Sri Lanka Tourist Board Annual Statistical Report 2006

ANNUAL STATISTICAL REPORTOF SRI LANKA TOURISM - 2006

This is the thirty-eighth in the series of Annual Statistical Reports published by the Sri LankaTourist Board and it provides a continuing review of the trends and development of the tourist industry.

Research & International Affairs Division,Sri Lanka Tourist Board,P.O. Box 1504,80, Galle Road,Colombo - 3.Sri Lanka.

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The report is divided into three sections. Section i contains a summary of performance of thetourist sector in 2006 and Section ii presents statistical tables and charts. Section iii comprisesthe defi nitions 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 Traffi c

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

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CONTENTS

SECTION I: Page

SUMMARY - PERFORMANCE OF SRI LANKA TOURISM - 2006 05

SECTION II:

STATISTICAL TABLES AND CHARTS......................................................................................................... 13

PART A: TRENDS AND STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS OF TOURIST TRAFFIC......................... 13

Chart 1 Tourist Arrivals by Year - 1966 to 2006................................................................................ 13Table ( a ) Market Growth Trends by Nationality - Growth Indices...................................................... 13Table 1 Tourist Arrivals by Country of Nationality - 2000 to 2006................................................... 14Chart 2 Tourist Arrivals by Top Ten Markets - 2005 & 2006 ........................................................... 15Table ( b ) Market Growth Trends by Residence - Growth Indices ....................................................... 15Table 2 Tourist Arrivals by Country of Residence - 2000 to 2006 .................................................... 16Chart 2 ( a ) Shares of Tourist Arrivals by Region - 1999 to 2006............................................................ 17Chart 2 ( b ) Tourist Arrivals by Region - 2005 & 2006............................................................................ 17Chart 3 Seasonality of Tourist Traffi c - 2006 .................................................................................... 18Table ( c ) Seasonal Variation in Traffi c Flow - 1967 to 2006............................................................... 18Table 3 Tourist Arrivals by Country of Residence and Month - 2006.............................................. 19Chart 4 Mode of Transport and Port of Arrivals - 2005 & 2006 ...................................................... 20Table ( d ) Relative Importance of Different Ports - Percentage Distribution of Arrivals - 1997 to 2006.... 20Table 4 Tourist Arrivals by Country of Residence & Mode of Transport - 2006.............................. 21Chart 5 Tourtst Arrivals by Type of Carrier - 2005 & 2006 ............................................................. 22Table ( e ) Relative Importance of Different Carriers - Percentage Distribution of Arrivals - 1997 to 2006 22Table 5 Tourist Arrivals by Country of Residence & Carrier - 2006 ............................................... 23Table 5 ( a ) Tourist Arrivals by Charter Carriers - 1997 to 2006 ........................................................... 24Chart 6 Purpose of Visit - 2005 & 2006 ........................................................................................... 25Table ( f ) Percentage Distribution of Tourists by Purpose of Visit - 1997 to 2006 ............................. 25Table 6 Tourist Arrivals by Country of Residence & Purpose of Visit - 2006 ................................. 26Chart 7 ( a ) Period of Stay - 2005 & 2006............................................................................................... 27Chart 7 ( b ) Average Duration of Stay & Region - 2005 & 2006 ........................................................... 27Table ( g ) Period of Stay - Percentage Distribution - 1976 to 2006 .................................................... 27Table 7 Average Duration of Stay and Tourist Nights by Country of Nationality - 2006 ............... 28Chart 8 Tourist Arrivals by Age & Sex - 2005 & 2006.................................................................... 29Table ( h ) Percentage Distribution by Sex & Age - 1997 to 2006 ....................................................... 29Table 8 Tourist Arrivals by Country of Residence, Sex & Age - 2006 ............................................ 30Chart 9 Occupational Categories - 2005 & 2006 ............................................................................. 31Table ( i ) Percentage Distribution by Occupational Categories - 1997 to 2006 ................................. 31Table 9 Tourist Arrivals by Country of Residence & Occupation - 2006 ........................................ 32

PART B: SCHEDULED AIRLINE OPERATIONS AND PASSENGER MOVEMENTS.............................. 33

Chart 10 Shares of Total Seating Capacity by Carrier - 2006 ............................................................ 33Table 10 Scheduled Airline Operations & Seating Capacity - 2006 .................................................. 33Chart 11 Growth of Passenger Arrivals & Departures - 1996 to 2006 .............................................. 34Table 11 Passenger Arrivals and Departures by Port and Category of Travellers (1) - 2006 ............ 34

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PART C: ACCOMMODATION INDUSTRY - CAPACITY AND ITS UTILIZATION................................. 35

Chart 12 Shares of Accommodation Capacity (Rooms) by Resort Region - 1997 to 2006 ............... 35 Table ( j ) Accommodation Capacity (Rooms) in Graded Establishments and its Regional Distribution - 1997 to 2006.................................................................................................. 35 Chart 13 Tourist Nights and Occupancy Rates by Month - 2006....................................................... 36 Table 12 Accommodation Capacity and Guest Nights in Graded and Supplementary Establishments - 1998 to 2006... 36 Chart 13 ( a ) Occupancy Rates by Resort Region - 2005 & 2006 ............................................................ 37Table ( k ) Occupancy Rates by Region - 1997 to 2006 ....................................................................... 37Table 13 Monthly Occupancy Rates in Graded Establishments by Region - 2006 ........................... 38 Table 13 ( a ) Capacity and Nights in all Accommodation Establishments by Class ............................... 38 Table 14 Foreign Guest Nights in Graded Accommodation Establishments by Region and Month - 2006 39 Table 15 Local Guest Nights in Graded Accommodation Establishments by Region and Month - 2006 39

PART D: INCOME & EMPLOYMENT 40

Chart 14 Value of Tourism - 1996 to 2006 .......................................................................................... 40 Table 16 Volume & Value of Tourism - 1998 to 2006 ......................................................................... 40Table 17 Foreign Exchange Earnings from Tourism - 2005 & 2006 ................................................... 41 Table ( l ) Exchange Rates (Annual Average) - 1996 to 2006 ............................................................... 41 Chart 15 Direct Employment in the Tourist Industry - 2004 to 2006 .................................................. 42 Table 18 Direct Employment in the Tourist Industry - 2004 to 2006 .................................................. 42

PART E: TOURIST PRICES ............................................................................................................................ 43

Chart 16 Tourist Price Index - 1997/98 to 2006/07.............................................................................. 43 Table 19 Index of Tourist Prices - 1974/75 to 2006/07........................................................................ 43

PART F: FOREIGN TRAVEL BY SRI LANKANS ........................................................................................ 44

Chart 17 Sri Lankan Departures - 1996 to 2006 ................................................................................. 44 Table 20 Sri Lankan Departures - Growth Trends - 1974 to 2006 ...................................................... 44

PART G: GROWTH OF TRAVEL & TOURISM............................................................................................. 45

Table 21 Tourism Growth Trends - 1966 to 2006 ............................................................................... 45 Table 22 Tourist Arrivals by Month - 1967 to 2006............................................................................. 46 Table 23 Passenger Arrivals and Departures - 1973 to 2006................................................................ 46

PART H: REVENUE FROM TOURISM ......................................................................................................... 47

Table 24 Conferences Held and Revenue Earned at BMICH - 1978 to 2006 ..................................... 47 Table 25 Number of Foreign Visitors Visiting the Museums and Revenue from Sale of Tickets - 1980 to 2006 47 Table 26 Number of Foreign Visitors Visiting the Cultural Triangle and Revenue from Sale of Tickets - 1982 to 2006 ....................................................................... 48 Table 27 Number of Foreign Visitors to the Zoological Gardens and Revenue from Gate Fees - 1978 to 2006 ............................................................................... 49 Table 28 Revenue from Foreign Visitors Visiting the Botanical Gardens - 1977 to 2006 ................... 50 Table 29 Revenue from Foreign Visitors Visiting the Wild Life Parks - 1982 to 2006 ....................... 51 Table 30 Revenue from Embarkation Tax - 1973 to 2006 ................................................................... 52 Table 31 Public Sector Revenue from Tourism (In Rs.million) ........................................................... 52

SECTION III:

DEFINITIONS OF TERMS AND SOURCES OF INFORMATION ............................................................... 53

LIST OF RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS OF THE SRI LANKA TOURIST BOARD..................................... 55


SECTION I - SUMMARY

PERFORMANCE OF TOURISM SECTOR 2006

HIGHLIGHTS


A - World Tourism Scene

Preliminary results for the full year 2006 confi rm

that tourism demand has again been highly resilient

since the industry continues to enjoy an above aver-

age growth in international tourist arrivals of around

4.5 %.Th e world tourism continued to grow in 2006

reached a new height of 842 million arrivals as com-

pared to the previous year’s fi gure of 806 million.

All regions of the world recorded growths in 2006,

ranging from a low of 2.4 per cent in the American

region to a high of 11.4 per cent in the South Asian

region. Th e table below gives statistics of world tour-

ist arrivals by major regions for the period 2003 to

2006 along with percentage changes as compared to

the previous years.

In absolute terms the highest increase of 17.0

million arrivals was recorded in the European region

while the lowest increase in absolute terms of 0.8

million was recorded in the South Asian region.

Table A-2 below shows the relative shares of World

Tourism received by the six regions of the world

from 2003 – 2006.

It is seen that European region still receives more

than one half of world tourism (54.4 per cent),

while Europe and Americas taken together, the tra-

ditional scenes of international tourism, and receive

more than seven-tenths, (70.6 per cent) of world

tourism.

However, what is important to note is the gradual

decline in the shares of world tourism received by

the European and the American regions and the

corresponding increases in the shares of all other re-

gions, during this period. Th us the combined share

of the European and American regions declined

from 74.8 per cent in 2003 to 70.6 per cent in 2006.

All other regions remained either relatively stable in

their shares or recorded slight increases over the base

year 2003.

B - Tourism Demand - Volume and Value

(B-1) Volume

Th e overall arrivals for the year 2006 as a whole in-

creased only by 1.9 per cent to 559,603 as compared

to the fi gure of 549,308, registered in the previous

year, the year following the impact from the tsunami.

In terms of tourist nights, which is another yard-

stick in measuring the volume of tourist traffi c, the

number recorded in 2006, amounted to 5,793,588

nights. Th is was an increase of 21.9% when com-

pared to 4,754,085 nights recorded in 2005 (See

Tables 7 & 12).

Th e average duration of stay increased from 8.7

nights in 2005, to 10.4 nights in 2006.

(B-2) Value

In 2006, earnings from tourism increased by 17.1

per cent, to Rs. 42,585.5 million as compared to Rs.

36,377.3 million recorded for the previous year.

In terms of US Dollars, total earning in 2006

World Tourist Arrivals by Regionsin million (2003 to 2006)

2003 2004 2005 % Change

Region 200604/03 05/04 06/05

Africa 30.7 33.3 37.3 40.3 8.5 12.0 8.0Americas 113.1 125.3 133.5 136.3 10.2 6.5 2.1E. Asia & Pacific 107.8 137.8 147.4 158.3 27.8 6.9 7.4Europe 408.6 425.6 441.0 458.0 4.2 3.6 3.6Middle East 30.0 35.9 39.2 40.8 19.7 9.2 4.1South Asia 6.4 7.6 8.0 8.8 18.7 5.3 10.0World 697 766 806 842 10.0 5.2 4.5

Source - World Tourism Organization (Note – Figures for 2006 are provisional estimates)

Regional Distribution of World Tourism Arrivals(2003 to 2006)

Region Relative Share 2003 2004 2005 2006

AfricaAmericasE. Asia & Pacific EuropeMiddle East South Asia

4.4 16.215.558.6 4.3 1.0

4.4 16.418.055.5 4.7 1.0

4.6 16.618.354.7 4.8 1.0

4.816.218.854.4

4.81.0

Total 100 100 100 100

Source - World Tourism Organization (Note - Figures for 2006 are provisional estimates)

Table A-1

Table A-2


amounted to US$ 410.3 million, as against US$

362.3 million recorded for the previous year, show-

ing a slower increase in dollar terms of 13.2 per

cent.

Th e average spending per tourist increased to US

$ 867.4 - an increase of 33.7 per cent when com-

pared to US $ 649.0 in 2005. Th e average spending

per tourist per day amounted to US $ 83.4, which

showed an increase of 11.8 per cent as compared to

US $ 74.6 in 2005.

Th e relative importance of tourism in 2006 as a FE

earner in the overall economy of Sri Lanka can be

seen from the fi gures given in Table B-1 below;

Th us in 2006, tourism was able to maintain its posi-

tion as the 4th largest earner of FE in the national

economy - behind Textiles and Garments, Foreign

Remittances and Tea. However, the contribution of

tourism to the total FE earnings remained relatively

at small 3.8 per cent, which was a slight increase of

0.2 percentage point in its share, as compared to the

previous year. Tourism also fell far behind the top

three FE earners who accounted for 58.2 per cent

of the total, namely Textiles and Garments 28.5 per

cent, Foreign Remittances 21.5 per cent and Tea 8.2

per cent.

C - Sources of Tourism Demand

Table C-1 below shows Tourist Arrivals broken

down into diff erent source market regions for the

years 2004 - 2006 as compared to the base year 1999

and the percentage change recorded for each year as

Relative Importance of Tourismas FE Earner

Source - Central Bank of Sri Lanka

2005 2006Rank Sector FE

EarningsRs. Million

% of Total FEEarnings

FEEarnings Rs. Million

% of Total FEEarnings

12345678910

Textiles & Garments Private Foreign Remittances Tea Tourism Other Agriculture Precious StonesPetroleum ProductsCoconutRubber Others

291,090 191,849 81,481 36,377 18,439 12,088 19,170 11,400

4,724337,432

29.019.18.13.61.81.21.91.10.5

33.6

320,829 241,918 91,667 42,585 20,242 12,385 19,451 12,898

9,674352,951

28.521.58.23.81.81.11.71.10.9

31.4

Total 1,004,050 100.0 1,124,600 100.0

compared with the previous year.

It can be seen that the largest drop in tourist arrivals

were recorded from North American and Austral-

asian regions - 24.0 per cent and - 15.5 per cent

respectively, as concerned to the previous year. South

East Asian Market region also recorded a drop of

7.9 per cent in 2006, as against to the last year. All

other market regions recorded increases during the

year under review. East Europe by 53.1 per cent,

North East Asia by 12.7 per cent, South Asia by 9.5,

Middle East by 1.1 per cent, Western Europe by 0.6

per cent and other regions by 103.4 per cent.

Table C-2 below gives the per cent shares of tourism

received from the broad market regions for 2005 to

2006 as compared for the year 1999.

Western Europe as the major market source for Sri

Lanka has dropped from 63.2 per cent in 1999 to

41.3 per cent in 2005 and to 40.8 per cent in 2006.

Market share of South Asia has expanded from 14.4

per cent in 1999 to 27.9 per cent in 2005 and to

* Year following the impact of tsunami

Tourism Arrivals by Regions(1999, 2004, 2005 & 2006)

Market Region 1999 2004 2005* 2006 % Change 04/99 05/04 06/05

America-NorthAsia-North East Asia-South East Asia-SouthAustralasia Europe-WestEurope-East

18,477 27,723 23,646 63,006 15,159 275,796 6,204

29,759 36,705 27,831 133,532 26,540 284,440 14,336

46,457 36,661 33,337 153,353 29,738 227,191 9,290

35,323 41,299

30,701 167,948 25,127

228,445 14,221

61.132.417.7

112.075.13.1

131.1

56.1-0.119.812.912.1

-20.1-35.2

-24.012.7-7.99.5

-15.50.6

53.1

World 436,440 566,202 549,308 559,603 29.7 -3.0 1.9

Middle East Others

4,821 1,608

10,463 2,596

10,236 3,045

10,345 6,194

117.061.4

-2.217.3

1.1103.4

Relative Importance of Market Regions(1999, 2005 & 2006)

Market Region Percentage Share 1999 2005 2006

America-NorthAsia-North East Asia-South East Asia-SouthAustralasia Europe-West Europe-EastMiddle East Others

4.2 6.4 5.4 14.4 3.5 63.2 1.4 1.1 0.4

8.46.76.1

27.95.4

41.31.71.90.6

6.37.45.530.04.540.82.51.91.1

100.0 100.0 100.0

Table B-1

Table C-1

Table C-2


30.0 per cent in 2006.

Table C-3 below shows a comparison of the Top-ten

source markets for tourism to Sri Lanka in the years

2005 and 2006.

Th e changes in the relative importance of major

source markets can be seen from this table. In-

dia maintained its position as the top producer in

2006 again, when arrivals from India increased from

113,323 in 2005 to 128,370 in 2006. UK contin-

ued its second position with a drop in arrivals from

92,629 in 2005 to 88,306 in 2006.

Th e Maldives and the Netherlands, who occupied

the seventh and the tenth positions respectively in

2005 moved up to fourth and the eighth positions,

with substantial increases in arrivals in absolute

terms. It is a noteworthy that, the new source mar-

ket - China is featuring in the list for the fi rst time.

D - Profi le Characteristics

(D-1) Seasonality of Arrivals

In the past, the peak months for arrivals fall during

November /December/January and the mini peak in

July/August. In 2006, the peak months for arrivals

were July/August and January to March. Th e high-

est number of arrivals was recorded in July, with the

seasonal index moving up to 119, recording a 19 per

cent increase above the monthly average. Th e seasonal-

ity ratio in 2006 was 1.2, compared to 1.1 in 2005.

Th e coeffi cient of seasonal variation in 2006 was 15,

compared to 13 in 2005, indicating a small seasonal

variation in arrivals in 2006 (See Tables c & 3).

Top-Ten Source Markets(2005 & 2006)

2005 2006Market Total

Arrivals Percentage Share

Market TotalArrivals

Percentage Share

IndiaU.K.Germany France AustraliaU.S.A.MaldivesCanadaJapan Netherlands

113,32392,62946,35026,65325,98625,27224,57621,18517,14815,156

20.616.9

8.44.94.74.64.53.93.12.8

IndiaU.K.Germany MaldivesFrance AustraliaU. S.A Netherlands China (P.R) Japan

128,37088,30647,40224,83122,69321,84920,70019,36016,27416,189

22.915.8

8.54.44.13.93.73.52.92.9

Total 408,278 74.4 Total 405,974 72.6

Source - Sri Lanka Tourist Board

Th e Lowest number of arrivals in the past was re-

corded in May/June, but in 2006 the lowest arrivals

were recorded in November, with the seasonal index

falling to 81 (See Table c).

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

Katunayake International Airport, the only air ac-

cess point to Sri Lanka, handled 99.9 per cent of the

total tourist arrivals during the year under review.

Th e balance 0.1 per cent used the Colombo Har-

bour as the port of entry to the country

(See Tables d & 4).

(D-3) Arrivals by Carrier

In 2006, altogether twenty three scheduled airlines

operated regular services to Sri Lanka and accounted

for 99.0 per cent of the total tourist traffi c to the

country. Charter fl ights (0.9 per cent) and arrivals

by sea (0.1 per cent) accounted for the balance.

Th e ten leading scheduled airlines (each carried more

than 10,000 tourists in 2006) – Sri Lankan Airlines,

Emirates, Singapore Airlines, Qatar Airways, Cathay

Pacifi c Airlines, Indian Airlines, Jet Air, LTU, Th ai

Airlines and Condor Airways accounted for 90.1 per

cent of the total tourist traffi c to the country (See

Table 5).

Inter-regional fl ights accounted for 76.1 per cent

of the total tourist arrivals, which was a decrease of

1.2 percentage points when compared with 77.3 per

cent recorded for 2005 (See Table e). Correspond-

ingly, the share of intra-regional traffi c increased to

22.9 per cent, from 21.6 per cent in the previous

year.

During the year under review, four European Char-

ter Airlines operated fl ights to Sri Lanka, bringing a

total of 5,116 tourists to the country, which was a

decrease of 2.0 per cent, when compared with the

total of 5,223 tourists in the previous year [Table

5(a)]. In terms of market share, the proportion of

charter arrivals decreased from 1.0 per cent in the

Table C-3


previous year to 0.9 per cent in the current year.

(D-4) Purpose of Visit

In 2006, the proportion of pleasure tourists (namely

those who visit the country for holiday, recreation

and site-seeing etc), decreased to 67.4 per cent -

from 85.4 per cent in 2002, 80.8 per cent in 2003,

78.2 per cent in 2004, 69.6 per cent in 2005. Cor-

respondingly, in 2006, those who visited for Private

and Offi cial Business increased to 17.8 per cent.

Visiting Friends and Relations (VFR) 7.6 per cent,

Convention and Meetings 3.0 per cent, Other Pur-

poses 2.5 per cent and Religious and Cultural 1.7

per cent, constituted the balance. It must be noted

that this change may be as a result of the number of

aid support personnel who visited Sri Lanka during

the post tsunami period.

Of the total pleasure travellers, 47.3 per cent were

from Western Europe, 35.5 per cent from Asia, 6.7

per cent from North America, 5.3 per cent from

Australasia and the balance 5.2 per cent from other

countries (See Table 6). Th e largest proportion of

business tourists (private and offi cial) came from

Asia with Western Europe taking the second place. It

is noteworthy that 63.8 per cent of those who came

for business purposes were from Asian countries.

It is interesting to note that the motivational pattern

of tourists from the neighbouring market, India,

which produced over one hundred and twenty eight

thousand tourists in 2006 (the largest) is signifi cant-

ly diff erent from that of all other markets - namely

48.7 per cent Pleasure, 31.0 per cent Business, 8.5

per cent Visiting Friends and Relations (VFR), 6.2

per cent Convention and Meetings, 4.5 per cent Re-

ligious & Cultural and the balance 1.1 per cent for

other purposes.

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

Th e average duration of stay of tourists in the coun-

try increased signifi cantly from 8.7 nights in the pre-

vious year, to 10.4 nights in 2006 (See Table g).

It is also interesting to note that, 28.3 per cent of

tourists stayed 3 nights or less, whilst 26.4 per

cent stayed between 4-7 nights, 32.2 per cent stayed

between 8-14 nights and 13.1 per cent stayed for

more than two weeks.

Th e total number of nights spent by the 559,603

tourists who visited the country in 2006 amounted

to 5,793,588 (See Table 7). Th is was an increase of

21.9 per cent when compared with the 4,754,085

nights recorded for the previous year (See Table

12).

In 2006, the total number of tourist nights spent in

graded hotels was 3,134,243. Th is was an increase

of 9.7 per cent, when compared with the fi gure of

2,857,575 nights recorded in 2005 (See Table 12).

However, the tourist nights spent in supplemen-

tary establishments amounted to 680,604 in 2006,

which was an increase of 73.8 per cent, as compared

to 391,520 nights recorded in 2005.

It is interesting to note that in 2006, only 54.1 per

cent of the tourist nights were spent in graded estab-

lishments (decreased by 6.0 per cent over last year),

while another 11.7 per cent were spent in supple-

mentary accommodation establishments. Th e bal-

ance 34.2 per cent of the tourist nights have been

spent in unregistered accommodation units and

private houses (See Table 12). Th is may also be the

result of the presence of aid support personnel in the

post tsunami period.

(D-6) Age & Sex Distributions

Of the total tourist arrivals in 2006, 63.0 per cent

were male and the balance 37.0 per cent female (See

Table h).

Th e age distribution showed that the largest pro-

portion of tourists were in the age bracket 30 - 39

years, accounting for 24.0 per cent of the total traffi c

- a decrease by 0.3 percentage points over 24.3 per

cent recorded for 2005. Compared to 2005, fol-

lowing age groups such as 20-29, 40-49 and 60 &


Over showed increases while 3-19, 30-39 and 50-59

showed decreases in 2006.

(D-7) Occupation

According to declarations made in the Immigration

Card, 73.3 per cent of the tourists were gainfully

occupied, in comparison to the 71.6 per cent re-

corded for 2005. Retired Persons constituted 5.2

per cent while the balance 21.4 per cent declared

themselves as having no occupation. Th ose in the

“No Occupation” category were mainly housewives

and dependants (See Tables 9 & i).

Of the tourists who engaged in gainful occupations,

23.2 per cent were engaged in “Other Occupations”

viz.: white-collar workers in the non-executive grades

and skilled/ semi-skilled workers. Th is may also re-

fl ect the number of social workers visiting as post

tsunami aid support personnel.

Others in gainful occupations were Executives (14.7

per cent), Businessmen (15.1 per cent), Profession-

als (7.7 per cent), Scientists & Technicians (7.4 per

cent) and Educationists (5.3 per cent).

E- Scheduled Airline Operations

Twenty three scheduled airlines operated fl ights to

Sri Lanka in 2006 (See Table 5).

During the summer season from May to October,

the number of fl ights operated per week amounted

to 257 with a seating capacity of 59,738 per week

(See Table 10).

During the winter season from November 2005 to

April 2006, the number of fl ights operated amount-

ed to 273 per week, with a seating capacity of 62,791

per week.

F- Passenger Movements

In 2006, the two-way movement of passengers (in-

cludes arrivals and departures), through the Katu-

nayake International Airport, amounted to 2.92

million. Th is represented an increase of 5.8 per cent

as compared to the two-way passenger traffi c of 2.76

million recorded for the previous year (See Tables

11 & 23).

Analyses of the composition of this two-way pas-

senger traffi c revealed that as many as 51.1 per cent

of these passengers were Sri Lankans. Th e two-way

Tourist Passengers accounted for 38.6 per cent of the

total. Th e balance 10.3 per cent was Resident Visa

Holders and Other Foreign Travellers, who could

not be classifi ed as tourists (See Table 11).

G - Tourism Supply

(G-1) Accommodation Capacity

In 2006, the number of registered tourist hotels

increased to 250 with 14,478 rooms from 223 in

the previous year. Out of 250 registered hotels, 241

hotels were in operation with 14,218 rooms. [Table

13(a)].

However, the supply of supplementary accommoda-

tion units (namely guest-houses, motels, inns etc)

increased substantially, by 93 additional units, from

415 in 2005 to 508 in 2006. Th e room capacity in

these units increased by 1,027 from 3,962 to 4,989

during the same period, also as a result of the post

tsunami reconstruction eff orts.

Th e capacity distribution was 36.0 per cent in the

South Coast region, 22.6 per cent in the Colombo

City region, 17.7 per cent in the Greater Colombo

region (including Negombo), and 17.4 per cent in

the Ancient Cities region and the balance 6.4 per

cent in the High Country and the East Coast re-

gions ( See Table j ).

(G-2) Occupancy Rate

Th e overall annual room occupancy rate of tourist

hotels increased signifi cantly to 47.8% per cent in

2006, from 45.4 per cent in the previous year – an

increase by 2.4 percentage points indicating a recov-


ery from the impact of the tsunami of December

2004, that resulted in a dip in tourist arrivals in

2005 (See Table k).

All regions, except Colombo City and East Coast

have recorded increases in room occupancy in 2006,

when compared with the corresponding fi gures for

2005 (See Table k).

Region-wise, the highest occupancy level was record-

ed in the Colombo City (64.3 per cent), followed by

the Greater Colombo region (48.0 per cent) and the

Ancient Cities region (43.3 per cent).

In 2006, the highest overall monthly occupancy rate

of 64.8 per cent was recorded in February and the

lowest monthly occupancy rate of 31.4 per cent in

November (See Table 13).

(G-3) Guest Nights

In 2006, total foreign guest nights recorded in all

tourist hotels amounted to 3,134,243 which was an

increase of 9.7 per cent over the fi gure of 2,857,575

nights recorded in the previous year (See Table 12).

Th e local guest nights recorded in these hotels de-

creased at a slower rate of 1.5 per cent from 818,207

to 806,143 during the same period.

Notably, there was a signifi cant increase in the num-

ber of foreign guest nights recorded in supplementa-

ry accommodation establishments by 73.8 per cent,

from 391,520 in 2005 to 680,604 in 2006.

Th e local guest nights recorded in these establish-

ments also increased substantially by 4.6 per cent,

from 474,095 in 2005 to 495,957 in 2006. How-

ever the local guest nights as a proportion of total

guest nights in these establishments decreased from

54.8 per cent in 2005 to 42.2 per cent in 2006.

Th e total of foreign guest nights recorded in

all registered accommodation establishments (both

tourist hotels and supplementary accommodation)

in 2006 amounted to 3,814,847 accounting for

65.8 per cent of the total tourist nights spent in

the country as against to 68.3 per cent in 2005.

In 2006, the distribution of foreign guest nights

in tourist hotels by resort regions shows that 33.2

per cent of the total foreign guest nights have been

spent in the South Coast Region. Th e Colombo

City Region accounted for 27.5 per cent, Greater

Colombo region 18.6 per cent, Ancient Cities re-

gion 16.1 per cent, High Country 4.2 per cent and

East Coast region 0.4 per cent (See Table 14).

H - Employment in the Tourist Industry

Tourism generates employment directly in tour-

ism related business establishments such as hotels

and other accommodation units, restaurants, travel

agents and tour operators, recreation and entertain-

ment businesses, souvenir, handicraft and other

shops etc. and also indirectly in those businesses,

which sell goods and services to the tourism sector.

In general, it has been found that indirect employ-

ment generated as a result of tourism is much higher

than the direct employment. Research conducted in

Sri Lanka indicates that ratio of direct employment

to indirect employment is 1:1.4. Th is means that for

every 100 jobs created in the tourism sector there

will be 140 jobs generated in the supplying sectors.

Th e total number of persons employed directly in

the tourism sector at the end of 2006 amounted to

55,649 which was an increase of 6.8 per cent over

the fi gure of 52,085 recorded in 2005 (See Table

18).

Like in the previous years, the majority of direct em-

ployment amounting to 64.7 per cent of the total was

in the Accommodation and Catering sectors. Travel

Agents and Tour Operators accounted for 12.3 per

cent while Airlines accounted for 10.9 per cent. It

is noteworthy that the airlines sector increased their

employment capacity by 2.5 per cent while accom-

modation & catering, travel & tour agents, tourist

shops and agencies providing recreational facilities

showed increases (See Table 18).

Of the total direct employment, 56.8 per cent were

in the Technical, Clerical and Supervisory grades,


28.0 per cent were in the Manual and Operative

grades and the balance 15.2 per cent in the Manage-

rial grades.

Th e total indirect employment in the supplying

sector in 2006 was estimated at 77,909 (See Table

21). Th us the total of both direct and indirect em-

ployment as a result of tourism in 2006 adds up to

133,558. Th is was an increase of 6.8 per cent over

the fi gure of 125,004 recorded in 2005.

Another interesting comparison is the ratio of jobs

generated, both directly and indirectly, to the num-

ber of tourist arrivals. In 2006, this ratio was one job

for every 4.2 arrivals.

I - Tourist Prices

In 2006, the overall tourist price index showed a mar-

ginal increase of 4.4 per cent, when compared with

the previous year. In absolute terms, it increased by

only 210 points from 4,796 in the 2005/2006 sea-

son, to 5,006 in the 2006/2007 season (See Table

19). Th e category in which the highest rate of in-

crease in prices was recorded is the Transport sector

– 26.8 per cent, followed by Accommodation cat-

egory – 10.9 per cent while Food & Beverage sector

increased by 9.2 per cent. Within the accommoda-

tion sector, the price increase occurred in Beach area

- 12.0, City area - 4.3 and Circuit area - 4.2 per

cent.

J - Public Sector Revenue

Public sector institutions derive revenue from tour-

ism in a variety of ways, namely direct and indirect

taxes, fees and levies, profi ts from business undertak-

ings etc. However, statistics of revenue collections

are readily available only from a few sources, such

as embarkation levy, tourism development levy, em-

barkation tax, entrance fees to cultural triangle, na-

tional parks, museums, botanical gardens etc. Th e

revenue collections from some of these sources are

given in Tables 25 to 31.

Th e revenue collected from the listed sources in 2006

amounted to Rs 2,100.9 million as compared to

Rs.1,880.3 million collected from the same sources

in the previous year. Th is was an increase by 11.7

per cent.

Th e main contributors to the total revenue collected

in 2006 were; tourism embarkation levy – Rs.696.0

million, embarkation tax – Rs.559.6 million, and

the cultural triangle entrance fees – 400.9 million.


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SECTION II: STATISTICAL TABLES AND CHARTS

PART A: TRENDS AND STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS OF TOURIST TRAFFIC

AverageAnnualGrowth

Market 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 Rates

Western Europe 2,764 3,073 3,519 3,330 2,609 2,560 3,255 3,640 2,903 2,917 9.4

Asia 1,802 1,615 1,900 1,525 1,486 2,371 2,950 3,260 3,706 4,024 10.5

North America 470 524 527 493 463 569 713 871 1,328 1,014 5.2

Australasia 1,443 1,489 1,795 2,162 1,533 1,579 2,363 3,314 3,508 2,954 8.1

Others 1,556 1,507 1,574 1,547 1,707 2,067 2,873 3,265 2,815 3,536 11.2

All Markets 1,926 2,004 2,295 2,106 1,771 2,068 2,633 2,978 2,889 2,943 9.2

Market Growth Trends by Nationality - Growth Indices (Average 1963/1966 = 100)

Tourist Arrivals by Year - 1966 to 2006Chart 1

Table (a)


Country of 2006

NORTH AMERICA 17,352 16,304 20,004 25,099 30,654 46,727 35,688368,41533,12479,41901,11733,8408,7125,7adanaC528,02293,52086,51099,31766,11005,8138,9.A.S.U

LATIN AMERICA &THE CARIBBEAN 342 400 549 636 715 732 805WESTERN EUROPE 261,011 204,510 200,676 255,179 285,366 227,558 228,666

776,4841,4526,8733,7441,6887,5213,6airtsuA373,6198,3817,5862,4137,4622,5032,01muigleB045,3397,3694,3237,2089,1036,1266,1kramneD442,1051,1989,1301,1627835913,2dnalniF307,22146,62224,03675,82089,91989,02021,62ecnarF692,74023,64239,85578,85731,55073,06536,07ynamreG353,21741,01489,71846,51171,21382,31917,61ylatI

Netherlands 22,632 11,257 11,763 18,212 21,487 15,252 19,460750,3333,4444,3776,3298,2582,2010,2yawroN963,2187,1789,2108,2943,2745,1668,1niapS975,5264,5041,8619,3325,2813,4833,4nedewS

Switzerland 8,493 6,227 9,312 11,177 10,687 8,339 7,729135,88929,29240,701603,39239,76455,86708,48.K.U557,3273,3314,4155,3630,3894,2868,2srehtO

EASTERN EUROPE 6,840 7,045 8,046 10,600 14,259 9,305 14,236000,8917,3589,4386,3349,2435,2255,3aissuR632,6685,5472,9719,6301,5115,4882,3srehtO

MIDDLE EAST 4,347 5,364 6,462 6,759 9,486 10,230 10,191361,3733,2957,1529,1545,1209198ACIRFA459,142448,222320,691773,771875,241343,98904,19AISA

Bangladesh 1,218 1,738 1,518 1,851 1,760 2,325 2,466 China (P.R.) 2,220 3,789 4,350 7,380 9,424 9,818 16,364 Hong Kong, China 3,243 2,115 3,582 3,150 916 1,219 1,083

025,821320,311093,401936,09699,96239,33158,13aidnI049,4936,1624,1293,1374,1570,1706,2aisenodnI712,61361,71747,91871,71665,31142,9782,01napaJ

Korea (South) 2,615 2,795 2,607 2,700 4,597 6,023 5,318328,9866,11939,9382,9306,9719,3038,4aisyalaM505,42693,42102,51775,11558,9579,8149,7sevidlaM251,1770,1098779687215825lapeN561,11650,11926,9476,9627,6225,8710,01natsikaP084,3063,2708,1814,2626,1224,1824,1senippilihP266,6697,01668,7324,8875,7505,4010,5eropagniS574,5904,5902,5800,6459,3139,2924,3dnaliahT

Taiwan (P.C.) 3,546 2,821 3,417 2,532 1,929 2,705 2,580402,2761,2392,1591,2149,1350,1936srehtO

AUSTRALASIA 18,222 12,926 13,311 23,067 27,940 29,575 24,900566,12638,52174,42570,02433,11033,11674,61ailartsuA

New Zealand 1,722 1,533 1,920 2,858 3,331 3,608 3,127801131831431753642srehtO

306,955803,945202,665246,005171,393497,633414,004latoT

Tourist Arrivals by Country of Nationality - 2000 to 2006

Table 1


Tourist Arrivals by Top Ten Markets - 2005 & 2006

Market Growth Trends by Residence - Growth Indices(Average 1963/1966 = 100)

AverageAnnualGrowth

Western Europe 2,262 2,866 3,230 3,727 3,525 2,757 2,707 3,449 3,844 3,071 3,088 9.3

Asia 1,450 1,605 1,409 1,617 1,294 1,268 2,022 2,507 2,800 3,157 3,423 10.0

North America 449 575 632 666 624 576 716 905 1,072 1,674 1,273 5.7

Australasia 1,245 1,664 1,727 2,153 2,589 1,862 1,876 3,262 3,770 4,224 3,569 8.5

Others 1,047 1,211 1,195 1,187 1,177 1,315 1,573 1,884 2,575 2,121 2,686 10.2

All Markets 1,590 1,926 2,004 2,295 2,106 1,771 2,068 2,633 2,978 2,889 2,943 9.2

Chart 2

Table (b)


Tourist Arrivals by Country of Residence - 2000 to 2006Country ofResidence 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006NORTH AMERICA 17,319 15,983 19,866 25,110 29,759 46,457 35,323

326,41581,12336,41461,11103,8906,7305,7adanaC007,02272,52621,51649,31565,11473,8618,9.A.S.U

LATIN AMERICA &THE CARIBBEAN 447 429 555 634 741 705 775WESTERN EUROPE 260,824 203,984 200,295 255,169 284,440 227,191 228,445

266,4721,4336,8013,7711,6869,5492,6airtsuA333,6558,3285,5403,4767,4052,5422,01muigleB135,3187,3962,3027,2869,1826,1356,1kramneD442,1051,1989,1601,1927535613,2dnalniF396,22356,62699,92585,82989,91949,02299,52ecnarF204,74053,64852,85809,85071,55504,06485,07ynamreG424,21291,01268,81456,51771,21470,21338,61ylatI

The Netherlands 22,618 12,569 11,748 18,197 21,455 15,156 19,360450,3033,4774,3476,3988,2162,2010,2yawroN763,2187,1010,3087,2823,2925,1848,1niapS425,5204,5979,7088,3784,2562,4443,4nedewS

Switzerland 8,490 6,228 9,375 11,240 10,610 8,399 7,727603,88926,29546,601872,39335,76038,76396,48.K.U818,3683,3576,4335,3810,3394,2529,2srehtO

EASTERN EUROPE 6,840 7,065 8,079 10,633 14,336 9,290 14,221589,7407,3000,5686,3649,2245,2255,3aissuR632,6685,5633,9749,6331,5325,4882,3srehtO

MIDDLE EAST 4,341 5,544 6,492 6,789 10,463 10,236 10,345532,3043,2558,1199,1116,1259498ACIRFA611,1701,1789089066143273acirfAhtuoS911,2332,1868110,1159116225srehtO231,242153,322860,891153,771460,341237,98125,19AISA

Bangladesh 1,218 1,745 1,521 1,830 1,721 2,316 2,456 China (P.R.) 2,208 3,721 4,338 7,251 9,088 9,668 16,274 Hong Kong, China 3,348 2,319 3,759 3,075 1,538 1,069 973

073,821323,311151,501306,09069,96429,33068,13aidnI240,5966,1664,1593,1674,1180,1406,2aisenodnI981,61841,71146,91511,71206,31732,9662,01napaJ

Korea (South) 2,613 2,778 2,616 2,709 4,531 6,056 5,298317,9875,11231,01133,9156,9019,3338,4aisyalaM138,42675,42310,51385,11168,9910,9539,7sevidlaM641,1170,1388089987805435lapeN541,11920,11836,9407,9657,6265,8500,01natsikaP474,3663,2808,1334,2146,1724,1824,1senippilihP210,7651,11645,8444,8995,7146,4910,5eropagniS064,5424,5530,5999,5549,3659,2804,3dnaliahT

Taiwan (P.C) 3,543 2,834 3,432 2,547 1,907 2,720 2,565481,2281,2079,1253,2811,2070,1996srehtO

AUSTRALASIA 18,228 13,105 13,209 22,965 26,540 29,738 25,127948,12689,52742,32859,91712,11754,11344,61ailartsuA

New Zealand 1,737 1,528 1,920 2,858 3,184 3,617 3,1471315319019412702184srehtO

306,955803,945202,665246,005171,393497,633414,004latoT

Table 2


Shares of Tourist Arrivals by Region - 1999 to 2006

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

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2000

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2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

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Western Europe

Asia

North America

Australasia

Eastern Europe

Others

Tourist Arrivals by Region - 2005 & 2006

25,127

242,132

3,235

10,345

14,221

228,445

775

35,323

29,738

223,351

2,340

10,236

9,290

227,191

705

46,457

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Latin America

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Tourist Arrivals

2005 2006

Chart 2 (a)

Chart 2 (b)


52,103 52,68754,746

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55,35452,931

38,485 38,815 37,591 39,224

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Chart 3

Table (c)

Seasonality of Tourist Traffi c - 2006

Seasona- Coefficientlity ratio of Seasonal

Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec (2) Variation(3)

1967 128 117 119 101 97 64 82 101 82 87 94 127 1.3 221968 113 117 112 88 84 59 84 88 87 109 98 161 1.6 251969 132 123 112 82 79 58 72 84 78 107 120 153 1.5 271970 134 141 125 85 97 56 67 87 80 88 95 145 1.4 281971 179 199 156 47 29 29 57 75 57 78 121 173 2.0 601972 123 125 119 66 70 50 79 99 73 96 132 168 1.7 331973 145 129 121 84 66 50 91 103 64 91 110 146 1.5 301974 154 136 139 90 46 47 76 87 70 88 118 149 1.5 371975 137 121 130 68 65 56 69 100 62 87 131 174 1.7 441976 158 153 135 90 62 46 43 35 68 107 137 166 1.7 471977 137 141 143 77 59 43 77 87 59 90 134 153 1.5 371978 144 140 128 73 55 44 82 97 64 89 129 155 1.6 361979 136 121 122 90 63 51 81 97 71 93 123 152 1.5 301980 135 126 128 81 73 57 86 102 74 88 108 142 1.4 271981 146 127 124 92 70 54 92 106 78 87 96 127 1.5 261982 121 118 124 88 85 77 91 101 88 89 99 119 1.2 161983 175 156 159 116 117 87 89 30 36 58 73 104 1.7 451984 127 122 123 89 69 68 101 104 82 98 105 112 1.3 191985 134 126 139 92 65 52 86 94 71 85 108 148 1.5 301986 172 159 151 101 68 50 64 79 65 66 94 131 1.7 411987 167 156 150 106 54 50 67 75 66 80 93 135 1.7 401988 134 126 128 91 73 76 116 123 98 110 69 56 1.3 251989 84 80 104 80 83 75 99 112 93 98 123 169 1.7 251990 107 106 109 92 74 73 106 108 90 93 99 143 1.4 181991 109 106 103 78 67 66 115 109 94 95 107 151 1.5 221992 108 118 101 86 64 70 103 122 91 97 109 125 1.3 181993 131 123 116 91 68 62 101 100 84 94 107 123 1.3 211994 134 121 122 83 64 63 104 97 91 98 98 126 1.3 221995 137 127 119 100 73 67 107 107 92 91 84 95 1.4 211996 123 117 105 81 70 78 101 98 92 93 99 142 1.4 201997 107 115 112 88 73 76 101 105 98 93 105 128 1.3 161998 117 111 102 81 64 71 93 99 100 100 121 142 1.4 211999 122 114 113 95 69 72 92 107 93 97 115 111 1.2 162000 130 130 121 101 70 66 100 104 93 80 98 105 1.3 202001 157 166 158 131 96 101 102 56 42 46 62 83 1.4 432002 86 97 101 83 81 80 109 108 101 111 114 129 1.5 152003 97 94 98 81 72 76 105 101 86 120 132 138 1.4 232004 106 92 81 65 64 68 107 103 109 126 138 140 1.4 262005 83 80 110 92 89 100 124 112 95 96 106 112 1.1 132006 112 113 117 107 94 94 119 114 83 83 81 84 1.2 15

(1) Seasonal indices are compiled by taking average arrivals per month as 100(2) Seasonality ratio = Highest Monthly Arrival / Average Arrival per month(3) Coefficient of Seasonal Variation is obtained by calculating the standard deviation of the Seasonal Indices.

Seasonal Variation in Traffic Flow - 1967 to 2006(Seasonal Indices) (1)


fe r A r y A t v c

SeasonCountry o -alityResidenc Total Jan Feb Ma p Ma Jun Jul ug Sep Oc No De Ratio

NORTH AMERICA 35,323 3,935 3,112 4,705 2,739 2,534 3,415 3,739 2,995 1,684 2,046 1,886 2,533 1.6 Canada 14,623 1,556 1,296 1,552 1,257 1,244 1,391 1,601 1,329 750 797 784 1,065 1.3

8.1864,1201,1942,1439666,1831,2420,2092,1284,1351,3618,1973,2007,02.A.S.U

LATIN AMERICA &THE CARIBBEAN 775 60 41 59 51 61 59 73 84 60 85 110 32 0.9WESTERN EUROPE 228,445 22,612 25,376 22,803 20,362 16,071 15,214 24,667 21,651 15,895 15,955 12,789 15,052 1.3

9.1564272182402803914412732253475577165266,4airtsuA

2.1833623116746616078353493395575535474333,6muigleB

Denmark 3,531 422 583 506 298 187 301 303 190 143 174 206 218 1.9

7.221136862435855646101511712682442,1dnalniF

6.1828708810,1072,1164,2095,2680,1809,1556,2119,2250,3601,2396,22ecnarF

Germany 47,402 5,412 5,223 5,130 4,703 3,335 2,456 3,897 3,274 3,180 4,218 3,229 3,345 1.3

Netherlands 19,360 1,989 2,154 1,386 1,360 1,138 1,495 3,071 1,765 1,753 1,406 838 1,006 1.9

2.1468216319532,1196,1491,1898577856721,1162,1691,1424,21ylatI

6.1471351481421091782272891553713683414450,3yawroN

5.2031421832702505282211851771751031741763,2niapS

0.2974492532761722192963572845497559098425,5nedewS

Switzerland 7,727 939 935 786 888 506 510 866 410 417 531 445 493 1.4

4.1152,6081,5738,5162,6524,9431,01897,6036,6884,7871,8957,8563,7603,88.K.U

7.1943042142542635504582662681742114114818,3srehtO

EASTERN EUROPE 14,221 2,243 1,373 1,111 1,238 946 489 704 924 914 1,463 1,429 1,354 1.9

0.2178109439575025213091035716175236233,1589,7aissuR

8.1384825925933404293992614126045147119632,6srehtO

8.1162562852962651233422103053092641015532,3ACIRFA

South Africa 1,116 244 71 110 152 95 64 125 64 62 115 79 73 2.3

5.18816813417022970206160289108157662911,2srehtO

MIDDLE EAST 10,345 521 744 642 675 391 706 1,805 2,434 601 509 507 810 2.8

0.1167,61975,81759,61413,71037,22587,12756,12295,12617,12612,32768,91068,91231,242AISA

China (P.R.) 16,274 1,498 1,761 1,160 1,068 1,547 1,150 1,615 932 1,410 1,302 1,699 1,131 1.3

Hong Kong, China 973 120 5 29 117 53 84 63 84 38 170 120 90 2.0

2.1516,8203,9384,9605,9986,11078,01338,11395,11577,11951,31084,01560,01073,821aidnI

Indonesia 5,042 219 156 651 748 681 390 453 405 343 383 310 303 1.8

5.1621,1660,1020,1271,1850,2163,1671,1204,1852,1494,1166,1693,1981,61napaJ

Korea (South) 5,298 660 451 482 322 375 361 581 637 411 232 441 345 1.5

Malaysia 9,713 930 773 1,019 810 922 977 590 719 525 699 904 844 1.0

Maldives 24,831 2,340 1,733 1,816 2,618 1,762 1,970 2,757 2,117 1,747 1,440 2,286 2,245 1.3

Pakistan 11,145 882 824 1,227 791 699 1,027 1,601 1,408 699 594 852 541 1.7

Philippines 3,474 240 218 189 255 599 544 321 247 203 232 230 195 2.1

Singapore 7,012 551 572 684 542 645 862 529 553 434 561 477 601 1.5

Thailand 5,460 351 388 473 847 736 612 311 502 285 386 294 275 1.8

Taiwan (P.C.) 2,565 292 252 222 203 174 280 230 210 148 196 214 144 1.3

5.2603483952393961,1305193404263116395613687,5srehtO

AUSTRALASIA 25,127 2,362 2,028 1,920 2,645 1,929 2,302 2,249 1,957 1,748 1,542 2,026 2,421 1.2

Australia 21,849 2,027 1,795 1,688 2,328 1,659 2,037 1,969 1,703 1,519 1,359 1,770 1,994 1.3

New Zealand 3,147 326 224 226 310 253 259 267 243 201 174 246 418 1.2

5.290198211316717699131srehtO

2.1422,93195,73518,83584,83139,25453,55660,44528,34677,94647,45786,25301,25306,955latoT

Table 3

Tourist Arrivals by Country of Residence & Month - 2006


Chart 4

Table (d)

Relative Importance of Different Ports - Percentage Distribution of Arrivals - 1997 to 2006

Mode of Transport and Port of Arrivals - 2005 & 2006

Katunayake 99.9 %

Colombo 0.1 %

6002500240023002200210020002999189917991troP

Katunayake (BIA) 99.9 99.9 99.9 99.9 99.9 99.9 99.9 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 99.9

Talaimannar - - - - - - - - - -

Colombo Harbour 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1

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

0.0011.0010.0010.0010.0010.0010.0010.0010.0010.001latoT


Table 4

Tourist Arrivals by Country of Residence & Mode of Transport - 2006Country of By Air SeaResidence Total Katunayake ColomboNORTH AMERICA 35,323 603,53 71

326,41adanaC 326,41 0007,02ASU 386,02 71

LATIN AMERICAN & - 577NAEBBIRACEHT 775 0

WESTERN EUROPE 228,445 223,822 321226,4airtsuA 226,4 0373,6muigleB 373,6 0135,3kramneD 025,3 11442,1dnalniF 442,1 0396,22ecnarF 396,22 0204,74ynamreG 453,74 84424,21ylatI 714,21 7063,91sdnalrehteN 443,91 61450,3yawroN 230,3 22763,2niapS 763,2 0425,5nedewS 425,5 0727,7dnalreztiwS 727,7 0603,88KU 782,88 91818,3srehtO 818,3 0

EASTERN EUROPE 14,221 402,41 71589,7aissuR 869,7 17632,6srehtO 632,6 0532,3ACIRFA 532,3 0543,01TSAEELDDIM 543,01 0231,242AISA 929,142 302472,61)RP(anihC 452,61 02379anihC,gnoKgnoH 379 0073,821aidnI 103,821 96240,5aisenodnI 330,5 9981,61napaJ 981,61 0892,5)htuoS(aeroK 892,5 0317,9aisyalaM 317,9 0138,42sevidlaM 138,42 0541,11natsikaP 021,11 52474,3senippilihP 064,3 14210,7eropagniS 889,6 24064,5dnaliahT 064,5 0565,2).C.P(nawiaT 445,2 21687,5srehtO 567,5 21721,52AISALARTSUA 721,52 0948,12ailartsuA 948,12 0741,3dnalaeZweN 741,3 0131srehtO 131 0

306,955latoT 342,955 063


Tourist Arrivals by Type of Carrier - 2005 & 2006

Chart 5

Table (e)

Relative Importance of Different Carriers - PercentageDistribution of Arrivals - 1997 to 2006

Carrier 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006

Inter-Regional Flights 69.8 69.0 69.9 74.1 78.0 79.6 77.8 74.5 77.3 76.1

Intra-Regional Flights 24.7 19.7 19.6 18.8 18.6 18.0 18.9 21.5 21.6 22.9

Charter Flights 5.4 11.2 10.4 7.1 3.3 2.3 3.2 3.9 1.0 0.9

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

Passenger Ships (CBO) 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1

TOTAL SEA 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

60025002reirraC

Inter-Regional Flights 77.3% 76.1%

Intra-Regional Flights 21.6% 22.9%

Charter Flights 1.0% 0.9%

Sea Carrier 0.1% 0.1%


Tabl

e 5

Tour

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by C

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f Res

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Car

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200

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rate

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A35

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20,39

431

2,850

8810

582

549

651

746

722

53,5

1285

950

149

2,862

7590

1,086

723

080

393

1381

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ada

14,62

38,3

366

715

2371

210

175

209

211

225

1,298

735

1525

917

319

971

482

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351

034 74

3124

650

142

51117

27549,1

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775

302

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240

200

367

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365

1221

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410

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8,445

117,2

5839

2,541

114

259

1,811

483

791

624

878

32,73

32,0

7010

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2,196

4,646

2,591

10,36

720

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3,977

3,119

050

35,1

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14,8

66 A

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4,662

1,821

084

05

7815

180

993

00

550

6934

956

8731

828

123

02

320

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elgium

6,333

2,050

039

03

519

156

1824

021

4199

4172

5414

464

214

01

330

345

Den

mark

3,531

1,275

057

00

5424

2431

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030

823

6048

102

912

647

50

1950

1217

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d1,2

4447

57

513

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69

321

783

66

2772

4531

185

130

98

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22,69

315

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318

63

4512

545

105

6615

33,4

8572

511

028

828

245

165

3,765

289

330

3120

40

107

Ger

many

47,40

218

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624

531

2134

236

126

6314

55,6

1530

9,325

111

264

354

9,178

2,814

654

610

045

1,032

4848

9 2575

1353

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521741

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301055

518,272

52103

0269

330

338

576,4424,21

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3,567

016

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530

2436

691,3

1778

475

633

234

144

264

725

176

1,826

031

4517

1,685

Nor

way

3,054

1,555

084

30

6021

4412

3822

23

1418

6366

2198

789

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8725

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5,524

2,256

064

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211

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315

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160

812

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tzerla

nd7,7

273,4

250

117

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6015

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482,1

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6899

7230

212

91,2

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187 311

43064,3

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636

2131

5178

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031

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ERN

EURO

PE14

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5,995

1384

33

3212

1824

201,5

8414

119

108

102

246

246

3,731

1,490

023

148

5421

131

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sia7,9

852,3

4110

213

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1218

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672

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1815

1170

2,856

165

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3,222

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1,656

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3,235

1,850

394

1236

5615

4415

1831

212

712

8725

3622

00

100

330

280

13AS

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2,132

151,5

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115

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1,583

156

7,141

5,152

15,09

77,8

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9,230

224

6710

814

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1861

1,389

274

619

165

330

676

20

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a (P.

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16,27

49,4

5515

687

110

675

603

1533

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973

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20

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159

60

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355

03

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128,3

7086

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054

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4551

512

314

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7,325

10,23

51,5

1235

1533

555

010

401

450

331

218

744

20

Indo

nesia

5,042

2,800

621

83

311

448

06

941

26

00

690

618

00

036

019

0 Ja

pan

16,18

910

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413,1

7115

01,6

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036

213

4831

86

66

3,912

93

4526

20

125

00

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ea (S

outh)

5,298

1,050

152,4

453

032

545

4821

6043

03

03

925

30

363

00

32

00

Mala

ysia

9,713

4,266

401,9

159

675

2,965

3923

5512

99

93

271

630

1136

00

92

00

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ives

24,83

119

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412

313

4557

933

6539

453,6

669

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195

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170

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1,465

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630

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556

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156

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421

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7,012

3,415

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1,915

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260

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iland

5,460

2,050

084

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1,674

1830

621

3315

120

1,145

00

270

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120

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2,565

1,156

987

63

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5,786

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427,7

6425

2684

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213

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171

1,656

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391,9

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717

50

100

910

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lia21

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9,754

406,2

5025

2668

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687

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1,678

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03

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00

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311,5

6030

928

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1,843

1,766

10,97

37,1

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9,073

12,04

750

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4,068

11,25

74,2

7124

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2,997

10,91

627

,674

5,969

3,153

214

2,586

6,340

360

5,116


Table 5 (a)

Tourist Arrivals by Charter Carriers - 1997 to 2006

Charter Carrier 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006

----------rodnoC

-----679426,3711,3392,4812,4rialaB

Sterling Airways - - - - - - - - - -

-21181,1307--326,1495--riAniF

----------anatnoM

Hapag Lloyd - - - - - - - - - -

----------riAnacS

-809473,1772765517642177,3737,1725,1aduaL

Air Europe 4,197 4,983 6,282 3,747 1,360 3,645 5,275 3,712 - -

U.T.A.(Charter) - - - - - - - - -

Air Solvika - - - - - - 840 978 - -

Air Holland 3,199 12,831 13,584 - - - 430 - - -

Austrian Airlines 414 2,499 1,734 2,121 1,728 1,806 - - - -

----------r LibertyiA

Caledonian 2,736 4,449 - - - - - - - -

------963,3---riAleboS

----------ainnatirB

Air Monarach 2,781 9,893 15,606 11,607 5,586 - 4,083 4,117 -

Air Charter 219 1875 - - - - - - - -

Edelweiss Air - - - - - 600 1,935 1,536 478 1,070

CSA Czech Airline - - - - - 1,302 - - -

Tvansavia Airline - - - - - 774 2,235 657

---246-----tolforeA

My Travel - - - - - - 320 2,925 1,278 -

First Choice 578

---ylfyekrA - - - - - - 983

Holand Excel 3,828 237 -

Euro Fly 1,476 1,848 2,086

993264744843-178329,1438591462srehtO

Total 19,555 42,755 45,522 28,260 11,236 9,336 16,446 22,231 5,223 5,116


Chart 6

Purpose of Visit - 2005 & 2006

Percentage Distribution of Tourists by Purpose of Visit 1997 to 2006

Table (f)


Table 6

Tourist Arrivals by Country of Residence & Purpose of Visit - 2006suoigileRgnitisiVnoitnevnoC&etavirP

Country of Total Pleasure Official & Friends & &Residence Business Meetings Relations Cultural Others

NORTH AMERICA 35,323 25,385 3,601 586 3,934 202 1,61556877706,2471324774,01326,41adanaC057521723,1214871,3809,41007,02.A.S.U

LATIN AMERICA &THE CARIBBEAN 775 515 175 46 25 0 14WESTERN EUROPE 228,445 178,412 25,190 1,935 18,586 406 3,916

530150142997986,3266,4airtsuA441631361212658,1228,3333,6muigleB924118234644817,2135,3kramneD86211341541479442,1dnalniF30151561,1411901,1781,02396,22ecnarF20572237,3423849,4968,73204,74ynamreG22615356,118161,2658,7424,21ylatI

Netherlands 19,360 13,343 3,554 111 1,539 6 807211988363214790,2450,3yawroN706213333561715,1763,2niapS431977775195659,3425,5nedewS4681311,176994669,5727,7dnalreztiwS23148345,7957760,8127,17603,88.K.U75533606834796,2818,3srehtO

EASTERN EUROPE 14,221 9,196 3,376 712 668 75 194222087567617223,1081,4589,7aissuR08666021006428,4632,6srehtO598375402294485,1532,3ACIRFA

MIDDLE EAST 10,345 8,025 1,572 324 129 183 112112,6356,8402,71008,21404,36068,331231,242AISA

China (PR) 16,274 6,928 4,312 1,455 2,867 277 435Hong Kong, China 973 713 244 1 6 0 9

234,1678,5888,01349,7457,93774,26073,821aidnI0921921623809,1775,2240,5aisenodnI054759513471694,3797,01981,61napaJ

Korea (South) 5,298 2,278 2,136 144 273 60 4077175674515301,1545,7317,9aisyalaM567672980,1003981,2212,02138,42sevidlaM93251453401,1228,3116,5541,11natsikaP801,10681102924055,1474,3senippilihP36631873211972,1765,4210,7eropagniS492500,178042138300,3064,5dnaliahT

Taiwan (P.C.) 2,565 1,623 665 75 57 78 675327299012632,1979,3687,5srehtO

AUSTRALASIA 25,127 20,116 1,594 402 2,014 39 96214842097,1843872,1865,71948,12ailartsuA

New Zealand 3,147 2,456 301 45 221 6 11839395129131srehtO

919,31165,9716,24900,71404,99390,773306,955latoT


60025002doireP

%3.82%5.83sthgin3-1

%4.62%3.42sthgin7-4

%2.23%3.52sthgin41-8

%2.01%1.8sthgin12-51

%8.1%6.2sthgin03-22

%1.1%2.1revO&sthgin13

10.5

7.3

7.3

6.9

9.3

9.4

13.2

10.8

12.4

8.5

9.9

8.1

11.7

12

11.9

11.9

0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14

Australasia

Asia

Africa

Middle East

Eastern Europe

Western Europe

Latin America

North America& The Caribbean

Reg

ion

Number of Nights

2005 2006

Nights AverageYear 1 - 3 4 - 7 8 - 14 15 - 21 22 - 30 31 & Over Total Stay

1976 22.0 31.5 28.6 9.7 4.7 3.5 100.0 10.01977 22.2 26.2 29.5 11.5 5.6 5.0 100.0 10.71978 21.4 26.9 29.6 11.6 5.4 5.1 100.0 10.81979 21.1 26.6 28.4 12.0 6.2 5.7 100.0 11.11980 21.9 23.4 29.3 13.1 6.8 5.5 100.0 11.01981 22.4 31.2 25.8 12.1 5.9 2.6 100.0 10.51982 17.7 36.0 27.3 12.3 5.5 1.2 100.0 10.01983 18.1 37.6 26.3 11.7 5.2 1.1 100.0 9.61984 20.8 45.0 20.3 9.8 3.6 0.5 100.0 8.91985 4.7 23.2 30.7 21.1 12.5 7.8 100.0 9.21986 4.2 14.0 28.4 23.0 13.5 16.9 100.0 10.91987 3.1 9.6 24.5 22.6 15.4 24.8 100.0 13.21988 3.3 10.0 24.9 23.1 15.9 22.8 100.0 12.61989 5.0 13.9 26.2 22.1 16.4 16.4 100.0 10.71990 5.0 12.8 29.5 26.3 13.3 13.1 100.0 10.81991 4.5 12.2 26.9 23.8 15.2 17.4 100.0 11.41992 25.2 26.2 27.5 14.1 4.9 2.1 100.0 10.31993 19.6 30.0 30.6 12.2 4.1 3.5 100.0 10.61994 18.1 34.5 30.9 11.6 3.4 1.5 100.0 10.41995 20.4 38.5 27.5 8.2 3.4 2.0 100.0 10.01996 29.6 24.7 27.7 11.5 4.6 1.9 100.0 9.81997 26.1 24.4 30.8 13.0 4.5 1.2 100.0 10.11998 23.7 25.1 33.7 12.6 3.8 1.1 100.0 10.41999 20.4 27.1 37.8 11.1 2.7 0.9 100.0 10.32000 21.9 26.4 35.9 12.2 2.6 1.0 100.0 10.12001 23.3 26.8 34.5 12.0 2.5 0.9 100.0 9.92002 22.6 27.0 34.7 12.1 2.6 1.0 100.0 10.12003 23.1 27.3 34.8 11.5 2.3 1.0 100.0 10.22004 23.8 27.6 34.1 11.8 1.9 0.8 100.0 10.12005 38.5 24.3 25.3 8.1 2.6 1.2 100.0 8.72006 28.3 26.4 32.2 10.2 1.8 1.1 100.0 10.4

Period of Stay - 2005 & 2006 Chart 7 (a)

Chart 7 (b)

Table (g)

Average Duration of Stay & Region - 2005 & 2006

Period of Stay - Percentage Distribution - 1976 to 2006


latoTretrahCretrahCnoNegarevAegarevAegarevA

tsiruoTnoitaruDtsiruoTnoitaruDtsiruoTnoitaruDfoyrtnuoCNationality Arrivals of Stay Nights Arrivals of Stay Nights Arrivals of Stay Nights

NORTH AMERICA 35,545 10.9 388,921 143 13.5 1,926 35,688 11.0 390,847486,3610.11368,419283.4185558,2610.11508,41adanaC

361,7229.01528,02790,19.2158660,6229.01047,02.A.S.U

LATIN AMERICA &THE CARIBBEAN 767 11.8 9,051 38 14.7 559 805 11.9 9,609WESTERN EUROPE 224,399 12.1 2,712,884 4,267 14.9 60,189 228,666 12.1 2,773,207

499,754.21776,4147,25.41981202,553.21884,4airtsuA

295,477.11373,6389,57.41704906,865.11669,5muigleB

460,146.11045,3734,45.41603445,633.11432,3kramneD

743,317.01442,1807,34.21992936,92.01549dnalniF

364,7429.01307,22533,39.01603721,4429.01793,22ecnarF

Germany 46,907 13.8 647,317 389 14.9 5,796 47,296 13.8 653,113

299,0414.11353,21460,71.41105829,3313.11258,11ylatI

Netherlands 19,039 13.6 258,930 421 14.9 6,273 19,460 13.6 265,203

436,537.11750,3078,28.31802467,235.11948,2yawroN

659,321.01963,2889,38.31982869,916.9080,2niapS

012,956.01975,5514,78.41105697,152.01870,5nedewS

Switzerland 7,372 12.4 91,413 357 14.7 5,248 7,729 12.5 96,661

002,810,15.11135,888051.4163396,710,15.11594,88.K.U

977,542.21557,34282.4185659,442.21796,3srehtO

EASTERN EUROPE 13,857 11.6 160,838 379 13.8 5,212 14,236 11.7 166,050663,792.21000,8058,47.31453715,291.21646,7aissuR

486,860.11632,63635.4152123,860.11112,6srehtO

MIDDLE EAST 10,163 8.1 82,320 28 16.0 448 10,191 8.1 82,768861,139.9361,33354.4173536,038.9621,3ACIRFA806,740,25.8459,14200.00806,740,25.8459,142AISA

China (P.R.) 16,364 8.9 145,640 0 0.0 0 16,364 8.9 145,640

Hong Kong, China 1,083 9.5 10,289 0 0.0 0 1,083 9.5 10,289

803,510,19.7025,82100.00803,510,19.7025,821aidnI

Indonesia 4,940 9.3 45,942 0 0.0 0 4,940 9.3 45,942

845,0619.9712,6100.00845,0619.9712,61napaJ

Korea (South) 5,318 9.4 49,989 0 0.0 0 5,318 9.4 49,989

524,789.8328,900.00524,789.8328,9aisyalaM

Maldives 24,505 9.4 230,347 0 0.0 0 24,505 9.4 230,347

Pakistan 11,165 8.2 91,553 0 0.0 0 11,165 8.2 91,553

Philippines 3,480 8.6 29,928 0 0.0 0 3,480 8.6 29,928

Singapore 6,662 7.5 49,965 0 0.0 0 6,662 7.5 49,965

Taiwan (P.C) 5,475 7.8 42,705 0 0.0 0 5,475 7.8 42,705

015,425.9085,200.00015,425.9085,2dnaliahT

064,369.01228,500.00064,369.01228,5srehtO

AUSTRALASIA 24,676 11.7 289,840 224 11.2 2,491 24,900 11.7 292,331 Australia 21,581 11.8 254,656 84 14.0 1,177 21,665 11.8 255,833

New Zealand 3,037 11.4 34,622 90 14.6 1,314 3,127 11.5 35,936

6.2652.580100.0053657.985srehtO

885,397,54.01306,955753,179.31611,5790,227,53.01784,455latoT

Table 7

Average Duration of Stay and Tourist Nights by Country of Nationality - 2006


Chart 8

Table (h)

Tourist Arrivals by Age & Sex - 2005 & 2006

Sex 2005 2006

Male 62.5% 63.0%

Female 37.5% 37.0%

By Sex

By Age

0.0% 5.0% 10.0% 15.0% 20.0% 25.0% 30.0%

(3-19)

(20-29)

(30-39)

(40-49)

(50-59)

(60 & Over)A

ge G

roup

% in Arrivals

2005 2006

Percentage Distribution by Sex & Age - 1997 to 2006

1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006

Sex Male 60.3 59.1 58.3 58.7 58.5 59.2 58.7 58.9 62.5 63.0

Female 39.7 40.9 41.7 41.3 41.5 40.8 41.3 41.1 37.5 37.0

Age Group 3-19 6.4 5.8 6.5 6.8 7.8 7.6 7.9 9.0 9.8 9.6

20-29 34.6 33.8 33.5 38.4 32.6 31.6 30.1 23.1 18.3 18.9

30-39 27.6 26.0 30.8 29.0 31.5 30.4 28.7 26.4 24.3 24.0

40-49 17.5 19.8 15.9 12.9 16.2 16.8 17.5 20.6 23.0 23.6

50-59 5.1 5.5 3.0 3.3 5.5 7.1 8.9 12.8 15.4 14.5

60 & Over 8.8 9.1 10.3 9.6 6.4 6.6 6.9 8.1 9.3 9.4


Table 8

Country of TotalResidence Male Female (3-19) (20-29) (30-39) (40-49) (50-59) (60&Over)

NORTH AMERICA 35,323 21,646 13,677 4,058 5,239 8,638 7,952 5,594 3,842 Canada 14,623 9,235 5,388 2,057 2,541 3,951 3,100 2,047 927

519,2745,3258,4786,4896,2100,2982,8114,21007,02.A.S.ULATIN AMERICA &THE CARIBBEAN 775 541 234 63 186 268 147 98 13WESTERN EUROPE 228,445 131,465 96,980 22,536 43,716 47,329 46,626 39,947 28,291

358126421,1859918782272,2093,2266,4airtsuA Belgium 6,333 3,451 2,882 267 621 813 870 828 2,934 Denmark 3,531 2,070 1,461 601 541 711 691 479 508

881912572792651901016436442,1dnalniF France 22,693 13,397 9,296 2,587 3,981 4,988 5,231 5,048 858 Germany 47,402 25,398 22,004 3,991 7,125 10,871 10,957 8,009 6,449

409754,1147,2853,3741,3718847,4676,7424,21ylatI Netherlands 19,360 10,630 8,730 1,598 4,987 3,259 3,367 3,594 2,555

252314108758014123481,1078,1450,3yawroN58381514189485911339434,1763,2niapS

Sweden 5,524 3,397 2,127 654 1,485 1,107 974 741 563 Switzerland 7,727 4,269 3,458 921 1,625 1,420 1,745 1,147 869

176,01785,61458,61852,71425,71214,9145,53567,25603,88.K.U206126185154117258437,1480,2818,3srehtO

EASTERN EUROPE 14,221 7,657 6,564 1,125 3,871 3,859 2,999 1,615 752514418547,1412,2780,2017656,3923,4589,7aissuR733108452,1546,1487,1514809,2823,3632,6srehtO

AFRICA 3,235 1,906 1,329 210 845 789 687 309 395MIDDLE EAST 10,345 6,409 3,936 1,587 2,597 2,610 1,998 984 569

150,61084,72139,56501,66652,64903,02792,47538,761231,242AISA China (P.R.) 16,274 9,079 7,195 1,541 3,475 5,478 4,215 1,421 144

391,9452,31147,83715,43154,22412,01694,13478,69073,821aidnI Indonesia 5,042 2,728 2,314 180 1,054 1,654 1,754 120 280

657,1421,3547,3921,4485,2158473,6518,9981,61napaJ Korea (South) 5,298 3,459 1,839 567 1,024 1,545 1,204 741 217 Malaysia 9,713 6,661 3,052 814 1,874 2,451 2,541 1,452 581 Maldives 24,831 15,016 9,815 3,601 6,651 6,412 4,587 2,058 1,522 Pakistan 11,145 8,346 2,799 1,087 3,124 3,387 2,214 1,088 245 Philippines 3,474 1,766 1,708 351 601 874 1,045 511 92 Singapore 7,012 4,831 2,181 310 874 2,014 1,874 1,024 916 Thailand 5,460 3,472 1,988 230 758 1,256 1,547 1,054 615 Taiwan (P.C) 2,565 1,580 985 42 314 587 758 611 253

791149704,1916,1361,1954072,2615,3687,5srehtOAUSTRALASIA 25,127 15,221 9,906 3,624 3,293 4,653 5,815 4,842 2,900 Australia 21,849 13,132 8,717 3,358 2,874 3,984 5,140 4,321 2,172 New Zealand 3,147 2,013 1,134 247 387 654 658 514 687

147715123915567131srehtO

318,25968,08551,231152,431300,601215,35329,602086,253306,955latoT

Tourist Arrivals by Country of Residence, Sex & Age - 2006

Age GroupsSex


Chart 9

Table (i)

Occupational Categories - 2005 & 2006

Percentage Distribution by Occupational Categories - 1997 to 2006


Table 9

Tourist Arrivals by Country of Residence & Occupation - 2006oNrehtOstsitneicS

Country of Total Business- Profess- Execu- & Tech- Educa- Occupa- Occupa- RetiredsnosrePnoitnoitstsinoitsnaicinsevitslanoinemecnediseR

NORTH AMERICA 35,323 3,079 3,163 6,246 3,015 3,376 7,553 7,269 1,622 Canada 14,623 1,425 989 2,132 985 1,273 4,178 3,166 475 U.S.A. 20,700 1,654 2,174 4,114 2,030 2,103 3,375 4,103 1,147LATIN AMERICA &THE CARIBBEAN 775 44 95 125 65 20 145 236 45WESTERN EUROPE 228,445 19,606 21,063 37,978 17,336 14,077 51,573 47,169 19,644 Austria 4,662 114 732 789 378 204 1,406 835 204 Belgium 6,333 412 813 775 815 735 1,088 1,029 666 Denmark 3,531 107 266 322 345 187 835 1,367 101 Finland 1,244 44 110 356 111 125 221 205 72 France 22,693 1,725 1,864 3,176 1,685 846 4,157 6,296 2,945 Germany 47,402 3,412 3,608 5,202 3,567 2,250 15,312 11,056 2,995 Italy 12,424 915 821 1,622 912 515 4,935 2,039 665Netherlands 19,360 996 1,756 3,955 1,122 645 3,998 5,933 955 Norway 3,054 216 289 311 135 110 800 1,165 28 Spain 2,367 155 119 222 189 238 845 512 87 Sweden 5,524 265 379 966 813 302 1,123 1,325 351 Switzerland 7,727 925 1,136 717 835 874 1,253 1,175 812 U.K. 88,306 9,831 8,745 19,262 6,021 6,425 14,888 13,566 9,568 Others 3,818 489 425 303 408 621 711 666 195EASTERN EUROPE 14,221 1,508 2,066 1,691 1,784 1,786 1,912 3,122 352 Russia 7,985 1,095 940 976 658 1,357 836 1,967 156 Others 6,236 413 1,126 715 1,126 429 1,076 1,155 196AFRICA 3,235 216 220 795 465 197 865 421 55MIDDLE EAST 10,345 962 650 1,447 2,133 395 1,759 2,834 165ASIA 242,132 55,594 13,119 28,620 12,621 8,466 61,616 55,962 6,134 China(P.R) 16,274 1,474 958 2,965 1,711 401 2,912 4,826 1,027 Hong Kong, China 973 142 22 125 45 35 265 274 65 India 128,370 35,513 6,722 13,889 5,702 4,799 32,323 27,444 1,978 Indonesia 5,042 715 190 765 612 225 1,489 921 125 Japan 16,189 1,138 682 2,135 1,135 905 6,255 3,852 87 Korea(South) 5,298 1,325 350 284 127 506 1,023 1,378 305 Malaysia 9,713 1,126 1,546 2,416 1,395 108 1,114 1,913 95 Maldives 24,831 3,635 563 2,370 321 739 9,810 7,135 258 Pakistan 11,145 3,919 760 450 240 165 1,533 3,956 123 Philippines 3,474 139 195 280 275 108 957 730 789 Singapore 7,012 2,119 425 1,168 515 214 1,115 1,215 241 Thailand 5,460 1,174 220 519 203 96 1,501 995 752 Taiwan (P.C) 2,565 1,194 91 876 84 36 84 125 75 Others 5,786 1,981 395 378 256 129 1,235 1,198 214AUSTRALASIA 25,127 3,459 2,721 5,156 4,007 1,635 3,958 2,915 1,276 Australia 21,849 3,142 2,065 4,312 3,578 1,255 3,721 2,666 1,110 New Zealand 3,147 276 644 807 408 375 233 245 159 Others 131 41 12 37 21 5 4 4 7

392,92729,911183,921259,92524,14950,28890,34864,48306,955latoT


PART B: SCHEDULED AIRLINE OPERATIONS AND PASSENGER MOVEMENTSChart 10

Table 10

Shares of Total Seating Capacity by Carrier - 2006

Scheduled Airline Operations & Seating Capacity - 2006


Chart 11

Table 11

Growth of Passenger Arrivals & Departures - 1996 to 2006

0

200,000

400,000

600,000

800,000

1,000,000

1,200,000

1,400,000

1,600,000

1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006

Year

Pass

enge

r Arr

ival

s &

Dep

artu

res

Arrivals Departures

Passenger Arrivals and Departures byPort and Category of Travellers(1) - 2006

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

serutrapeDslavirrAserutrapeDslavirrAserutrapeDslavirrAserutrapeDslavirrAtroP

Katunayake 1,444,408 1,474,559 734,421 756,735 559,243 567,214 150,744 150,610

TOTAL AIR 1,444,408 1,474,559 734,421 756,735 559,243 567,214 150,744 150,610

Colombo Harbour 360 401 - - 360 401 - -

--104063--104063AESLATOT

Grand Total 1,444,768 1,474,960 734,421 756,735 559,603 567,615 150,744 150,610

(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: Sri Lanka Tourist BoardDepartment of Immigration & Emigration


PART C: ACCOMMODATION INDUSTRY - CAPACITY AND ITS UTILIZATION

Chart 12

Table (j)

Shares of Accomadation Capacity (Rooms) by Resort Region - 1997 to 2006

Accommodation Capacity (Rooms) in Graded Establishments andIts Regional Distribution - 1997 to 2006


342,119 331,097 327,535

294,453

221,768200,374

300,146327,878

222,658204,075

165,345

196,795

0

50,000

100,000

150,000

200,000

250,000

300,000

350,000

400,000

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Month

Fore

ign

Gue

st N

ight

s (F

GN

)

30

35

40

45

5047.8 %

55

60

65

70

75

80

Avg

. Occ

. Rat

es

FGNOCC Rates

Chart 13

Table 12

Tourist Nights and Occupancy Rates by Month - 2006

Accommodation Capacity and Guest Nights in Graded and Supplementary Establishments - 1998 to 2006

600250024002300220021002000299918991noitpircseD

A. Accommodation Capacity - Graded Establishments

142322042332222112702371461stinUfo.oN.)a(812,41261,31223,41731,41818,31626,31113,31819,21277,21smooRfo.oN.)b(711,72047,42839,62115,62869,52431,52359,42612,42373,32sdeBfo.oN.)c(

B. Accommodation Capacity - Supplementary Establishments

805514543562032991222032422stinUfo.oN.)a(989,4269,3813,3638,2005,2110,2945,2007,2046,2smooRfo.oN.)b(232,8735,6046,5028,4052,4974,3014,4176,4295,4sdeBfo.oN.)c(

C. Guest Nights - Graded Establishments

342,431,3575,758,2404,493,4432,469,3863,540,3781,767,2988,016,3816,638,3731,362,3ngieroF.)a(341,608702,818343,969513,869822,049848,077034,617571,016489,895lacoL.)b(

D. Guest Nights - Supplementary Establishments

406,086025,193015,943015,022860,531730,901985,421278,012207,191ngieroF.)a(759,594590,474774,204112,853654,203332,492781,532524,362543,852lacoL.)b(

E. Tourist Nights (Total) 3,944,406 4,478,761 4,056,305 3,342,233 3,989,058 5,092,783 5,742,425 4,754,085 5,793,588 (a). Graded Establishments 3,263,137 3,836,618 3,610,889 2,767,187 3,045,368 3,964,234 4,394,404 2,857,575 3,134,243 (b). Supplementary Establishments 191,702 210,872 124,589 109,037 135,068 220,510 349,510 391,520 680,604

147,879,1099,405,1115,899930,809226,808900,664728,023172,134765,984srehtO.)c(


Table (k)

Occupancy Rates by Resort Region - 2005 & 2006Chart 13 (a)

Occupancy Rates by Region - 1997 to 2006

ResortRegion

Room2005

Occ. Rate2006

Ancient Cities 39.5%

East Coast 29.1%

High Country 36.6%

South Coast 31.5%

GreaterColombo 44.8%

Colombo City 76.3%

43.3%

16.9%

39.9%

41.2%

48.0%

64.3%


Table 13

Table 13 (a)

Monthly Occupancy Rates in Graded Establishments by Region - 2006

Capacity and Nights in all Accommodation Establishments by Class


AnnualTotal

Colombo City 86,910 80,586 81,192 76,061 71,976 67,828 76,121 89,625 56,320 57,327 56,499 61,115 861,560

Greater Colombo 64,166 51,022 59,692 54,090 41,667 40,540 61,840 64,221 39,678 36,804 29,703 38,809 582,232 1. North of Colombo 50,854 48,122 48,799 44,001 35,268 33,888 51,444 53,290 34,934 30,154 23,760 32,082 486,596 11. South of Colombo 13,312 2,900 10,893 10,089 6,399 6,652 10,396 10,931 4,744 6,650 5,943 6,727 95,636

South Coast 120,368 122,295 119,890 101,134 61,225 57,306 94,779 101,336 81,537 69,235 50,467 61,132 1,040,704 1. Upto Galle 96,901 98,608 96,241 81,342 48,096 47,003 77,434 81,146 69,180 58,984 40,578 49,849 845,362 11. Beyond Galle 23,467 23,687 23,649 19,792 13,129 10,303 17,345 20,190 12,357 10,251 9,889 11,283 195,342

375,31358215388909069,1769,1639128024,1032,1512,1768tsaoCtsaE

High Country 14,446 15,804 13,593 11,916 8,259 6,290 14,951 15,621 9,532 8,613 5,947 6,724 131,696

Ancient Cities 55,362 60,175 51,938 49,832 37,820 27,474 50,488 55,115 34,682 31,213 22,217 28,162 504,478 1. Kandy Area 26,869 27,999 23,210 23,704 17,060 14,499 24,205 27,427 17,542 16,003 11,969 15,608 246,095 11. Anuradhapura Area 3,656 3,785 3,750 3,711 1,692 1,337 2,787 2,911 1,496 1,255 827 1,261 28,468 111. Polonnaruwa / Giritale 20,638 24,001 20,447 18,476 16,091 9,447 19,178 20,250 13,094 12,274 7,878 9,750 191,524 1V. Habarana/Sig/Dam 4,199 4,390 4,531 3,941 2,977 2,191 4,318 4,527 2,550 1,681 1,543 1,543 38,391

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

All Region 342,119 331,097 327,535 294,453 221,768 200,374 300,146 327,878 222,658 204,075 165,345 196,795 3,134,243

AnnualTotal

Colombo City 12,277 11,938 12,826 12,473 11,964 12,436 11,522 15,401 12,305 11,071 10,488 13,149 147,850

Greater Colombo 14,781 13,430 11,270 13,300 10,030 10,635 12,250 15,872 13,989 10,600 10,276 13,057 149,4901. North of Colombo 9,591 9,948 7,813 9,850 6,723 6,505 7,776 9,422 8,583 8,470 7,225 9,381 101,28711. South of Colombo 5,190 3,482 3,457 3,450 3,307 4,130 4,474 6,450 5,406 2,130 3,051 3,676 48,203

South Coast 21,850 17,953 17,114 26,445 17,885 16,041 28,508 27,603 18,165 19,167 16,394 23,621 250,746

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

1. Upto Galle 15,543 12,423 12,114 20,081 13,303 12,104 20,820 19,663 13,796 14,260 12,364 16,386 182,85711. Beyond Galle 6,307 5,530 5,000 6,364 4,582 3,937 7,688 7,940 4,369 4,907 4,030 7,235 67,889

940,4923422113923444844372994763533313771tsaoCtsaE

High Country 5,531 3,668 3,968 7,734 4,207 5,169 4,507 5,550 4,744 4,437 2,994 4,131 56,640

Ancient Cities 17,920 14,044 14,416 22,634 16,181 14,199 19,356 18,270 15,810 15,590 9,288 19,660 197,3681. Kandy Area 8,792 5,531 6,428 9,447 6,918 6,882 10,588 9,788 8,050 9,165 4,982 8,792 95,36311. Anuradhapura Area 2,563 2,260 2,477 2,156 2,663 1,863 2,235 2,296 1,816 2,552 1,436 2,822 27,139111. Polonnaruwa / Giritale 4,605 4,351 4,087 8,501 5,112 4,334 4,511 4,216 4,713 2,932 2,124 6,150 55,6361V. Habarana/Sig./Damb. 1,960 1,902 1,424 2,530 1,488 1,120 2,022 1,970 1,231 941 746 1,896 19,230

Northern Region

All Regions 72,536 61,346 59,929 82,953 60,766 58,753 76,591 83,140 65,342 61,176 49,664 73,947 806,143

Table 14

Table 15

Foreign Guest Nights in Graded Accommodation Establishmentsby Region and Month - 2006

Local Guest Nights in Graded Accommodation Establishmentsby Region and Month - 2006


PART D: INCOME & EMPLOYMENTChart 14

Table 16

Value of Tourism - 1996 to 2006

Volume & Value of Tourism - 1998 to 2006


Currency 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006

Deutsche Marks 36.8 34.1 36.8 38.4 35.8 40.9 46.4 - - - -

French Francs 10.8 10.1 11.0 11.5 10.7 12.9 13.8 - - - -

Japanese Yen 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.9

Sterling Pound 86.3 96.7 107.6 113.9 114.8 128.7 143.7 157.7 185.3 183.3 191.5

U.S. Dollar 55.3 59.0 64.6 70.4 75.8 89.4 95.7 96.5 101.1 100.4 104.0

S.D.R. Unit 80.2 81.2 87.6 96.3 99.9 113.8 123.9 135.2 140.9 148.7 153.0

Euro - - - - 69.9 79.9 90.4 109.2 125.8 125.5 130.6

Source: Central Bank of Sri Lanka

Table 17

Foreign Exchange Earnings from Tourism - 2005 & 2006

In Rs. mn. In US $ mn.* ** Total * ** Total

egnahC60025002egnahC60025002ecruoS

1.300,15.924,514.624,41sknaB 143.7 148.4 4.7

Travel Agencies 7,576.0 9,634.7 2,058.7 75.5 92.6 17.1

9.902,19.447,90.535,8spohS 85.0 93.7 8.7

9.852,19.188,50.326,4sletoH 46.0 56.6 10.6

Gem Corporation 1,216.9 1,894.5 677.6 12.1 19 6.9

5.585,243.773,63latoT 6,208.2 362.3 410.3 48.0

* Revised ** Provisional

Exchange Rates (Annual Average) - 1996 to 2006

Table (l)


Chart 15

Table 18

Direct Employment in the Tourist Industry - 2004 to 2006

Direct Employment in the Tourist Industry - 2004 to 2006


PART E: TOURIST PRICES

* (1973/74 = 100)

0

1000

2000

3000

4000

5000

6000

7000

8000

1997

/98

1998

/99

1999

/00

2000

/01

2001

/02

2002

/03

2003

/04

2004

/05

2005

/06

2006

/07

Season

Inde

x of

Tou

rist P

rices

Accommodation Food Transport All Items

AccommodationBea- Cir- All Trans- All

Season City ches cuits Areas Food port Items

1974/75 105 199 106 107 104 110 1071975/76 114 119 125 118 133 131 1261776/77 154 140 143 146 152 146 1481977/78 168 159 149 160 167 151 1591978/79 262 254 188 243 199 198 2191979/80 420 336 246 346 248 206 2811980/81 555 453 367 462 354 233 3691981/82 701 532 463 558 409 241 4291982/83 741 595 526 578 487 262 4641983/84 812 499 451 561 488 265 4571984/85 759 448 449 516 452 279 4311985/86 741 439 419 510 468 277 4321986/87 740 440 427 514 497 281 4421987/88 734 440 407 512 502 287 4441988/89 832 474 430 577 521 306 4841989/90 884 521 504 645 596 360 5501990/91 1,176 753 665 851 790 491 7311991/92 1,396 872 870 1,006 968 609 8821992/93 1,464 1,080 965 1,144 1,170 656 1,0091993/94 1,695 1,440 1,829 1,565 1,700 661 1,3371994/95 1,497 1,801 1,908 1,755 1,744 631 1,4271995/96 1,609 1,894 1,998 1,848 2,001 766 1,5721996/97 1,702 1,842 1,963 1,837 2,068 822 1,6001997/98 2,284 2,126 1,976 2,128 2,136 836 1,7551998/99 2,454 2,148 2,472 2,259 2,470 910 1,9201999/00 2,679 2,456 2,904 2,584 2,906 1,061 2,2282000/01 2,992 2,725 3,562 2,927 3,101 1,160 2,4582001/02 3,996 3,128 4,600 3,553 3,361 1,167 2,8132002/03 4,928 4,363 6,431 4,962 5,462 835 3,8902003/04 5,878 5,123 6,906 5,690 5,937 1,075 4,4132004/05 6,465 5,835 7,566 6,327 6,240 1,438 4,7612005/06 6,589 5,345 6,923 5,986 6,358 1,678 4,7962006/07 6,874 5,987 7,215 6,636 6,941 2,128 5,006

Avg. AnnualGrowth Rates 14.4 11.5 16.2 14.3 14.9 11.2 13.1

Chart 16

Table 19

Tourist Price Index *- 1997/98 to 2006/07

Index of Tourist Prices - 1974/75 to 2006/07


Chart 17PART F: FOREIGN TRAVEL BY SRI LANKANS

Table 20

Sri Lankan Departures - 1996 to 2006

Sri Lankan Departures - Growth Trends - 1974 to 2006


Ypiece

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-rucxEtsiruoT

raet

Ave

rage

Acc

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odat

ion

Ann

ual

Sri L

anka

Nat

iona

lsEm

ploy

men

tA

rriv

als

sion

ist

Nig

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per

Dur

atio

nC

apac

ity(G

rade

d)R

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cnapuccO

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tsiruoTn

mR

DSoruE

nm

$SU

nm.s

R000'

slavirrA

yA

rriv

als

Dep

artu

res

Indi

rect

mn

per d

ayR

oom

sB

eds

ceriD

etaR

t(E

std)

(in U

S $)

(Gra

ded)

1966

18,9

6979

,097

-6.

11.

3

-

--

720

1,44

0-

--

--

1967

23,6

6659

,052

268

5.9

1.2

-4.

511

.077

01,

540

35.0

--

--

1968

28,2

7241

,407

296

10.5

1.8

-6.

010

.390

31,

806

40.7

--

--

1969

40,2

0468

,054

406

17.0

2.9

-7.

110

.098

61,

978

44.3

--

--

1970

46,2

4768

,529

489

21.5

3.6

3.6

7.4

10.5

1,40

82,

816

42.8

--

5,13

86,

940

1971

39,6

5458

,292

395

20.3

3.4

3.4

8.6

10.5

1,76

73,

534

31.1

--

6,39

78,

640

1972

56,0

4748

,310

614

43.8

7.3

6.5

11.9

10.9

1,89

13,

646

38.8

26,6

2 432

,971

7,04

09,

500

1973

77,8

8827

,920

804

79.5

12.8

10.4

15.9

10.3

2,46

84,

801

42.4

35,1

8842

,305

7,13

410

,780

1974

85,0

1123

,43 4

874

107.

116

.413

.318

.710

.32,

905

5,69

939

.737

,868

44,8

258,

551

11,5

5019

7510

3,20

425

,490

1,01

515

7.1

22.4

18.6

22.0

9.8

3,63

27,

142

36.8

46,9

9953

,848

10,1

4813

,700

1976

118,

971

14,4

991,

194

237.

828

.224

.523

.810

.04,

581

8,91

337

.746

,425

53,3

0511

,752

15,9

0019

7715

3,66

57,

672

1,64

536

3.1

40.0

34.8

24.3

10.7

4,85

19,

447

42.0

58,9

9266

,900

13,7

1618

,520

1978

192,

592

8,49

42,

061

870.

055

.844

.427

.110

.85,

347

10,4

3147

.710

2,14

211

7,07

515

,404

20,7

9519

7925

0,16

45,

565

2,77

71,

209.

477

.760

.128

.011

.15,

599

11,2

1252

.810

0,60

312

2,19

718

,472

24,9

3 719

8032

1,78

08,

636

3,54

81,

830.

311

0.7

85.1

31.2

11.0

6,04

211

,790

57.8

105,

484

137,

797

19,8

7828

,022

1981

370,

742

7,73

73,

907

2,54

6.5

132.

411

2.3

33.9

10.5

6,89

113

,773

54.5

142,

426

185,

035

23,0

2332

,232

1982

407,

230

6,63

24,

048

3,05

0.4

146.

612

9.8

36.2

10.0

7,53

915

,001

47.8

162,

034

216,

466

26,7

7637

,486

1983

337,

530

7,20

83,

179

2,89

6.1

125.

811

5.1

39.6

9.6

8,85

217

,605

35.9

180,

729

244,

955

22,3

7431

,234

1984

317,

734

8,63

82,

818

2,66

9.5

104.

910

2.4

37.2

8.9

9,62

718

,970

35.6

212,

365

274,

418

24,5

4134

,357

198 5

257,

456

9,88

22,

365

2,23

3.3

82.2

80.8

34.8

9.2

9,82

619

,352

32.7

220,

094

239,

272

22,7

2331

,810

1986

230,

106

6,26

62,

513

2,30

0.1

82.1

69.9

32.7

10.9

9,79

419

,301

32.9

220,

614

229,

386

22,2

8531

,199

1987

182,

620

2,41

72,

414

2,41

5.2

82.0

63.4

34.0

13.2

9,92

119

,322

31.5

217,

127

257,

760

20,3

3828

,473

1988

182,

662

6,10

82,

305

2,43

8.3

76.6

57.0

33.3

12.6

9,97

719

,432

32.1

245,

065

298,

583

19,9

6027

,944

1989

184,

732

4,06

41,

970

2,73

9.7

76.0

59.3

38.6

10.7

9,45

918

,464

31.0

258,

950

285,

510

21,9

5830

,741

1990

297,

888

3,95

43,

225

5,30

3.3

132.

097

.541

.110

.89,

556

18,6

6947

.230

6,36

729

6,88

424

,964

34,9

5019

9131

7,70

32,

665

3,63

36,

485.

815

6.8

114.

642

.811

.49,

679

18,9

4748

.423

7,42

431

0,37

326

,878

37,6

2919

9239

3,66

95,

651

4,05

58,

825.

620

1.4

142.

949

.710

.310

,214

19,9

0755

.333

9,10

942

0,74

928

,790

40,3

0619

9339

2,25

06,

093

4,14

810

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. 820

8.0

149.

050

.110

.610

,36 5

20,2

4257

.037

5,74

041

6,24

630

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42,9

9 419

9440

7,51

18,

413

4,25

111

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.623

0.7

161.

154

.210

.410

,742

20,9

2956

.642

2,36

744

8,43

733

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47,5

3819

9540

3,10

110

,556

4,02

411

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.622

5.4

148.

656

.110

.011

,255

21,6

8052

.645

9,44

150

4,42

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,068

49,0

9519

9630

2,26

512

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2,94

79,

559.

117

3.0

119.

157

.99.

811

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22,0

4040

.348

8,05

549

4,25

831

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44,7

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6,16

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3,68

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0,71

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119

1.9

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13,3

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52.3

514,

448

524,

212

37,9

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2001

336,

794

60,0

843,

342

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63.3

211.

123

6.1

165.

763

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913

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25,5

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43.1

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533,

565

38,8

2154

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2003

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242.

666

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26,5

1153

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0,60

259

1,12

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65,4

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416.

833

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298.

6 72

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Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Total1967 2,532 2,315 2,345 1,984 1,919 1,271 1,620 1,988 1,608 1,714 1,856 2,514 23,6661968 2,674 2,746 2,648 2,066 1,970 1,391 1,973 2,082 2,056 2,568 2,315 3,783 28,2721969 4,438 4,123 3,757 2,720 2,645 1,943 2,417 2,822 2,597 3,593 4,030 5,119 40,2041970 5,158 5,436 4,814 3,284 3,754 2,121 2,596 3,352 3,074 3,408 3,663 5,587 46,2471971 5,931 6,570 5,166 1,539 952 961 1,897 2,467 1,881 2,585 4,003 5,702 39,6541972 5,762 5,848 5,564 3,091 3,282 2,302 3,703 4,634 3,402 4,476 6,155 7,828 56,0471973 9,386 8,343 7,875 5,468 4,168 3,246 5,919 6,680 4,184 5,977 7,137 9,505 77,8881974 10,915 9,648 9,847 6,400 3,241 3,303 5,404 6,147 4,986 6,199 8,338 10,583 85,0111975 11,740 10,388 11,158 5,890 5,587 4,787 5,925 8,565 5,287 7,622 11,271 14,984 103,2041976 15,627 15,214 13,431 8,886 6,097 4,550 4,278 3,481 6,707 10,636 13,600 16,464 118,9711977 17,569 18,064 18,216 9,891 7,602 5,536 9,881 11,129 7,594 11,541 17,106 19,536 153,6651978 23,114 22,427 20,497 11,545 8,803 7,134 13,252 15,542 10,245 14,340 20,759 24,934 192,5921979 28,366 25,226 25,472 18,847 13,042 10,674 16,801 20,203 14,798 19,376 25,743 31,616 250,1641980 36,108 33,896 34,416 21,806 19,468 15,082 22,986 27,440 19,962 23,646 23,988 37,982 316,7801981 45,168 39,384 38,376 28,568 21,642 16,836 28,266 32,788 24,086 27,030 29,512 39,086 370,7421982 40,932 40,148 42,178 29,606 28,972 25,772 30,942 34,332 29,754 30,296 33,748 40,550 407,2301983 49,104 44,018 44,710 32,556 32,850 24,350 25,132 8,430 10,050 16,410 20,570 29,350 337,5301984 33,546 32,406 32,628 23,684 18,224 17,866 26,694 27,626 21,764 25,800 27,906 29,590 317,7341985 28,814 27,012 29,886 19,778 14,014 11,092 18,362 20,138 15,242 18,176 23,218 31,724 257,4561986 32,890 30,512 28,932 19,262 13,100 9,536 12,330 15,190 12,398 12,732 18,114 25,110 230,1061987 25,446 23,714 22,838 16,238 8,204 7,650 10,200 11,408 10,072 12,146 14,188 20,516 182,6201988 20,400 19,150 19,430 13,834 11,124 11,540 17,660 18,670 14,980 16,742 10,560 8,572 182,6621989 12,962 12,344 16,032 12,312 12,750 11,630 15,194 17,220 14,264 15,050 18,948 26,026 184,7321990 26,592 26,368 26,946 22,788 18,286 18,050 26,410 26,786 22,438 23,060 24,596 35,568 297,8881991 28,932 28,080 27,153 20,541 17,745 17,394 30,645 28,824 24,762 25,173 28,272 40,182 317,7031992 35,730 38,859 33,399 28,410 21,024 23,157 33,771 40,143 29,838 32,079 35,967 41,292 393,6691993 42,726 40,116 37,953 29,589 22,368 20,412 32,904 32,796 27,495 30,621 35,103 40,167 392,2501994 45,402 41,067 41,277 28,080 21,777 21,399 35,370 32,817 31,062 33,216 33,306 42,738 407,5111995 45,987 42,591 40,074 33,756 24,672 22,416 35,994 35,814 30,828 30,603 28,365 32,001 403,1011996 30,957 29,550 26,442 20,376 17,655 19,668 25,380 24,765 23,211 23,511 24,921 35,829 302,2651997 32,652 35,010 34,098 26,907 22,407 23,160 30,867 32,034 29,793 28,314 31,995 38,928 366,1651998 37,224 35,283 32,256 25,578 20,394 22,410 29,529 31,446 31,653 31,767 38,421 45,102 381,0631999 44,379 41,526 41,022 34,443 25,212 26,184 33,288 39,081 33,915 35,112 41,952 40,326 436,4402000 43,311 43,287 40,110 33,642 23,404 21,825 33,267 34,422 31,035 26,658 32,469 36,984 400,4142001 44,187 46,575 44,290 36,906 26,924 28,323 28,566 15,717 11,758 12,904 17,344 23,300 336,7942002 28,296 31,683 33,084 27,057 26,661 26,355 35,742 35,475 32,982 36,258 37,395 42,183 393,1712003 40,647 39,081 40,818 33,714 30,048 31,836 43,743 42,111 36,054 49,922 54,946 57,722 500,6422004 49,950 43,584 38,418 30,672 30,162 32,119 50,525 48,675 51,525 59,442 64,971 66,159 566,2022005 38,187 36,645 50,418 42,261 40,878 45,699 56,745 51,216 43,536 44,095 48,457 51,171 549,3082006 52,103 52,687

Table 22

Table 23

Tourist Arrivals by Month - 1967 to 2006

Passenger Arrivals and Departures - 1973 to 2006


-

Table 24

Table 25

PART H : REVENUE FROM TOURISM

Source : Department of National Museum


Table 26

Details of Foreign & Domestic Visitors - 2006

Location

MuseumMuseumMuseum

Museum

Source : Central Cultural Fund


Table 27


* Details are given below

Table 28

Revenue from Foreign Visitors Visiting theBotanical Gardens - 1977 to 2006

Details by Location - 2006


Table 29

Revenue from Foreign Visitors Visiting the Wild Life Parks1982 to 2006

Details by Location - 2006


Total AmountYear in Rs'ooo

9.87737911.05847910.230,157917.981,167915.071,377918.418,487913.885,997911.118,9208911.775,4318914.363,6328911.247,9238919.700,9248916.547,5258912.120,6468912.124,6378912.102,7388910.168,3598913.020,9909911.349,03119911.151,77129910.521,69139915.557,30249915.055,10259915.231,15169915.280,38179915.135,09189910.022,81299910.702,00200020.862,96210020.171,39320020.646,00530020.202,66540020.803,94550020.306,9556002

600250024002euneveRfoecruoS

0.6962.4764.087yveLnoitakrabmEmsiruoT

5.7715.2716.003yveLtnempoleveDmsiruoT

0.430.939.03emocnIdraoBtsiruoT

Embarkation Tax on Foreign Tourists 566.2 549.3 559.6

9.0047.4821.345elgnairTlarutluC

2.446.237.07snedraGlacinatoB

6.284.165.911snedraGlacigolooZ

6.997.268.311skraPlanoitaN

5.69.35.1smuesuM

Others - - -Total 2,526.6 1,880.3 2,100.9

Table 30Revenue from Embarkation Tax1973 to 2006

Public Sector Revenue from Tourism (In Rs. million)Table 31


SECTION III

Defi nitions of Terms and Sources of Information

1. DEFINITIONS OF TERMS

(a) Visitor/Tourist Excursionist:

In March 1993, the U.N.O. Statistical Commis-

sion adopted a set of recommendations for tour-

ism statistics prepared by the World Tourism Or-

ganization (W.T.O) as a follow-up to the Ottawa

International Conference for Travel and Tourism

Statistics, held in June 1991. Th ese recommenda-

tions have been followed in this report for defi n-

ing “International Visitor”, “International Tour-

ist” and “International Excursionist.”

Th e defi nitions are:

i. Th e term “International Visitor” refers to any

person who, travels to a country other than that

in which he/she has his/her usual residence, but

outside his/her usual environment for a period

not exceeding 12 months and whose main pur-

pose of visit is other than the exercise of an activ-

ity remunerated from within the country visited.

ii. Th e term “International Tourist” (overnight

visitor) is an International Visitor who, stays at

least one night in a collective or private accom-

modation in the country visited.

iii. Th e term “International Excursionist” (same

day visitor) refers to an International Visitor, who

does not spend the night in a collective or private

accommodation in the country visited.

To clarify further the following are excluded from

the defi nition of “International Visitor”:

1. All persons arriving with a specifi c

purpose of engaging themselves in gainful occu-

pation or to establish residence in Sri Lanka ir-

respective of their length of stay.

2. Diplomatic personnel.

3. Crews of ships and aircraft even if they stay for

one night or more.

4. Dependents of temporary immigrants and

children below 3 years.

In this report the term “Visitor”, “Tourist” and

“Excursionist” are used for “International Visi-

tor”, “International Tourist” and “International

Excursionist” respectively. In Sri Lanka’s tourism

statistics, excursionists consist almost exclusively

of passengers on sea cruises, who come on shore

for purposes of sightseeing, shopping, etc. while

the ship is in harbour.

(b) Tourist Arrivals:

Every single visit (or entry) of a tourist to the

country either in the course of the same trip or

in the course of diff erent trips is counted as an

arrival, provided the visit (or entry) lasts at least

one night in the country (N.B. those who do not

cross the frontiers are not regarded as visitors).

(c) Tourist Night:

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

of immobile accommodation.

(d) Guest Night:

A night spent in a Tourist Hotel, Rest-House or

Guest-House approved by the Sri Lanka Tourist

Board, as being suitable for occupation by for-

eign visitors.

(e) Tourist Hotels (Graded Establishments):

All Tourist Hotels, which are reckoned to be up to

international standards of operation.

(f ) Supplementary Accommodation:

All Guest-Houses, Rest-Houses, Inns, Youth Hos-

tels etc., which are approved by the Sri Lanka

Tourist Board as being suitable for occupation by

foreign visitors.


(g) Offi cial Receipts:

Offi cial Receipts constitute the foreign exchange

purchases and acceptances by authorized dealers

and commercial banks from foreign visitors ei-

ther directly or indirectly.

2. SOURCES OF INFORMATION

(a) Tourist Statistics:

Embarkation and Disembarkation cards fi lled by

the foreign visitors.

(b) Excursionist Statistics

Passenger arrival reports compiled by the Immi-

gration Department.

(c) Accommodation Statistics:

Monthly reports obtained by the Sri Lanka Tour-

ist Board from the registered accommodation es-

tablishments.

(d) Passenger Statistics:

Passenger arrival and departure reports compiled

by the Immigration Department.

(e) Air Traffi c Statistics:

Quarterly returns obtained by the Sri Lanka

Tourist Board from the scheduled airlines, which

operate fl ights to Sri Lanka.

(f ) Statistics on Offi cial Tourist Receipts:

Monthly returns on foreign exchange purchases

and acceptances obtained from the authorized

dealers and the commercial banks.

(g) Employment Statistics:

Annual Surveys conducted by the Sri Lanka

Tourist Board among all registered Tourist Es-

tablishments; viz. Accommodation and Catering

Establishments, Travel and Transport Agencies,

Recreational Clubs, Tourist Shops, Airlines and

National Tourist Organizations.

(h) Statistics of Tourist Prices:

Price data collected from a sample of tourist es-

tablishments.

(i) Revenue Statistics:

Inland Revenue Department, Airport & Aviation

Services (Sri Lanka) Ltd., Ministry of Cultural

Aff airs, Department of Wild Life, Department of

Agriculture and Bandaranaike Memorial Interna-

tional Conference Hall.



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