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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 - WORLD TOURISM SCENE
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)
(B-2) Value
2006
40.9
135.7
158.8
460.8
41.0
9.0
846
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4.7
10.4
4.2
13.2
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Region 2007 20092008 % Change
Africa
Americas
East Asia &
Pacific
Europe
Middle East
South Asia
World
44.2 48.045.7 5.15.5
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
898 880924 -4.32.0
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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
Total 100 100 100 100
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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
741.0
9.4
6.4
10.2
2.7
10.2
6.8
5.5
07/06
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
09/0808/07
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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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UM
MA
RY
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MM
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Y
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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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AT
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ICS
14
Touri
st A
rriv
als
by C
ountr
y o
f N
atio
nal
ity -
2003 t
o 2
009
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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AT
IST
ICS
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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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AT
IST
ICS
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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
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IST
ICS
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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
ICS
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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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IST
ICS
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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
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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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21
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%
Chart 4
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22
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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23
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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24
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
Table 5
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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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ICS
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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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27
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
Chart 7 (a)
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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
Table 7
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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
Table 8
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Chart 9
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
Chart 10
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
nkan
A/L
Emira
tes
Qat
ar A
/W
Cat
hay Pac
ific
Kingf
ishe
r
Mihin A
ir
Singa
pore
A/L
Saudi A
rabian
A/L
Air Ara
bia
Air In
dia
Expre
ss
Oth
ers
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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
senger
Arr
ival
s &
Dep
artu
res
Chart 11
Table (11)
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TABLES & CHARTSPART C: ACCOMMODATION INDUSTRY - CAPACITY AND ITS UTILIZATION
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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
mm
od
ati
on
Cap
acit
y a
nd
Gu
est
Nig
hts
in
Gra
ded
an
d S
up
ple
men
tary
Esta
blish
men
ts -
2001 t
o 2
009
Tab
le 1
2
Res
ort
Reg
ions
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
20
779,3
17
471,
730
4,0
75,.799
2,8
18,4
87
779,3
17
477,9
95
A.
Acc
om
mo
dat
ion C
apac
ity -
Gra
ded
Est
ablish
men
ts
(a).
No. o
f U
nits
211
222
233
240
223
241
245
256
(b).
No. o
f R
oo
ms
13,6
26
13,8
1814
,137
14,3
22
13,1
62
14,2
1814
,604
14,7
93
(c).
No. o
f B
eds
25,1
34
25,9
68
26,5
1126,9
38
24,7
40
27,1
1727,5
00
28,6
98
B.
Acc
om
mo
dat
ion C
apac
ity -
Supple
men
tary
Est
ablish
men
ts
(a).
No. o
f U
nits
199
230
265
345
415
508
513
578
(b).
No. o
f R
oo
ms
2,0
112,5
00
2,8
36
3,3
183,9
62
4,9
89
5,0
30
5,3
97
(c).
No. o
f B
eds
3,4
79
4,2
50
4,8
20
5,6
40
6,5
37
8,2
32
8,2
99
9,7
12
C.
Gues
t N
ights
- G
raded
Est
ablish
men
ts
(a).
Fo
reig
n2,7
67,1
87
3,0
45,3
68
3,9
64,2
34
4,3
94,4
04
2,8
57,5
75
3,1
34,2
43
2,7
77,5
99
2,7
63,2
23
(b).
Lo
cal
770,8
48
940,2
28
968,3
15969,3
43
818
,207
806,1
43
1,051,
077
979,4
38
D.
Gues
t N
ights
-
Supple
men
tary
Est
ablish
men
ts
(a).
Fo
reig
n10
9,0
37
135,0
68
220,5
10349,5
10391,
520
680,6
04
598,9
31
701,
254
(b).
Lo
cal
294,2
33
302,4
56
358,2
11402,4
77
474,0
95
495,9
57
497,3
21
421,
987
E.
Touri
st N
ights
(To
tal)
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
80
4,1
65,5
11
(a).
Gra
ded
Est
ablish
men
ts2,7
67,1
87
3,0
45,3
68
3,9
64,2
34
4,3
94,4
04
2,8
57,5
75
3,1
34,2
43
2,7
77,5
99
2,7
63,2
23
(b).
Supple
men
tary
Est
ablish
men
ts10
9,0
37
135,0
68
220,5
10349,5
10391,
520
680,6
04
598,9
31
701,
254
©. O
ther
s466,0
09
808,6
22
908,0
39
998,5
111,
504,9
90
1,978,7
41
1,563,5
50
701,
034
To
uri
st
Nig
hts
an
d O
ccu
pan
cy R
ate
s b
y M
on
th -
2009
Cha
rt 1
3
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
Ma
yJu
nJu
lA
ug
Se
pO
ctN
ov
De
c
Month
FG
NO
CC
Rate
s
0
50,0
00
100,0
00
150,0
00
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
74
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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
Chart 13 (a)
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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 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Part C: ACCOMMODATION INDUSTRY - CAPACITY AND IT’S UTILIZATION
44
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 $(Mn)
Year
1999
2001
2003
2005
2007
2009
0
100
200
300
400
500 In US$ Million
Tourist Receipts (In US$)
In Rs. Million50000
40000
30000
20000
10000
0
Year
1999
2001
2003
2005
2007
2009
Tourist Receipts (In Rs)In Rs(Mn)
(In US $(Mn)
90
80
70
60
50
40
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
Year
In US$
Receipts Per Tourist Per Day (In US $)
ST
AT
IST
ICS
46
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
-18.2
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
ST
AT
IST
ICS
Part D: INCOME & EMPLOYMENT
47
Dire
ct E
mp
loym
en
t in th
e T
ou
rist In
du
stry
- 2007 to
2009
Chart 15
Managerial, S
cientific &P
rofessionalsM
anual & O
perativeTechnical, C
lerical Allied
& S
upervisory
20072008
20092007
20082009
20072008
2009
40000
35000
30000
25000
20000
15000
10000
50000
Table 18
Dire
ct E
mp
loy
me
nt in
the
To
uris
t Ind
us
try - 2
00
7 to
20
09
Ca
teg
ory
of
Es
tab
lish
me
nts
No
. of
Es
tab
lish
me
nts
Ma
na
ge
rial
Sc
ien
tific &
Pro
fes
sio
na
l
Ma
nu
al &
Op
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To
tal
Te
ch
nic
al
Cle
rica
l Allie
da
nd
Su
pe
rvis
ory
20
09
31
,89
1
7,1
34
5,2
45
29
1
1,5
46
3,4
77
32
7
2,1
60
52
,07
1
20
08
31
,62
6
6,7
25
5,2
51
25
9
1,4
85
3,4
60
*
31
3
2,1
87
51
,30
6
20
07
39
,75
8
7,5
38
5,3
96
29
7
1,5
85
3,4
50
30
5
2,1
87
60
,51
6
20
09
9,6
30
88
0
99
0
85
26
4-
110
84
0
12
,79
9
20
08
9,5
29
87
2
99
4
79
25
0-
10
5
84
6
12
,67
5
20
07
12
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1
1,1
21
1,0
91
88
30
2-
10
4
84
6
15
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3
20
09
17
,32
1
4,2
01
3,4
80
15
9
1,0
40
3,4
77
12
5
68
0
30
,48
3
20
08
17
,20
2
3,8
26
3,4
87
14
7
1,0
05
3,4
60
*
12
1
69
1
29
,93
9
20
07
22
,38
9
4,1
93
3,5
24
17
4
1,0
48
3,4
50
117
69
1
35
,58
6
20
09
4,9
40
2,0
53
77
5
47
24
2-
92
64
0
8,7
89
20
08
4,8
95
2,0
27
77
0
33
23
0-
87
65
0
8,6
92
20
07
4,9
48
2,2
24
78
1
35
23
5-
84
65
0
8,9
57
20
09
1,2
64
50
0
20
21
15
1-4
18
1,9
78
20
08
1,2
46
49
5
20
15
14
4-4
18
1,9
42
20
07
1,2
05
53
2
20
15
14
5-3
18
1,9
38
Ho
tels a
nd
Re
stau
ran
ts
Tra
vel A
ge
nts a
nd
To
ur O
pe
rato
rs
Airlin
es
Ag
en
cies P
rovid
ing
Re
crea
tion
al F
acilitie
s
To
urist sh
op
s
Gu
ide
s
Na
tion
al To
urist
Org
an
isatio
n
Sta
te S
ecto
r
To
tal
*revised
ST
AT
IST
ICS
Part D: INCOME & EMPLOYMENT
48
TABLES & CHARTSPART E: TOURIST PRICES
ST
AT
IST
ICS
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
/10
0
1000
2000
3000
4000
5000
6000
7000
8000
Accommodation Food
Transport All Items
Season
Index
of
Touri
st P
rice
sChart 16
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
Sri La
nka
n D
epar
ture
sTable 20
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
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
44,234
24,088
30,462
36,903
36,396
34,606
40,115
2,833
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
578
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
745
804
2,361
804
1,345
-
-
-
-
Chart 17
Part F: FOREIGN TRAVEL BY SRI LANKANS
ST
AT
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ICS
52
TABLES & CHARTSPART G: GROWTH OF TRAVEL & TOURISM
ST
AT
IST
ICS
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
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
274.1
236.1
267.7
300.5
334.3
289.8
326.1
280.5
-
-
-
3.6
3.4
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
Table 30 Table 31
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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SECTION III
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
74
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
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