,009 2,685 2,879 3,458 3,622 3,897 25,133

Northern Region - - - - - - - - - - - - -

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TABLES & CHARTSPART D: INCOME & EMPLOYMENT

Table 16

Volume & Value of Tourism - 2001 to 2009

2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

447,890

89,526

37,506.0

326.3*

211.6*

81.8*

Tourist Arrivals 336,794 393,171 500,642 566,202 549,308 559,603 494,008 438,475

Excursionist Arrivals 60,084 63,560 82,066 115,095 119,618 128,719 98,432 87,695

Official Receipts

Rs. mn. 18,863.3 24,202.0 32,810.0 42,666.3 36,377.3 42,585.5 42,519.3 37,094.0

US$ mn. 211.1 253.0 340.0 416.0 362.3 410.3 384.4 319.5

SDR Units (mn.) 165.7 179.3 242.6 298.6 244.6 278.3 250.9 202.1

Receipt per Tourist per day

(in US $) 63.1 63.4 66.8 72.2 74.6 83.4 79.1 76.7

*Revised **Provisional

Source: Department of Immigration & Emigration

Part D: INCOME & EMPLOYMENT

Chart 14

Value of Tourism - 1999 - 2009

In US $(Mn)

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1999

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2009

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Foreign Exchange Earnings from Tourism - 2008 & 2009

Banks 14,361.5 14,853.4* 3.4 129.1 129.3

Travel Agencies 7,119.6 7,198.6* 1.1 60.2 62.7

Shops 8,032.2 8,121.0* 1.1 66.8 70.6

Hotels 5,258.3 5,316.7* 1.1 42.0 46.2

Gem Corporation 2,322.4 2,016.3* -13.2 21.4 17.5

In Rs. Mn. In US $ Mn.

Source Change Change

2008 2009 % 2008 2009 %

0.2

4.2

5.7

10.0

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Total 37,094.0 37,506.0* 1.1 319.5 326.3 2.1

*Provisional

Table 17

Table (l)

Exchange Rates (Annual Average) - 1999 to 2009

Currency 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

1.2

179.9

114.9

177.2

160.2

Deutsche Marks 38.4 35.8 40.9 46.4 - - - - - -

French Francs 11.5 10.7 12.9 13.8 - - - - - -

Japanese Yen 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 1.1

Sterling Pound 113.9 114.8 128.7 143.7 157.7 185.3 183.3 191.5 221.4 200.7

U.S. Dollar 70.4 75.8 89.4 95.7 96.5 101.1 100.4 104.0 110.6 108.3

S.D.R. Unit 96.3 99.9 113.8 123.9 135.2 140.9 148.7 153.0 169.4 171.2

Euro - 69.9 79.9 90.4 109.2 125.8 125.5 130.6 151.6 159.3

Source: Central Bank of Sri Lanka

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48

TABLES & CHARTSPART E: TOURIST PRICES

ST

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Index of Tourist Prices - 1974/75 to 2009/10

Table 19

Tourist Price Index* - 2000/2001 to 2009/10

Season City Beaches Circuits

Accommodation

Transport All ItemsAll Areas Food

1974/75 105 199 106 107 104 110 107

1975/76 114 119 125 118 133 131 126

1976/77 154 140 143 146 152 146 148

1977/78 168 159 149 160 167 151 159

1978/79 262 254 188 243 199 198 219

1979/80 420 336 246 346 248 206 281

1980/81 555 453 367 462 354 233 369

1981/82 701 532 463 558 409 241 429

1982/83 741 595 526 578 487 262 464

1983/84 812 499 451 561 488 265 457

1984/85 759 448 449 516 452 279 431

1985/86 741 439 419 510 468 277 432

1986/87 740 440 427 514 497 281 442

1987/88 734 440 407 512 502 287 444

1988/89 832 474 430 577 521 306 484

1989/90 884 521 504 645 596 360 550

1990/91 1,176 753 665 851 790 491 731

1991/92 1,396 872 870 1,006 968 609 882

1992/93 1,464 1,080 965 1,144 1,170 656 1,009

1993/94 1,695 1,440 1,829 1,565 1,700 661 1,337

1994/95 1,497 1,801 1,908 1,755 1,744 631 1,427

1995/96 1,609 1,894 1,998 1,848 2,001 766 1,572

1996/97 1,702 1,842 1,963 1,837 2,068 822 1,600

1997/98 2,284 2,126 1,976 2,128 2,136 836 1,755

1998/99 2,454 2,148 2,472 2,259 2,470 910 1,920

1999/00 2,679 2,456 2,904 2,584 2,906 1,061 2,228

2000/01 2,992 2,725 3,562 2,927 3,101 1,160 2,458

2001/02 3,996 3,128 4,600 3,553 3,361 1,167 2,813

2002/03 4,928 4,363 6,431 4,962 5,462 835 3,890

2003/04 5,878 5,123 6,906 5,690 5,937 1,075 4,413

2004/05 6,465 5,835 7,566 6,327 6,240 1,438 4,761

2005/06 6,589 5,345 6,923 5,986 6,358 1,678 4,674

2006/07 6,874 5,987 7,215 6,636 6,941 2,128 5,235

2007/08 6,913 5,805 6,994 6,751 6,031 2,042 4,941

2008/09 7,009 5,941 7,108 6,686 5,800 2,245 4,910

2009/10 7,097 5,967 7,198 6,733 5,826 2,260 4,940

Avg. Annual

Growth Rates 14.9 11.4 14.5 15.0 12.6 12.0 12.9

*(1973/74 = 100)

2000

/01

2001

/02

2002

/03

2003

/04

2004

/05

2005

/06

2006

/07

2007

/08

2008

/09

2009

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6000

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Part E: TOURIST PRICES

50

TABLES & CHARTSPART F: FOREIGN TRAVEL BY SRI LANKANS

Sri Lankan Departures - 1999 to 2009

1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

0

100,000

200,000

300,000

400,000

500,000

600,000

700,000

800,000

900,000

1,000,000

Colombo Harbour Katunayake

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Sri Lankan Departures - Growth Trends - 1977 to 2009

Year

Air Sea

Colombo HarbourYear Total Katunayake Other Talaimannar

1983

1982

1981

1980

1979

1978

1977

1984

1985

1986

1987

1988

1989

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

274,418

244,955

216,466

185,035

137,797

122,197

117,075

66,900

239,272

229,386

257,760

298,583

285,510

296,884

310,373

420,749

416,246

448,437

504,420

494,258

530,712

518,050

496,963

524,212

505,341

532,737

591,126

680,248

727,301

756,735

862,011

966,337

962,786

229,568

220,289

185,215

147,402

100,803

86,492

71,923

55,734

238,577

228,925

257,207

297,677

284,765

296,080

309,588

419,726

415,434

447,224

502,059

493,407

529,908

517,222

496,045

523,485

504,503

531,909

590,039

679,131

725,956

756,735

862,011

966,337

962,786

-

-

-

-

-

-

4,085

7,494

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-

-

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-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

44,234

24,088

30,462

36,903

36,396

34,606

40,115

2,833

-

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-

-

-

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-

-

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789

730

598

1,099

952

839

616

695

461

553

906

785

1,023

812

1,213

851

828

918

727

838

828

1,087

1,117

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804

2,361

804

1,345

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TABLES & CHARTSPART G: GROWTH OF TRAVEL & TOURISM

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Tourism Growth Trends - 1967 to 2009

Year Official Tourist ReceiptsTouristArrivals

TouristNights‘000

1967

1968

1969

1970

1971

1972

1973

1974

1975

1976

1977

1978

1979

1980

1981

1982

1983

1984

1985

1986

1987

1988

1989

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

23,666

28,272

40,204

46,247

39,654

56,047

77,888

85,011

103,204

118,971

153,665

192,592

250,164

321,780

370742

407,230

337,530

317,734

257,456

230,106

182,620

182,662

184,732

297,888

317,703

393,669

392,250

407,511

403,101

302,265

366,165

381,063

436,440

400,414

336,794

393,171

500,642

566,202

549,308

559,603

494,008

59,052

41,407

68,054

68,529

58,292

48,310

27,920

23,434

25,490

14,499

7,672

8,494

5,565

8,636

7,737

6,632

7,208

8,638

9,882

6,266

2,417

6,108

4,064

3,954

2,665

5,651

6,093

8,413

10,556

12,863

18,265

27,629

28,335

44,518

60,084

63,560

82,066

110,000

119,618

128,719

98,432

268

296

406

489

395

614

804

874

1,015

1,194

1,645

2,061

2,777

3,548

3,907

4,048

3,179

2,818

2,365

2,513

2,414

2,305

1,970

3,225

3,633

4,055

4,148

4,251

4,024

2,947

3,680

3,944

4,479

4,056

3,342

3,989

5,093

5,742

4,754

5,793

4,940

5.9

10.5

17.0

21.5

20.3

43.8

79.5

107.1

157.1

237.8

363.1

870.0

1,209.4

1,830.3

2,546.5

3,050.4

2,896.1

2,669.5

2,233.3

2,300.1

2,415.2

2,438.3

2,739.7

5,303.3

6,485.8

8,825.6

10,036.8

11,401.6

11,551.6

9,559.1

12,980.3

14,868.0

19,297.3

19,162.2

18,863.3

24,202.0

32,810.0

42,666.3

36,377.3

42,585.5

42,519.3

1.2

1.8

2.9

3.6

3.4

7.3

12.8

16.4

22.4

28.2

40.0

55.8

77.7

110.7

132.4

146.6

125.8

104.9

82.2

82.1

82.0

76.6

76.0

132.0

156.8

201.4

208.0

230.7

225.4

173.0

216.7

230.5

274.9

252.8

211.1

253.0

340.0

416.8

362.3

410.3

384.4

0

0

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267.7

300.5

334.3

289.8

326.1

280.5

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6.5

10.4

13.3

18.6

24.5

34.8

44.4

60.1

85.1

112.3

129.8

115.1

102.4

80.8

69.9

63.4

57.0

59.3

97.5

114.6

142.9

149.0

161.1

148.6

119.1

160.4

169.9

201.0

191.9

165.7

179.3

242.6

298.6

244.6

278.3

250.9

4.5

6.0

7.1

7.4

8.6

11.9

15.9

18.7

22.0

23.8

24.3

27.1

28.0

31.2

33.9

36.2

39.6

37.2

34.8

32.7

34.0

33.3

38.6

41.1

42.8

49.7

50.1

54.2

56.1

57.9

58.6

59.5

61.4

62.3

63.1

63.4

66.8

72.2

74.6

83.4

79.1

11.0

10.3

10.0

10.5

10.5

10.9

10.3

10.3

9.8

10.0

10.7

10.8

11.1

11.0

10.5

10.0

9.6

8.9

9.2

10.9

13.2

12.6

10.7

10.8

11.4

10.3

10.6

10.4

10.0

9.8

10.1

10.4

10.3

10.1

9.9

10.1

10.2

10.1

8.7

10.4

10.0

770

903

986

1,408

1,767

1,891

2,468

2,905

3,632

4,581

4,851

5,347

5,599

6,042

6,891

7,539

8,852

9,627

9,826

9,794

9,921

9,977

9,459

9,556

9,679

10,214

10,365

10,742

11,255

11,600

12,370

12,770

12,918

13,311

13,626

13,818

14,137

14,322

13,162

14,218

14,604

1,540

1,806

1,978

2,816

3,534

3,646

4,801

5,699

7,142

8,913

9,447

10,431

11,212

11,790

13,773

15,001

17,605

18,970

19,352

19,301

19,322

19,432

18,464

18,669

18,947

19,907

20,242

20,929

21,680

22,040

22,944

23,373

24,216

24,953

25,595

25,956

26,511

26,854

24,740

27,117

27,500

35.0

40.7

44.3

42.8

31.1

38.8

42.4

39.7

36.8

37.7

42.0

47.7

52.8

57.8

54.5

47.8

35.9

35.6

32.7

32.9

31.5

32.1

31.0

47.2

48.4

55.3

57.0

56.6

52.6

40.3

49.1

52.8

57.6

52.3

42.1

43.1

53.2

59.3

45.4

47.8

46.2

-

-

-

-

-

26,624

35,188

37,868

46,999

46,425

58,992

102,142

100,603

105,484

142,426

162,034

180,729

212,365

220,094

220,614

217,127

245,065

258,950

306,367

237,424

339,109

375,740

422,367

459,441

488,055

482,850

481,793

521,073

514,448

487,356

493,947

560,602

646,990

683,169

734,421

817,524

-

-

-

-

-

32,971

42,305

44,825

53,848

53,305

66,900

117,075

122,197

137,797

185,035

216,466

244,955

274,418

239,272

229,386

257,760

298,583

285,510

296,884

310,373

420,749

416,246

448,437

504,420

494,258

530,712

518,050

496,963

524,212

505,341

533,565

591,126

680,248

727,301

756,735

862,011

-

-

-

5,138

6,397

7,040

7,134

8,551

10,148

11,752

13,716

15,404

18,472

19,878

23,023

26,776

22,374

24,541

22,723

22,285

20,338

19,960

21,958

24,964

26,878

28,790

30,710

33,956

35,068

31,963

34,006

34,780

36,560

37,943

33,710

38,821

46,761

53,766

52,085

55,649

60,516

-

-

-

6,940

8,640

9,500

10,780

11,550

13,700

15,900

18,520

20,795

24,937

28,022

32,232

37,486

31,234

34,357

31,810

31,199

28,473

27,944

30,741

34,950

37,629

40,306

42,994

47,538

49,095

44,748

47,608

48,692

51,184

53,120

47,194

54,349

65,465

75,272

72,919

77,909

84,722

Excur-sionist

Arrivals

US$ mnEuromn

Rs. mn

Receiptper

Touristper day(in US $)

AverageDuration(Nights)

SDR mn Rooms Arrivals

Sri Lanka Nationals Employment

Departures DirectIndirect(Estd)

Beds

AnnualRoom

OccupancyRate

(Graded)

AccommodationCapacity (Graded)

*Revised ** Provisional

2008 438,475 87,695 4,166 37,094.0 319.5 217.2 202.1 76.7 9.5 14,793 28,698 43.9 900,815 966,337 51,306* 71,828*

2009 447,890 89,526 4,075 37,506.0 326.3 234.1** 211.6** 81.8** 9.1 14,461 28,344 48.4 914,584 962,786 52,071** 72,899**

Table 21

Part G: GROWTH OF TRAVEL & TOURISM

54

ST

AT

IST

ICS

Touri

st A

rriv

als

by M

onth

- 1

969 t

o 2

009

Pas

senger

Arr

ival

s an

d D

epar

ture

s -

1976 t

o 2

009

Table

23

Year

Arr

Arr

Arr

Arr

Arr

Arr

Dep

Dep

Dep

Dep

Dep

Dep

Kat

unay

ake

Kan

kasa

ntu

rai

Rat

mal

ana

Tala

iman

nar

Oth

er P

ort

sTo

tal

20

09

20

08

1,644,5

62

1,644,1

72

--1,

673,6

44

1,70

7,3

76

----

----

420

145

--379

168

1,644,9

82

1,644,3

171,

674,0

23

1,70

7,5

44

1976

1977

1978

1979

1980

1981

1982

1983

1984

1985

1986

1987

1988

1989

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

20

00

20

01

20

02

20

03

20

04

20

05

20

06

149,8

58

187,5

37

242,4

95

30

2,2

80

364,0

18493,6

19584,3

26

559,2

76

593,8

83

543,3

97

570

,30

4512

,289

516

,40

0552,1

89

60

3,5

95

646,8

69

764,4

53

813

,535

893,3

87

912

,877

857,7

27

90

4,7

12921,

343

970

,311

999,4

18971,

621

912

,419

1,14

0,6

87

1,459,5

75

1,360

,217

1,444,4

08

159,8

41

20

6,1

88

258,0

17325,7

10388,2

70

562,4

21

546,4

90

534,2

17650

,812

585,2

13

4,8

71

5,0

57

3,0

71 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

591,

448

548,4

08

544,7

60

563,0

27

581,

698

712

,073

836,3

10823,8

41

892,7

78

946,1

09

851,

272

916

,397

938,6

56

977,0

66

970

,383

962,5

86

950

,655

1,10

2,8

64

1,484,6

85

1,396,2

27

1,474,5

59

10,6

28

8,7

77

4,9

99 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

12 44 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

13 19- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

31,

774

31,

125

67,5

70

69,1

81

81,

524

82,0

03

95,1

08

70

,40

261,

568 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

949

1,16

21,

548

3,2

67

3,3

09

2,5

99

2,2

26

1,862

1,738

1,927

1,875

1,797

2,1

00

1,493

3,4

93

2,7

06

2,7

94

3,5

51

4,1

20

5,8

97

3,6

28

3,7

93

3,7

93

3,5

95

2,9

33

2,9

42

2,9

47

1,532

2,1

121,

930

360

22,8

70

22,3

88

62,6

07

66,6

1079,0

20

72,8

00

106,8

76

93,1

68

99,7

96 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

1,492

1,470

1,349

3,6

26

1,966

2,4

56

2,1

75

2,2

77

1,760

1,735

1,561

1,533

2,2

00

1,286

1,756

2,3

66

2,9

193,1

34

4,3

92

8,1

05

3,6

68

3,5

78

3,6

193,1

142,8

27

2,6

82

2,8

04

1,729

2,2

55

1,560

40

1

187,4

64

224,9

25

314

,684

374,7

28

448,8

51

578,2

21

681,

660

631,

540

657,1

89

545,3

24

572,1

79

514

,086

518

,50

0553,6

82

60

7,0

88

649,5

75

767,2

47

817

,086

897,5

07

918

,774

861,

355

90

8,5

05

925,1

36

973,9

06

1,0

02,3

51

974,5

63

915

,366

1,14

2,2

191,

461,

687

1,362,1

47

1,444,7

68

194,8

44

238,8

42

326,9

72

395,9

46

469,2

56

637,6

77

655,5

41

629,6

62

752,3

68

586,9

48

593,0

09

549,9

41

546,9

60

564,3

13583,4

54

714

,439

839,2

29

826,9

75

897,1

70

954,2

14854,9

40

919

,975

942,2

75

980

,180

973,2

10965,2

68

953,4

59

1,10

4,5

93

1,486,9

40

1,397,7

87

1,474,9

60

20

07

1,529,9

30

-1,

565,3

41

--

--

338

-211

1,530

,268

1,565,5

52

Year

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

No

vD

ecTo

tal

1969

1970

1971

1972

1973

1974

1975

1976

1977

1978

1979

1980

1981

1982

1983

1984

1985

1986

1987

1988

1989

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

4,4

38

5,1

58

5,9

31

5,7

62

9,3

86

10,9

15

11,7

40

15,6

27

17,5

69

23,1

14

28,3

66

36,1

08

45,1

68

40,9

32

49,1

04

33,5

46

28,8

14

32,8

90

25,4

46

20,4

00

12,9

62

26,5

92

28,9

32

35,7

30

42,7

26

45,4

02

45,9

87

30,9

57

32,6

52

37,2

24

44,3

79

43,3

11

44,1

87

28,2

96

40,6

47

49,9

50

38,1

87

52,1

03

56,5

53

4,1

23

5,4

36

6,5

70

5,8

48

8,3

43

9,6

48

10,3

88

15,2

14

18,0

64

22,4

27

25,2

26

33,8

96

39,3

84

40,1

48

44,0

18

32,4

06

27,0

12

30,5

12

23,7

14

19,1

50

12,3

44

26,3

68

28,0

80

38,8

59

40,1

16

41,

067

42,5

91

29,5

50

35,0

10

35,2

83

41,

526

43,2

87

46,5

75

31,

683

39,0

81

43,5

84

36,6

45

52,6

87

43,0

51

3,7

57

4,8

14

5,1

66

5,5

64

7,8

75

9,8

47

11,1

58

13,4

31

18,2

16

20,4

97

25,4

72

34,4

16

38,3

76

42,1

78

44,7

10

32,6

28

29,8

86

28,9

32

22,8

38

19,4

30

16,0

32

26,9

46

27,1

53

33,3

99

37,9

53

41,

277

40,0

74

26,4

42

34,0

98

32,2

56

41,

022

40,1

10

44,2

90

33,0

84

40,8

18

38,4

18

50,4

18

54,7

46

35,0

31

2,7

20

3,2

84

1,539

3,0

91

5,4

68

6,4

00

5,8

90

8,8

86

9,8

91

11,5

45

18,8

47

21,

806

28,5

68

29,6

06

32,5

56

23,6

84

19,7

78

19,2

62

16,2

38

13,8

34

12,3

12

22,7

88

20,5

41

28,4

10

29,5

89

28,0

80

33,7

56

20376

26,9

07

25,5

78

34,4

43

33,6

42

36,9

06

27,0

57

33,7

14

30,6

72

42,2

61

49,7

76

33,0

39

2,6

45

3,7

54

952

3,2

82

4,1

68

3,2

41

5,5

87

6,0

97

7,6

02

8,8

03

13,0

42

19,4

68

21,

642

28,9

72

32,8

50

18,2

24

14,0

14

13,1

00

8,2

04

11,1

24

12,7

50

18,2

86

17,7

45

21,

024

22,3

68

21,

777

24,6

72

17,6

55

22,4

07

20,3

94

25,2

12

23,4

04

26,9

24

26,6

61

30,0

48

30,1

62

40,8

78

43,8

25

26,3

07

1,943

2,1

21

961

2,3

02

3,2

46

3,3

03

4,7

87

4,5

50

5,5

36

7,1

34

10,6

74

15,0

82

16,8

36

25,7

72

24,3

50

17,8

66

11,0

92

9,5

36

7,6

50

11,5

40

11,6

30

18,0

50

17,3

94

23,1

57

20,4

12

21,

399

22,4

16

19,6

68

23,1

60

22,4

10

26,1

84

21,

825

28,3

23

26,3

55

31,

836

32,1

19

45,6

99

44,0

66

30,8

10

2,4

17

2,5

96

1,897

3,7

03

5,9

19

5,4

04

5,9

25

4,2

78

9,8

81

13,2

52

16,8

01

22,9

86

28,2

66

30,9

42

25,1

32

26,6

94

18,3

62

12,3

30

10,2

00

17,6

60

15,1

94

26,4

10

30,6

45

33,7

71

32,9

04

35,3

70

35,9

94

25,3

80

30,8

67

29,5

29

33,2

88

33,2

67

28,5

66

35,7

42

43,7

43

50,5

25

56,7

45

55,3

54

44,1

42

2,8

22

3,3

52

2,4

67

4,6

34

6,6

80

6,1

47

8,5

65

3,4

81

11,1

29

15,5

42

20,2

03

27,4

40

32,7

88

34,3

32

8,4

30

27,6

26

20,1

38

15,1

90

11,4

08

18,6

70

17,2

20

26,7

86

28,8

24

40,1

43

32,7

96

32,8

17

35,8

14

24,7

65

32,0

34

31,

446

39,0

81

34,4

22

15,7

17

35,4

75

42,1

11

48,6

75

51,

216

52,9

31

44,7

42

2,5

97

3,0

74

1,881

3,4

02

4,1

84

4,9

86

5,2

87

6,7

07

7,5

94

10,2

45

14,7

98

19,9

62

24,0

86

29,7

54

10,0

50

21,

764

15,2

42

12,3

98

10,0

72

14,9

80

14,2

64

22,4

38

24,7

62

29,8

38

27,4

95

31,

062

30,8

28

23,2

11

29,7

93

31,

653

33,9

15

31,

035

11,7

58

32,9

82

36,0

54

51,

525

43,5

36

38,4

85

37,1

04

3,5

93

3,4

08

2,5

85

4,4

76

5,9

77

6,1

99

7,6

22

10,6

36

11,5

41

14,3

40

19,3

76

23,6

46

27,0

30

30,2

96

16,4

10

25,8

00

18,1

76

12,7

32

12,1

46

16,7

42

15,0

50

23,0

60

25,1

73

32,0

79

30,6

21

33,2

16

30,6

03

23,5

11

28,3

14

31,

767

35,1

12

26,6

58

12,9

04

36,2

58

49,9

22

59,4

42

44,0

95

38,8

15

37,0

11

4,0

30

3,6

63

4,0

03

6,1

55

7,1

37

8,3

38

11,2

71

13,6

00

17,1

06

20,7

59

25,7

43

23,9

88

29,5

12

33,7

48

20,5

70

27,9

06

23,2

18

18,1

14

14,1

88

10,5

60

18,9

48

24,5

96

28,2

72

35,9

67

35,1

03

33,3

06

28,3

65

24,9

21

31,

995

38,4

21

41,

952

32,4

69

17,3

44

37,3

95

54,9

46

64,9

71

48,4

57

37,5

91

45,1

02

5,1

19

5,5

87

5,7

02

7,8

28

9,5

05

10,5

83

14,9

84

16,4

64

19,5

36

24,9

34

31,

616

37,9

82

39,0

86

40,5

50

29,3

50

29,5

90

31,

724

25,1

10

20,5

16

8,5

72

26,0

26

35,5

68

40,1

82

41,

292

40,1

67

42,7

38

32,0

01

35,8

29

38,9

28

45,1

02

40,3

26

36,9

84

23,3

00

42,1

83

57,7

22

66,1

59

51,

171

39,2

24

61,

116

40,2

04

46,2

47

39,6

54

56,0

47

77,8

88

85,0

11

103,2

04

118,9

71

153,6

65

192,5

92

250,1

64

316

,780

370,7

42

407,2

30

337,5

30

317

,734

257,4

56

230,1

06

182,6

20

182,6

62

184,7

32

297,8

88

317

,703

393,6

69

392,2

50

407,5

11

403,1

01

302,2

65

366,1

65

381,

063

436,4

40

400,4

14

336,7

94

393,1

71

500,6

42

566,2

02

549,3

08

559,6

03

494,0

08

2008

56,9

1640,5

51

38,0

49

29,7

47

31,

140

27,9

60

32,9

82

30,6

72

29,5

29

35,1

03

36,9

01

48,9

25

438,4

75

2009

38,4

68

34,1

69

34,0

65

26,0

54

24,7

39

30,2

34

42,2

23

41,

207

37,9

83

37,5

75

44,3

1156,8

62

447,8

90

Table

22

Part G: GROWTH OF TRAVEL & TOURISM

55

TABLES & CHARTSPART H: REVENUE FROM TOURISM

ST

AT

IST

ICS

Table

25

Num

ber

of

Fore

ign V

isito

rs V

isitin

g t

he

Muse

um

s an

dR

even

ue

fro

m S

ale

of

Tic

kets

- 1

983 t

o 2

009

Ye

ar

To

tal

no

. o

ffo

reig

n v

isit

ors

Co

lle

cti

on

in R

s.’

00

0

Co

nfe

rence

Sta

tus

No. o

f D

eleg

ates

Rev

enue

in R

s’0

00

Year

Nat

ional

Inte

rnat

ional

Loca

lFo

reig

n

20

09

20

08

751

758

33

289,0

80

294,8

70

725

475

146,7

30

.5

137,5

04.4

1983

1984

1985

1986

1987

1988

1989

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

20

00

20

01

20

02

20

03

20

04

20

05

20

06

20

07

13,1

59

13,7

77

8,8

13

15,0

88

5,5

38

12,3

15

20

,354

38,2

48

22,1

59

26,9

20

31,

373

31,

229

24,9

97

13,2

78

13,9

16

14,4

17

16,6

86

10,1

22

11,1

57

13,5

77

19,2

13

23,8

83

15,2

81

13,7

71

9,0

40

254.3

337.5

217

.6

352.9

138.5

254.0

479.3

90

2.1

821.

4

1,0

05.8

1,18

0.8

1,15

4.1

1,17

1.0

622.2

712

.1

738.7

860

.7

50

6.2

620

.4

769.0

1,18

1.1

1,463.2

3,9

37.6

6,5

22.5

4,1

90

.9

1981

1982

1983

1984

1985

1986

1987

1988

1989

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

20

00

20

01

20

02

20

03

20

04

20

05

20

06

95

121

133

141

128

114

50

42

34 31

40

127

141

105

120

152

98

101

125

134

83

577

594

642

660

804

37

26 18 10 9 8 8 4 9 7 6

33 11 9 10 16 10 5 1 4 13 6 4 4 12 17

45,8

07 -

49,0

63

51,

012

72,9

53

72,4

46

25,4

10

13,8

50

8,6

39

12,1

45

12,0

00

69,6

01

20

,080

35,0

80

40

,00

0

58,0

00

48,4

15

49,4

75

55,8

55

54,1

10

35,0

01

285,5

45

324,5

65

432,5

10

50

2,3

35

916

,845

1,684

2,3

56

2,5

18

3,6

45

720

2,4

61

376

156

592

2,0

11

2,5

00

5,2

48

5,5

40

1,730

1,90

0

1,30

0

3,1

50

1,550

350

60

0

40

0

1,0

05

650

1,550

2,1

20

2,5

60

2,4

91.

5

3,0

86.6

2,6

26.2

3,5

11.2

4,2

17.9

3,0

09.2

1,619

.0

1,264.3

777.1

1,20

1.3

1,70

0.0

13,9

39.3

7,7

98.2

4,9

06.7

5,9

33.2

5,4

11.2

4,1

57.5

6,0

39.4

4,7

59.0

6,6

85.5

3,5

74.5

46,2

44.7

61,

762.1

70

,70

0.5

101,

381.

0

120

,490

.4

20

07

844

3310

,10

0625

142,9

19.1

Part H: REVENUE FROM TOURISM

Co

nfe

rence

s H

eld a

nd R

even

ue

Ear

ned

at

Ban

dar

anai

keM

emo

rial

Inte

rnat

ional

Co

nfe

rence

Hal

l (B

.M.I.C

.H.)

- 1

981

to 2

009

Table

24

Sourc

e :

Dep

artm

ent

of

Nat

ional

Muse

um

20

09

20

08

10,2

44

7,3

53

4,6

36.4

3,3

40

.6

No

. o

fF

ore

ign

To

uri

sts

Re

ve

nu

e(i

n R

s.)

Re

ve

nu

e(i

n R

s.)

No

. o

fD

om

es

tic

To

uri

sts

Fo

reig

n T

ick

ets

Lo

ca

l T

ick

ets

1C

olo

mbo

Nat

ional

Muse

um

7,3

03

3,5

89,5

00

229,9

09

3,7

20

,650

2N

atio

nal

His

tory

Muse

um

371

106,6

50

61,

261

70

4,9

90

3K

andy N

atio

nal

Muse

um

484

236,8

00

32,9

53

332,6

70

4R

atnap

ura

Nat

ional

Muse

um

71

20,4

00

15,2

70

169,5

80

5G

alle

Nat

ional

Muse

um

883

265,2

00

22,0

37

265,7

00

6 7A

nura

dhap

ura

Fo

lk M

use

um

24

7,2

00

2,1

44

27,3

85

8D

utc

h M

use

um

435

215

,700

3,9

71

63,7

70

Gal

le M

aritim

e M

use

um

477

137,5

50

9,7

89

164,5

55

919

657,4

50

13,0

58

94,8

30

Indep

enden

ce M

emo

rial

Muse

um

Tota

l10

,244

4,6

36,4

50

390,3

92

5,5

44,1

30

58

ST

AT

IST

ICS

Number of Visitors Visiting the Cultural Triangle and IncomeFrom Sale of Tickets - 2009

Foreign Domestic

No. of Visitors No. of VisitorsRevenue (in Rs.) Revenue (in Rs.)

109,404 402,826,506 490,058 18,422,280

Location No. of Foreign Visitors Revenue (in Rs.)

Round Tickets

Sigiriya

Alahana

Anuradhapura

Total

34,098

53,358

20,293

1,655

109,404

196,063,500

146,725,818

55,795,125

4,242,062

402,826,505

Details of Foreign Visitors by Location - 2009

Location No. of Foreign Visitors Revenue (in Rs.)

Sigiriya

Alahana

Anuradhapura

Total

328,949

129,118

31,991

490,058

14,002,500

3,869,340

550,440

18,422,280

Details of Domestic Visitors by Location - 2009

Number of Foreign Visitors Visiting the

Cultural Triangle and Revenue from Sale of Tickets

1985 to 2009

Year No. ofTourists

Collection in Rs.Million

2009

2008

109,404

112,190

402.8

307.5

Source : Central Cultural Fund

1985

1986

1987

1988

1989

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

133,632

93,884

76,645

74,062

79,683

124,382

132,641

153,817

148,913

168,402

166,661

102,788

144,517

165,463

207,398

155,167

129,201

131,804

212,521

246,380

110,443

138,232

104,583

13.6

14.7

13.7

14.1

19.2

44.7

69.6

102.3

149.6

176.1

168.7

121.2

186.0

225.0

300.5

276.0

222.0

242.8

403.3

543.1

284.7

400.9

279.8

Table 26

Part H: REVENUE FROM TOURISM

59

ST

AT

IST

ICS

Dehiwala

2009

Pinnawala 2008 336,006 14,080,080 138,068 124,954,625 474,074 139,034,705

2009 381,799 27,349,190 138,300 188,207,125 520,099 215,556,315

Total 2008 1,400,124 59,910,965 153,934 134,286,250 1,554,058 194,197,215

2009 2,072,653 154,649,970 149,833 201,659,125 2,222,486 356,309,095

2008 1,064,118 45,830,885 15,866 9,331,625 1,079,984 55,162,510

1,690,854 127,300,780 11,533 13,452,000 1,702,387 140,752,780

Revenue By Location - 2008 & 2009

Domestic Tourists Foreign Tourists* Total

Location Year Number Revenue Number Revenue Number Revenue

Number of Foreign Visitors to the

Zoological Gardens and Revenue from Gate Fees

1981 to 2009

Year No. ofTourists

Collection in Rs.’000

* Details are given below

Table 27

2,416

2,374

1,873

1,117

661

806

941

6,361

10,274

11,479

11,448

9,222

15,128

18,846

23,068

1983

1982

1981

1984

1985

1986

1987

1988

1989

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

83,912

83,001

66,185

57,906

46,309

38,008

16,863

20,648

23,898

93,949

110,458

156,868

173,628

186,175

189,043

130,237

175,984

191,123

233,968

204,681

150,353

147,329

217,930

252,445

135,006

178,902

155,310

153,934

149,833

1,686

1,349

4,374

9,283

29,215

22,249

30,204

42,297

119,547

61,419

82,655

133,118

134,286

201,659

Part H: REVENUE FROM TOURISM

Ticket RatesLocal Rs.100.00 Adults

Rs.30.00 Child

Rs.20.00 School Child

Foreigners Rs.2,000.00 Adults

Rs.1,000.00 Child

SAARC Foreigners Rs.500.00 Adults

Rs.250.00 Child

60

ST

AT

IST

ICS

Revenue from Foreign Visitors Visiting the

Botanic Gardens - 1980 to 2009

Year Peradeniya Hakgala Gampaha Total RevenueIn Rs.’000

* Details are given below

1,709.4

2,779.1

2,857.2

2,173.4

1,566.5

1,228.5

1,078.3

1,955.5

6,184.7

10,267.1

19,550.9

25,199.2

16,799.8

21,834.3

26,698.0

32,634.9

1983

1982

1981

1980

1984

1985

1986

1987

1988

1989

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

1,517.7 188.7 3.0

2,472.1 304.6 2.4

2,525.9 329.2 2.1

2,016.4 154.8 2.2

2,000.3 122.2 2.5

1,641.2 85.4 1.8

1,468.1 97.0 1.4

1,164.5 62.6 1.4

1,019.1 58.0 1.2

1,873.1 77.5 4.9

4,068.3 209.0 5.7

5,799.2 372.8 12.7

8,981.2 584.0 19.3

9,608.8 634.9 23.4

18,477.5 1,037.4 36.0

23,922.2 1,227.9 49.1

16,082.6 689.1 28.1

20,931.5 866.5 36.3

25,481.6 1,211.1 5.3

31,160.3 1,428.7 45.9

28,066.6 1,357.0 37.2

20,250.0 940.0 36.4

25,348.2 962.9 34.4

55,711.3 2,154.2 53.9

68,010.3 2,613.3 80.4

104,272.0 6,136.0 23.1

42,500.7 1,642.7 66.8

64,257.0 2,202.3 100.2

2,125.0

1,728.4

4,283.0

9,584.5

29,460.8

21,226.4

26,345.5

57,919.4

70,704.0

32,605.2

44,210.2

66,559.5

2008

2009*

66,515.7

68,838.3

2,513.4

3,353.4

90.3

75.0

69,119.4

72,266.7

Table 28

Details by Location - 2009

Foreign Tickets Local Tickets

No. ofForeignTourists

Revenue (Rs.)No. of

DomesticTourists

TotalRevenue(in Rs.)Revenue (Rs.)

2008

Peradeniya 117,427 68,838300 997,997 23,728,385 92,566,685

Hakgala 5,871 3,353,400 508,913 11,691,615 15,045,015

Gampaha 127 75,000 197,443 4,600,170 4,675,170

Total 123,425 72,266,700 1,704,353 40,020,170 112,286,870

Part H: REVENUE FROM TOURISM

61

ST

AT

IST

ICS

Rev

enue

fro

m F

ore

ign V

isito

rs V

isitin

g t

he

Wild L

ife

Par

ks

1985 t

o 2

009 (

in R

s.’0

00)

Year

Yala

Nat

ional

Par

k

Wilpat

tuN

atio

nal

Par

k

Kum

ana

Bir

dSa

ntu

ary

Udaw

alaw

aN

atio

nal

Par

k

Oth

ers*

Tota

l R

even

ue

In R

s.’0

00

* D

etai

ls a

re g

iven

bel

ow

Det

ails

by L

oca

tio

n -

2009

Fore

ign T

icke

tsLo

cal Tic

kets

No. o

fV

isito

rs

Reven

ue

(in

Rs.)

Reven

ue

(in

Rs.)

No. o

fV

isito

rs

Tota

lN

o. o

fV

isito

rs

Tota

lR

even

ue

(in R

s.)

1.Ya

la N

atio

nal

Par

k29,8

22

50,2

21,

174.0

89,6

98

3,9

68,0

40

.011

9,5

20

54,1

89,2

14.0

2.

Wilpat

tu N

atio

nal

Par

k-

--

--

-

3.

Kum

ana

Nat

ional

Par

k-

--

--

-

4.

Udaw

alaw

a N

atio

nal

Par

k11

,247

9,8

64,2

94.4

43,1

86

1,949,3

20

.054,4

33

11,8

13,6

14.4

5.

Ho

rto

n P

lain

s N

atio

nal

Par

k11

,026

18,4

81,

30

5.5

155,5

87

6,2

66,6

10.0

166,6

1324,7

47,9

15.5

6.

Bundal

a N

atio

nal

Par

k1,

943

2,1

79,0

04.0

5,8

89

228,1

40

.07,8

32

2,4

07,1

44.0

7.

Was

gam

uw

a N

atio

nal

Par

k234

269,1

00

.018

,731

749,2

40

.018

,965

1,0

18,3

40.0

8.

Min

ner

iya

Nat

ional

Par

k11

,118

16,9

58,2

77.0

31,

60

91,

40

0,5

10.0

42,7

27

18,3

58,7

87.0

9.

Kau

dulla

Nat

ional

Par

k5,2

07

5,9

17,7

48.8

9,9

63

386,1

60

.015

,170

6,3

03,9

08.8

10.Lu

nugam

veh

era

Nat

ional

Par

k5

6,3

42.4

1,514

60

,810

.01,

519

67,1

52.4

11.

Gal

Oya

Nat

ional

Par

k9

8,6

50

.02,1

28

104,2

10.0

2,1

37

112,8

60.0

12.H

ora

go

lla

Nat

ional

Par

k-

2,1

04

83,0

08.2

2,1

04

83,0

08.2

13.M

aduru

Oya

Nat

ional

Par

k1

1,10

0.0

82

2,0

50

.083

3,1

50.0

14.A

ngam

med

illa

Nat

ional

Par

k-

2,2

95

182,1

27.5

2,2

95

182,1

27.5

15.G

alw

aysl

and N

atio

nal

Par

k76

85,9

75.0

1,328

46,5

50

.01,

40

413

2,5

25.0

16.La

hugal

a N

atio

nal

Par

k-

--

--

-

Tota

l70,6

88

103,9

92,9

71

364,1

1415

,426,7

76

434,8

02

119,4

19,7

46.8

Loca

tio

n

Table

29

1985

1986

1987

1988

1989

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

20

00

20

01

20

02

20

03

20

04

20

05

20

06

20

07

2,2

72.6

641.

1

373.7

226.7

365.4

1,15

1.6

1,511

.6

2,7

00.9

10,8

03.8

21,

613

.4

21,

595.8

15,1

96.9

12,1

38.6

8,9

18.7

20,4

20.1

25,4

17.8

25,1

83.4

25,8

02.4

46,4

80.0

48,4

13.9

23,9

45.8

45,4

11.8

30,2

47.9

314

.9

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

230.0

522.3

734.9

366.4

-

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

274.6

75.9

82.1 -

2.0

-

17.6

11.0

9.5

20

7.3

829.2

5,5

29.1

2,9

28.7

13,6

26.4

18,0

98.6

15,8

76.9

10,9

40

.6

14,8

13.7

22,7

80

.0

29,6

47.2

2.7

3.6

3,9

05.1

10,6

42.1

16,2

05.3

23,5

14.4

20

,316

.5

- - -

49.4

214

.7

456.2

1,824.9

2,2

24.0

9,7

76.1

18,6

81.

0

17,4

54.1

18,8

57.8

18,2

66.0

17,9

20

.4

32,7

44.0

34,9

44.0

65.0

-

13,0

37.8

11,7

08.5

21,

729.9

30

,176.2

35,1

68.9

2,5

89.5

641.

1

391.

3

287.1

1,735.8

3,3

64.4

13,4

57.9

29,3

66.5

27,9

01.

7

41,

226.1

55,9

72.8

60

,152.5

54,3

90

.0

58,5

36.5

102,2

34.0

113,8

02.0

433.1

1,15

5.2

38,5

38.7

34,4

89.2

62,6

91.

8

99,5

50

.9

85,7

33.3

20

08

20

09*

27,7

07.4

50,2

21.

2

- -

- -

18,2

23.5

9,8

64.3

38,4

88.7

43,9

07.5

84,4

19.6

103,9

93.0

Part H: REVENUE FROM TOURISM

62

ST

AT

IST

ICS

Revenue from Embarkation Tax1975 to 2009

Year Total Amountin Rs’000

1983

1982

1981

1980

1979

1978

1977

1976

1975

1984

1985

1986

1987

1988

1989

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

29,007.9

29,742.1

36,363.4

34,577.1

29,811.1

9,588.3

4,814.8

3,170.5

1,189.7

1,032.0

25,745.6

46,021.2

36,421.2

37,201.2

53,861.0

99,020.3

130,943.1

177,151.1

196,125.0

203,755.5

201,550.5

151,132.5

183,082.5

190,531.5

218,220.0

200,207.0

269,268.0

393,171.0

500,646.0

566,202.0

823,962.0*

839,404.5*

741,012.0

738,821.9

766,266.7

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Public Sector Revenue from Tourism (In Rs. Million) 2007 - 2009

Tourism Development Levy

Tourism Development Authority 35.4* 34.8 48.9

Embarkation Tax on Foreign Tourists 741.1 738.8 766.3

Cultural Triangle 279.8 307.5 402.8

Botanical Gardens 66.6 69.1 72.3

Zoological Gardens 133.1 134.3 201.7

Wild Life Parks 72.7 84.4 103.9

Museums 4.2 3.3 4.6

BMICH 142.9 137.5 146.7

214.3 344.5 405.2

Total 1,690.1 1,854.2 2,152.4

Source of Revenue 2007 2008 2009

*revised

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1. DEFINITIONS OF TERMS

accommodation in the country visited. the course of different trips is counted as an

arrival, provided the visit (or entry) lasts at least Definitions of Terms and Sources of Information iii. The term "International Excursionist" (same one night in the country (N.B. those who do not

day visitor) refers to an International Visitor, cross the frontiers are not regarded as visitors). who does not spend the night in a collective

or private accommodation in the country

visited. A night spent in Sri Lanka by a tourist in any type

In March 1993, the U.N.O. Statistical To clarify further the following are excluded of immobile accommodation. Commission adopted a set of recommendations from the definition of "International Visitor": for tourism statistics prepared by the World

Tourism Organization (W.T.O) as a follow-up to 1. All persons arriving with a specific purpose of

the Ottawa International Conference for Travel engaging themselves in gainful occupation or A night spent in a Tourist Hotel, Rest-House or

and Tourism Statistics, held in June 1991. These to establish residence in Sri Lanka irrespective Guest-House approved by the Sri Lanka Tourist

recommendations have been followed in this of their length of stay. Board, as being suitable for occupation by 2. Diplomatic personnel.report for defining "International Visitor", foreign visitors. 3. Crews of ships and aircraft even if they stay "International Tourist" and "International

for one night or more. Excursionist." 4. Dependents of temporary immigrants and

All Tourist Hotels, which are reckoned to be up children below 3 years.The definitions are: to international standards of operation.

In this report the term "Visitor", "Tourist" and i. The term "International Visitor" refers to any "Excursionist" are used for "International person who, travels to a country other than Vis i tor" , " Internat ional Tour i s t " and that in which he/she has his/her usual

All Guest-Houses, Rest-Houses, Inns, Youth "International Excursionist" respectively. In Sri residence, but outside his/her usual Hostels etc., which are approved by the Sri Lanka's tourism statistics, excursionists consist environment for a period not exceeding 12 Lanka Tourist Board as being suitable for almost exclusively of passengers on sea cruises, months and whose main purpose of visit is occupation by foreign visitors. who come on shore for purposes of sightseeing, other than the exercise of an activity

shopping, etc. while the ship is in harbour. remunerated from within the country

visited.

Official Receipts constitute the foreign exchange ii. The term "International Tourist" (overnight

purchases and acceptances by authorized dealers Every single visit (or entry) of a tourist to the visitor) is an International Visitor who, stays and commercial banks from foreign visitors country either in the course of the same trip or in at least one night in a collective or private either directly or indirectly.

(c) Tourist Night: (a) Visitor/Tourist Excursionist:

(d) Guest Night:

(e) Tourist Hotels (Graded Establishments):

(f) Supplementary Accommodation:

(g) Official Receipts:

(b) Tourist Arrivals:

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2. SOURCES OF INFORMATION (g) Employment Statistics:

(a) Tourist Statistics:

(b) Excursionist Statistics

(h) Statistics of Tourist Prices:

(c) Accommodation Statistics:

(d) Passenger Statistics:

(e) Air Traffic Statistics:

(f) Statistics on Official Tourist Receipts:

Annual Surveys conducted by the Sri Lanka

Tourist Board among all registered Tourist Embarkation and Disembarkation cards filled by Establishments; viz. Accommodation and the foreign visitors. Catering Establishments, Travel and Transport

Agencies, Recreational Clubs, Tourist Shops,

Airlines and National Tourist Organizations.

Passenger arrival reports compiled by the

Immigration Department. Price data collected from a sample of tourist

establishments. Monthly reports obtained by the Sri Lanka

Tour i s t Boa rd f rom the r eg i s t e r ed

accommodation establishments.

Passenger arrival and departure reports

compiled by the Immigration Department.

Quarterly returns obtained by the Sri Lanka

Tourist Board from the scheduled airlines, which

operate flights to Sri Lanka.

Monthly returns on foreign exchange purchases

and acceptances obtained from the authorized

dealers and the commercial banks.

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LIST OF RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS OF THE

SRI LANKA TOURIST BOARD

Title of the Report Year of Publication No. of Pages

Volum I

Volum II

1969

1969

1-4 Quarter

Jan-Apr 1970

1970

1971

Jan-Dec 1972

1972

1973

1973

1974

Aug 1976

1977

1983

Dec 1983

Report on the Survey of Foreign Visitors (July 1967 ro March 1968) 50

30

Travel Industry Survey 92

Quarterly Review of Tourism Statistics

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Report of the Charter Tourist Survey 38

Ceylon Tourist Board Quarterlt Review of Statistics-1 Quarter 95

Ceylon Tourist Board Quarterlt Review of Statistics-1 Quarter 85

Survey of Foreign Tourists to Sri Lanka 40

Ceylon Tourist Board Quarterlt Review of Tourism Statistics-1 Quarter 90

Ceylon Tourist Board Quarterlt Review of Statistics

1 Quarter 18

2 Quarter 23

Ceylon Tourist Board Quarterlt Review of Statistics-1 Quarter 16

Report of the AD HOC committee on expansion

of tourist accommodation 23

Tourism in Sri Lanka - A Review of Performance 15

Report of the Census of the Unauthorised Establishments

providing facilities to tourists in Sri Lanka 37

The United Kingdom - A market profile 17

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Title of the Report Year of No. of

Publication Pages

1983

Jan 1983

Feb 1983

May 1983

June 1983

July 1983

Aug 1983

Sep/Oct 1983

Nov/Dec 1983

Feb-Apr 1983

Feb 1984

Jan/Dec 1984

Dec 1987

Nov 1988

Apr/May 1988

August 1988

May 1989

Italy Market Study 18

Market Intelligence News Release

No. 1

No. 2

No. 3

No. 4

No. 5

No. 6

No. 7

No. 8

Survey of Departing Foreign Tourists from Sri Lanka 54

The Middle East Region - A Market Profile 54

Market Intelligence News Release Vol. II (No. 1 to 10) 115

Airport Survey of German. French & UK Tourists 24

Japan Outbound - A Market Profile 29

Report of the Census of Unauthorised Establishments providing tourist services in Hikkaduwa 39

Report of the Census of Unauthorised Establishments providing tourist services in Negombo 21

The Federal Republic of Germany - A Market Profile 31

Title of the Report Year of No. of

Publication Pages

May 1989

Sep 1991

March 1993

June 1995

July 1995

July-November 2000

Jan-Dec 2001

2001

Jan-Dec 2002

2002

September 2002

September 2003

April-June 2003

2003

July 2005-Feb 2006

Sep 2008-Feb 2009

Korea Outbound - A Market Profile 21

Performance of the Hotel Sector in Winter 1990/91 16

Survey of Foreign Tourists -1991/92 32

Korea Outbound 1995 6

India Outbound 1995 8

Survey of Departing Foreign Tourists from Sri Lanka 45

Tourism Update - Market Intelligence Report (Vol. I) 174

Hotel Industry Study 1999/2000 42

Tourism Update-Market Intelligence Report (Vol. II) 104

Hotel Industry Study 2000/2001 51

Report on Eco-tourism Seminar- 2002 128

Seminar Report on "How Tourism could help to Reduce Poverty, Create 39

Jobs & Contribute to Social Harmony"

Survey of Departing Indian Foreign Tourists from Sri Lanka 60

Hotel Industry Survey 2002/2003 51

Survey of Departing Foreign Tourists from Sri Lanka 35

Survey of Departing Foreign Tourists from Sri Lanka 100

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Research & International Relations Division

Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority

P. O. Box 1504, No.80, Galle Road, Colombo 03, Sri Lanka

Tel: +94-11 2437055, Fax: +94-11 2380943

E-mail: research@srilanka.travel, Web: www.sltda.lk/statistics