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This is the thirty-sixth in the series of Annual Statistical Reports published by the
Sri Lanka Tourist Board and it provides a continuing review of the trends and
development of the tourist industry.
The statistical analyses presented in this year's report cover the following subject areas:
Tourist Prices
Page
SECTION I:
SUMMARY - PERFORMANCE OF SRI LANKA TOURISM - 2004 5
SECTION II:
STATISTICAL TABLES AND CHARTS 14
PART A: TRENDS AND STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS OF TOURIST TRAFFIC 14
Chart 1 Tourist Arrivals by Year - 1966 to 2004 14
Table (a) Market Growth Trends by Nationality - Growth Indices 14
Table 1 Tourist Arrivals by Country of Nationality - 1998 to 2004 15
Chart 2 Tourist Arrivals by Top Ten Markets - 2003 & 2004 16
Table (b) Market Growth Trends by Residence - Growth Indices 16
Table 2 Tourist Arrivals by Country of Residence - 1998 to 2004 17
Chart 2(a) Shares of Tourist Arrivals by Region - 1998 to 2004 18
Chart 2(b) Tourist Arrivals by Region - 2003 & 2004 18
Chart 3 Seasonality of Tourist Traffic - 2004 19
Table (c) Seasonal Variation in Traffic Flow - 1967 to 2004 19
Table 3 Tourist Arrivals by Country of Residence and Month - 2004 20
Chart 4 Mode of Transport and Port of Arrivals - 2003 & 2004 21
Table (d) Relative Importance of Different Ports - Percentage Distribution of Arrivals - 1995 to 2004 21
Table 4 Tourist Arrivals by Country of Residence & Mode of Transport - 2004 22
Chart 5 Tourtst Arrivals by Type of Carrier - 2003 & 2004 23
Table (e) Relative Importance of Different Carriers - Percentage Distribution of Arrivals - 1995 to 2004 23
Table 5 Tourist Arrivals by Country of Residence & Carrier - 2004 24
Table 5(a) Tourist Arrivals by Charter Carriers - 1995 to 2004 25
Chart 6 Regions of Embarkation & Disembarkation - 2004 26
Table (f) Regions of Embarkation & Disembarkation - Percentage Distribution - 1995 to 2004 26
Table 6 Tourist Arrivals by Country of Nationality, Region of Embarkation & Disembarkation — 2004 27
Chart 7 Purpose of Visit - 2003 & 2004 28
Table (g) Percentage Distribution of Tourists by Purpose of Visit - 1995 to 2004 28
Table 7 Tourist Arrivals by Country of Residence & Purpose of Visit - 2004 29
Chart 8(a) Period of Stay - 2003 & 2004 30
Chart 8(b) Average Duration of Stay & Region - 2003 & 2004 30
Table (h) Period of Stay - Percentage Distribution - 1969 to 2004 30
Table 8 Average Duration of Stay and Tourist Nights by Country of Nationality - 2004 31
Chart 9 Tourist Arrivals by Age & Sex - 2003 & 2004 32
Table (i) Percentage Distribution by Sex & Age - 1995 to 2004 32
Table 9 Tourist Arrivals by Country of Residence. Sex & Age — 2004 33
Chart 10 Occupational Categories - 2003 & 2004 34
Table (j) Percentage Distribution by Occupational Categories - 1995 to 2004 34
Table 10 Tourist Arrivals by Country of Residence & Occupation - 2004 35
PART B: SCHEDULED AIRLINE OPERATIONS AND PASSENGER MOVEMENTS 36
Chart 11 Shares of Total Seating Capacity by Carrier - 2004 36
Table 11 Scheduled Airline Operations & Seating Capacity - 2004 36
Chart 12 Growth of Passenger Arrivals & Departures - 1995 to 2004 37
Table 12 Passenger Arrivals & Departures by Port and Category of Travellers - 2004 37
4 CONTENTS
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Tourism in Sri Lanka continued its growth momentum and reached a new peak of 566,202
arrivals, registering an increase of 13.1 per cent as compared to the previous year's figure of
500,642 arrivals.
Foreign exchange (FE) Receipts ( earnings) from tourism in Sri Lanka increased at a faster
rate of 28.2 per cent to Rs. 42,058.6 million (US$ 416 mn) in 2004, in comparison to Rs.
32,810 million (US$ 340 mn) recorded in 2003.
FE Receipts per tourist per day rose substantially to US$ 72.2 in 2004 from US$ 66.8 in the
previous year - an increase by 5.4 dollars.
Tourism ranked as the fourth largest earner of FE in 2004 (Rs.42.1 billion), next to Textiles
and Garments (Rs.268.6 billion), Private Foreign Remittances (Rs.158.3 billion) and Tea
(Rs. 74.9 billion).
Western Europe accounted for 50.2 per cent of total arrivals in 2004. while South Asia accounted
for 23.6 per cent. The other significant contributors are North East Asia (6.5 per cent), North
America (5.3 per cent), South East Asia (4.9 per cent) and Australasia (4.7 per cent).
For the first time, two individual markets surpassed the 100,000 mark in tourist arrivals,
namely the UK (106,645) and India (105,151).
The average duration of stay of tourists in the country fell marginally in 2004 to 10.1 nights,
from 10.2 nights in 2003.
The room capacity in tourist hotels (graded establishments) increased only marginally in
2004 to 14,322, from 14,137 in the previous year.
The overall Room Occupancy Rate in tourist hotels increased substantially in 2004 to 59.3
per cent, from 53.2 per cent in the previous year - an increase by 6.1 percentage points.
Employment generated in the tourism sector (both direct and indirect) increased by 15.0 per
cent to 129,062 in 2004.
A - World Tourism Scene compared to other regions.
World tourism bounced back in 2004, following the Among the reasons attributed to this remarkable
set back experienced in the previous year, to a new recovery of world tourism in 2004 are the robust
height of 760 million arrivals, registering an increase economies, particularly in the Asia-Pacific regions,
of 9.5 per cent as compared to 2003 and 6.4 per cent ultra cheap airfares sparked by the emergence of low-
as compared to 2002. In 2003, world tourist arrivals cost carriers and the went-up demand from 2003.
recorded a downturn by 2.9 per cent, largely as a
result of fall in arrivals in the East Asia & the Pacific Table below shows the relative shares of world
Region (by 9.9 per cent), Americas (by 6.5 per cent) tourism received by the different regions of the world
and Europe (by 2.3 per cent). This is attributed and their changes during the last three years.
largely to SARS outbreak in the East Asian Region,
war in Iraq, global economic downturn and terrorism
related fears prevailed in the major generating
Regional Distribution of
countries. World Tourism - 2002 to 2004
who visited the country during the year. Thus the 1 Textiles & Garments 268,573 29.3
2 Private Foreign
total of tourist nights for 2004 is estimated to be -Remittances 158,291 17.3
5,742,425 as compared to 5,092,783, representing 3 Tea 74,897 8.2
4 Tourism 42,059 4.6
an increase of 12.8 per cent, as compared to 13.1 5 Other Agriculture 16,446 1.8
6 Precious Stones 10,939 1.2
per cent increase in arrivals. This was due to the 7 Petroleum Products 10,133 1.1
marginal decline in 2004 average duration of stay per 8 Coconut 5,936 0.7
9 Rubber 5,155 0.6
arrival from 10.2 nights in 2003 to 10.1 nights in
Total 915,856 100.0
2004.
Source - Central Bank of Sri Lanka
Value
It is seen that tourism has emerged as the forth
Foreign exchange earnings from tourism in 2004 are largest foreign exchange earner overtaking the
estimated at Rs. 42,058.6 million as compared to Rs. traditional FE earners like Rubber. Coconuts and
32,810.0 million for the previous year, showing an Gems. However, its contribution to the total FE
increase by 28.2 per cent, much higher than the rate earnings is still small (4.6 per cent). The top-two FE
of growth of arrivals (13.1 per cent) and tourist nights earners accounted for a little over 45 per cent and
(12.8 per cent). This is obviously due to the much the top-three nearly 55 per cent.
higher level of spending by the tourist in 2004.
C - Sources of Tourism Demand - Markets North America (particularly from USA) and
Australasia (particularly from Australia). Although
Western Europe continued to be the primary source high growth rates have been recorded from Eastern
region for tourism in Sri Lanka. However, its Europe and Middle East, the absolute numbers of
importance as the market leader has dwindled over arrivals from these two regions are still very modest.
the years due to increasing demand experienced
from the other regions, particularly from South Asia, The relative importance of the different regions as
North East Asia, Australasia and North America. producers of tourism to Sri Lanka has undergone a
These developments can be seen from the data substantial change from 1999 to 2004 as seen from
given below. the table below.
(D-4) Region of Embarkation and Disembarkation relations (VFR) 6.4 per cent and 'other purposes' 2.4
per cent.
Europe maintained its importance as the major
region of embarkation and disembarkation for Of the total pleasure travellers, 57.8 per cent were
tourists travelling to Sri Lanka. However, compared from Western Europe, 27.4 per cent from Asia, 4.7
to the previous year, the proportion of tourists per cent from North America, 4.6 per cent from
embarking from and disembarking in the Indo- Australasia and the balance 5.5 per cent from other
Pakistan region showed a significant increase. countries (See Table 7). The largest proportion of
Consequently, the proportions embarking from and business tourists (private and official) came from
disembarking in the European countries and the Asia with Western Europe taking the second place.
other countries in the region (include Singapore, It is noteworthy that 70.7 per cent of those who
Malaysia, Thailand and Maldives) declined (See came for business purposes were from Asian
Table f). countries.
Directions of the flow of traffic in 2004 showed that It is interesting to note that the motivational pattern of
37.2 per cent of the total tourists embarked from a tourists from the neighbouring market, India, whic.
emir'
point in Europe before arriving in Sri Lanka, while produced over one hundred thousand tourists in
39.0 per cent returned back to Europe directly (See 2004 (the second largest) is significantly different
Table f). from that of all other markets - namely 47.6 per cent
Pleasure, 26.5 per cent Business. 7.6 per cent
Although European region produced 52.9 per cent of Meetings and Conventions, 11.4 per cent Visiting
total tourist arrivals in 2004, only 32.9 per cent of Friends and Relations (VFR) and the balance 7.0 per
European tourists travelled to Sri Lanka directly from cent Other Purposes.
Europe. Thus, it is evident that a significant
proportion of European tourists undertake journeys (D-6) Average Duration of Stay and Tourist Nights
to other countries (multi-destination tours) prior to
visiting Sri Lanka (See Table 6). The average duration of stay of tourists in the
country decreased marginally from 10.2 nights in the
(D-5) Purpose of Visit previous year, to 10.1 nights in 2004 (See Table h).
This was mainly due to the decreases in thr
With the continued increase in tourist traffic since proportions of tourists, who stayed in the country
2002, the motivational pattern of tourists visiting the between one to two weeks. The proportions of
country has undergone significant changes. Thus in tourists who stayed between 1-3 nights. 4-7 nights
2004, the proportion of pleasure tourists (namely and 15-21 nights showed increases of 3.0 per cent.
those who visit the country for holiday, recreation 1.1 per cent, and 2.6 per cent respectively.
site-seeing etc), declined continuously to 78.2 per
cent from 89.2 per cent in 2001, 85.4 per cent in It is also interesting to note that, 23.8 per cent of
2002, 80.8 per cent in 2003. Correspondingly, in tourists stayed 3 nights or less, whilst 27.6 per
2004, those who visited for private and official cent stayed between 4-7 nights, 34.1 per cent stayed
business constituted 10.6 per cent, meetings and between 8-14 nights and 14.5 per cent stayed for
conventions 2.5 per cent, visiting friends and more than two weeks.
11
The total number of nights spent by the 566,202 themselves as having no occupation. Those in the
tourists who visited the country in 2004 amounted to "No Occupation" category were mainly housewives
5,742,425. This was an increase of 12.8 per cent and dependants (See Tables 10 & j).
when compared with the 5,092,783 nights recorded
for the previous year (See Table 8). Of the tourists who engaged in gainful occupations,
26.7 per cent were engaged in "Other Occupations"
In 2004, the total number of tourist nights spent in viz.: white-collar workers in the non-executive grades
graded hotels was 4,394,404. This was an increase and skilled/ semi-skilled workers.
of 10.9 per cent, when compared with the figure of
3,964,234 nights recorded in 2003 (See Table 13). Others in gainful occupations were Executives (15.7
per cent), Businessmen (11.2 per cent), Profes-
Tourist nights spent in supplementary establishments sionals (8.4 per cent), Scientists & Technicians (7.6
amounted to 349,510 in 2004, which was an per cent) and Educationists (6.0 per cent).
increase of 58.5 per cent, as compared to 220,510
nights recorded in 2003.
E - Scheduled Airline Operations
't is interesting to note that in 2004, 76.5 per cent of
the tourist nights were spent in graded establis- Twenty six scheduled airlines operated flights to Sri
hments, while another 6.1 per cent were spent in Lanka in 2004 (See Table 5). During the summer
supplementary accommodation establishments (na- season from May to October, the number of flights
mely, in registered guest-houses and rest-houses), operated per week amounted to 247 with a seating
the balance 17.4 per cent of the tourist nights have capacity of 55,081 per week.
been spent in unregistered accommodation units and
private houses (See Table 13). During the winter season from November 2003 to
April 2004, the number of flights operated amounted
(D-7) Age & Sex Distributions to 242 per week, with a seating capacity of 55,508
per week (See Table 11).
Of the total tourist arrivals in 2004, 58.9 per cent
were male and the balance 41.1 per cent were
female (See Table i). F - Passenger Movements
The age distribution showed that the highest In 2004, the two-way movement of passengers
proportion of tourists were in the age bracket 30 - 39 (includes arrivals and departures), through the
years, accounting for 26.4 per cent of the total traffic Katunayake International Airport, amounted to 2.94
- a decrease by 2.3 percentage points over 28.7 per million. This represented an increase of 31.3 per cent
cent recorded for 2003. Compared to the 2003, all as compared to the two-way passenger traffic of 2.24
age groups except the groups 20-29 and 30-39 million recorded for the previous year (See Tablesl2
showed increases, in 2004. & 24).
However, the supply of supplementary accom- In 2004, total foreign guest nights recorded in all
modation units (namely guest-houses, motels, inns tourist hotels amounted to 4,394,404, which was an
etc) increased substantially, by 80 additional units, increase of 10.9 per cent over the figure of 3,964,234
from 265 in 2003 to 345 in 2004. The room capacity nights recorded in the previous year (See Table 13).
in these units increased by 482, from 2,836 to 3,318 The local guest nights recorded in these hotels
during the same period. Thus the capacity increase increased only by 0.1 per cent from 968,315 to
in supplementary accommodation was higher than 969,343 during the same period. Thus, the
that of tourist hotels. proportion of local guest nights recorded in these
hotels declined from 19.6 per cent in 2003 to 18.1
The distribution of hotel room capacity by tourist per cent in 2004.
resort regions in 2004 remained more or less same
as in the previous year - as much as 39.3 per cent of Notably, there was a significant increase in the
the capacity located in the South Coast region, 18.6 number of foreign guest nights recorded in
per cent in the Colombo City region, 18.0 per cent in supplementary accommodation establishments by
the Greater Colombo region (including Negombo), 58.5 per cent, from 220,510 in 2003 to 349,510 in
17.4 per cent in the Ancient Cities region and the 2004. Quite obviously, there was a greater utilization
balance 6.7 per cent in the Hill Country and the East of supplementary accommodation facilities as the
Coast regions. flow of tourist traffic increased over time.
(G-2) Occupancy Rate The local guest nights recorded in these establish-
ments also increased substantially by 12.4 per cent,
As a result of increased tourist flows (increased from 358,211 in 2003 to 402,477 in 2004. Thus,
demand) during the year under review and the the local guest nights as a proportion of total guest
relatively small increase in the supply of hotel nights in these establishments decreased from 61.9
accommodation capacity (supply stagnation), the per cent in 2003 to 53.5 per cent in 2004.
overall annual room occupancy rate of tourist hotels
increased significantly to 59.3 per cent in 2004, from The total of foreign guest nights recorded in all
53.2 per cent in the previous year - an increase by registered accommodation establishments (both
6.1 percentage points (See Table I). tourist hotels and supplementary accommodation) in
2004 amounted to 4,743,914, accounting for 82.6
All regions except East Coast, have recorded per cent of the total tourist nights spent in the
increases in room occupancy in 2004, when country. On this basis, the average duration of stay
compared with the corresponding figures for 2003 of foreign tourists in registered accommodation
(See Table I). establishments works out to 8.4 nights.
13)'
The distribution of foreign guest nights in tourist Another important comparison is the ratio of jobs
hotels by resort regions shows that 38.2 per cent generated, both directly and indirectly, to the number
of the total foreign guest nights have been spent of tourist arrivals. For 2004, this ratio was one job for
in the South Coast resort region. The Colombo City every 4.4 arrivals, while it was one job for every 4.5
region accounted for 21.7 per cent, Ancient Cities arrivals in the previous year.
region 18.6 per cent, Greater Colombo region 16.1
per cent, Hill Country 4.1 per cent and East Coast I - Tourist Prices
region 1.4 per cent ( See Table15).
In 2004, the overall tourist price index showed an
H - Employment in the Tourist Industry increase of 7.9 per cent, when compared with the
previous year. In absolute terms, it increased by 348
Tourism generates employment directly in tourism from 4,413 in the 2003/2004 season, to 4,761 in the
related business establishments such as hotels and 2004/2005 season (See Table 20). The category in
other accommodation units, restaurants, travel and which the highest rate of increase in prices was
tour agencies, recreation and entertainment recorded is the Transport sector - 33.8 per cent,
businesses, souvenir, handicraft and other shops etc followed by Accommodation sector - 11.2 per cent.
and also indirectly in those businesses which sell The Food and Beverage category increased only by
goods and services to the tourism sector. In general, 5.1 per cent. Within the accommodation sector, the
it has been found that indirect employment highest price increase occurred in the beach hotels -
generated as a result of tourism is much higher than 13.9 per cent.
the direct employment. Research conducted in Sri
Lanka indicates that ratio of direct employment to J - Public Sector Revenue
indirect employment is 1:1.5. This means that for
every 100 jobs created in the tourism sector there Public sector institutions derive revenue from
will be 150 jobs generated in the supplying sectors. tourism in a variety of ways, namely direct and
indirect taxes, fees and levies, profits from business
The total number of persons employed directly in the undertakings etc. However, statistics of revenue
tourism sector at the end of 2004 amounted to collections are readily available only from a few
53,776, which was an increase of 15 per cent over sources, such as embarkation tax, tourism
the figure of 46,761 recorded in 2003 (See Table 19). development levy, entrance fees to cultural triangle,
national parks, museums, botanical gardens etc.
Like in the previous years, the majority of direct The revenue collections from some of these sources
employment amounting to 63.9 per cent of the total was are given in Tables 26 to 32. Table 25 shows the
in the Accommodation and Catering Sectors. Travel and revenue earned from the Bandaranaike Memorial
Tour Agencies accounted for 13.2 per cent while International Conference Hall (BMICH).
Airlines accounted for 8.6 per cent (See Table 19).
The revenue collected from the listed sources in
Of the total direct employment, 55.7 per cent were in the 2004 amounted to Rs.2,526.6 million as compared to
Technical, Clerical and Supervisory grades, 26.7 per Rs.1,414.5 million collected from the same sources
cent were in the Manual and Operative grades and the in the previous year. This was a staggering increase
balance 17.6 per cent in the Managerial grades. by 78.6 per cent. This was due primarily to the
imposition of the tourism development levy from the
The total indirect employment in the supplying sector latter part of 2003.
in 2004 was estimated at 75,286 (See Table 22).
Thus the total of both direct and indirect employment The main contributors to the total revenue collected
as a result of tourism in 2004 add up to 129,062. in 2004 were; tourism development levy - Rs.780.4
This was an increase of 15.0 per cent over the figure million, embarkation tax - Rs.566.2 million, and the
of 117 77R rernrci p ri in
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Year
Average
Annual
Growth
Market 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Rates
Western Europe 3,203 2,147 2,764 3,073 3,519 3,330 2,609 2,560 3,255 3,640- 9.9
Asia 1,954 1,690 1,802 1,615 1,900 1,525 1,486 2,371 2,950 3,260 9.6
North America 414 355 470 524 527 493 463 569 713 871 5.8
Australasia 1,216 1,040 1,443 1,489 1,795 2,162 1,533 1,579 2,363 3,314 9.6
Others 1,207 1,378 1,556 1,507 1,574 1,547 1,707 2,067 2,873 3,265 9.6
All Markets 2,120 1,590 1,926 2,004 2,295 2,106 1,771 2,068 2,633 2,978 9.3
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Nationality 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
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By Country of Residence
Average
Annual
Growth
Market 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Rates
Western Europe 3,381 2,262 2,866 3,230 3.727 3,525 2,757 2,707 3,449 3,844 10.1
Asia 1,673 1,450 1,605 1,409 1,617 1,294 1,268 2,022 2,507 2,800 9.2
North America 525 449 575 632 666 624 576 716 905 1,072 6.4
Australasia 1,457 1,245 1,664 1,727 2,153 2,589 1,862 1,876 3.262 3,770 10.0
Others 912 1,047 1,211 1,195 1,187 1,177 1,315 1,573 1,884 2,575 8.9
All Markets 2,120 1,590 1,926 2,004 2,295 2,106 1,771 2,068 2,633 2,978 9.3
17
Chart 2 (a)
Shares of Tourist Arrivals by Region - 1998 to 2004
Western Europe
2004
Asia
Australasia
2002
Eastern Europe
2000
1999
1998
Chart 2 (b)
Tourist Arrivals by Region - 2003 & 2004
q 2003 i 2004
29.759
North America
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741
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& The Caribbean 634
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Mal 10,633
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1 1.855
j 1.991
198,068
Asia 177,351
26,540
Australasia
MOM 22.965
Tourist Arrivals
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Chart 3
Seasonality of Tourist Traffic - 2004
70,000 64,971 66.159- 160
O Arrivals Indices
59,442
60,000 - 140
50,525 51,525
49,950 48.675
i7) 50.000 -
43.584 - 120
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40,000
30,672 30.162 32,119 - 100
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Jan Feb Ma Ap May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Month
Season-
Country of ality
Residence Total Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ratio
NORTH AMERICA 29,759 2,940 1,947 1,947 1,284 1,458 2,781 2,891 2,763 1,818 2,454 2,739 4,737 1.9
Canada 14,633 1.347 930 972 555 732 1,582 1,636 1,494 813 1,167 1,299 2,106 1.7
U.S.A. 15,126 1,593 1,017 975 729 726 1,199 1,255 1,269 1,005 1.287 1,440 2,631 2.1
LATIN AMERICA &
THE CARIBBEAN 741 54 51 48 51 30 49 50 36 108 105 99 60 1.7
WESTERN EUROPE 284,440 25,929 24,567 21,348 15,423 17,358 13,205 25,163 25,368 24,936 28,839 32,517 29,787 1.4
Austria 8,633 1,140 1,068 684 573 480 343 709 561 357 690 1,131 897 1.6
Belgium 5,582 576 360 492 540 429 238 715 396 561 543 399 333 1.2
Denmark 3,269 450 309 201 114 129 329 240 162 180 267 354 534 2.0
Finland 1,989 240 243 234 12 99 40 41 27 27 87 297 642 3.9
France 29,996 2,634 2.349 2,331 2,091 1,665 954 3,353 2,523 2,247 3,594 3,621 2,634 1.4
Germany 58,258 4,977 4,848 4.746 3.171 4,557 1,819 3,777 4.092 5,208 7,752 7,959 5,352 1.6
Netherlands 21,455 2,049 1,815 1,329 1,578 909 1,332 3,023 1,776 2,163 2,106 1,656 1.719 1.7
Italy 18,712 1,833 1,695 1,149 867 1,086 1,152 1.732 2,643 1,893 1,653 1,569 1,440 1.2
Norway 3,477 255 396 108 102 153 589 326 213 189 342 318 486 1.7
Spain 3,010 141 150 183 138 150 91 294 651 423 306 267 216 Y
Sweden 8,129 957 909 819 474 330 399 359 282 213 306 1,359 1,722 2.5
Switzerland 10,610 837 1,086 762 309 669 378 881 501 1,014 1,416 1,608 1,149 1.3
U.K. 106,645 9,555 9,036 7.968 5,130 6,435 5,286 9,274 10,926 10.041 9,279 11,487 12,228 1.4
Others 4,675 285 303 342 324 267 255 439 615 420 498 492 435 1.3
EASTERN EUROPE 14,336 1,509 1,599 1,224 1,104 792 329 873 609 861 1,254 2,178 2,004 1.8
Russia 5,000 606 357 456 204 327 64 178 288 387 561 798 774 1.9
Others 9,336 903 1,242 768 900 465 265 695 321 474 693 1,380 1,230 1.8
AFRICA 1,855 99 174 84 54 81 126 187 192 180 195 228 255 1.6
South Africa 987 66 69 48 30 45 52 104 120 87 129 123 114 1.4
Others 868 33 105 36 24 36 74 83 72 93 66 105 141 1.9
MIDDLE EAST 10,463 948 687 549 381 330 446 1,188 1,623 1,200 759 1,266 1,086 1.4
ASIA 198,068 16,449 12,891 11,613 11,151 8,859 13,659 18,266 16,440 19,833 23,652 22,530 22,725 1.4
China (P.R.) 9,088 1,428 486 465 405 294 500 791 801 1,041 1,257 846 774 1.9
Hong Kong, China 1,538 87 213 114 27 90 53 42 63 174 201 186 288 2.2
India 105,151 7.677 6,372 5,676 5,784 5,238 7,565 10,415 8,778 10,329 14,130 11,916 11.271 1.6
Indonesia 1,466 105 138 51 78 54 108 116 123 210 192 174 117 ....)
Japan 19,641 2,136 1,890 1,491 978 891 910 1,655 2.136 2,325 1,545 1,965 1,719 1.4
Korea (South) 4,531 474 297 282 402 156 285 502 360 315 480 420 558 1.5
Malaysia 10,132 645 537 579 519 300 940 510 789 1,020 1,155 1,653 1,485 2.0
Maldives 15,013 1,317 1,179 726 1,107 519 1,129 1,311 1.062 1,467 1,260 1,569 2,367 1.9
Pakistan 9,638 735 579 729 447 399 765 1,157 900 903 876 966 1,182 1.5
Philippines 1,808 267 99 93 141 120 134 141 135 132 234 174 138 1.8
Singapore 8,546 729 363 585 315 300 672 566 528 726 897 1,386 1,479 2.1
Thailand 5,035 219 321 279 600 237 191 485 357 393 642 621 690 1.6
Taiwan (P.C.) 1,907 267 183 129 54 114 55 76 84 306 258 192 189 1.9
Others 4,574 363 234 414 294 147 352 499 324 492 525 462 468 1.4
AUSTRALASIA 26,540 2,022 1,668 1,605 1,224 1,254 1,524 1,907 1,644 2,589 . 2,184 3,414 5,505 2.5
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Australia 23,247 1,764 1,467 1,470 1,053 1,089 1,312 1,664 1,446 2.313 1,917 3,006 4.746 2.4
New Zealand 3,184 246 195 135 171 165 202 231 t 186 270 255 390 738 2.8
Others 109 12 6 0 0 0 10 12 12 6 12 18 21 2.3
Total 566,202 49,950 43,584 38,418 30,672 30,162 32,119 50,525 48,675 51,525 59,442 64,971 66,159 1.4
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Chart 4
Katunayake 99.9%
Colombo 0.1%
Port 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
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
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
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Chart 5
Table (e)
Carrier 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Inter-Regional Flights 67.0 67.5 69.8 69.0 69.9 74.1 78.0 79.6 77.8 74.5
Intra-Regional Flights 24.8 27.6 24.7 19.7 19.6 18.8 18.6 18.0 18.9 21.5
Charter Flights 8.1 4.8 5.4 11.2 10.4 7.1 3.3 2.3 3.2 3.9
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 0.1 0.1 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
NORTH AMERICA 29,759 17.702 31 3,124 30 103 1.102 294 543 258 296 1.937 529 781 89 105 1.586 3 36 41 0 0 847 129 6 0 48 0 139
Canada 14,633 9.112 6 1.240 6 80 237 141 235 168 145 903 464 542 41 3 512 3 18 15 0 0 637 4 8 6 0 21 0 50
USA 15,126 8.590 25 1.884 24 23 865 153 308 90 151 1.034 65 239 48 102 1,074 0 18 26 0 0 210 81 0 0 27 0 89
LATIN AMERICA &
THE CARIBBEAN 741 388 0 39 0 6 30 6 10 3 0 105 0 11 15 18 47 0 0. _ 0 0 _ 0 39 9 0 0 6 0 9
WESTERN EUROPE 284.440 136.409 69 2.893 93 1,557 2.176 570 1.293 819 396 33,631 2.333 5.943 21.369 3.816 2,808 42 5,247 17,590 72 694 16,141 4.196 2,053 108 549 66 21,507
Austria 8,633 1,421 6 106 0 9 52 21 28 3 0 955 11 36 991 527 94 0 3,378 460 0 _ 9 367 105 9 0 6 18 24
Belgium 5,582 2,350 0 39 0 141 50 6 52 3 9 245 16 359 82 78 22 0 24 809 0 12 199 _ 63 60 0 3 0 960
Denmark 3.269 1,276 0 52 3 16 108 9 28 6 0 ...,_ 206 64 102 30 6 31 0 3 140 0 6 277 474 3 0 0 0 429
Finland 1.989 455 0 47 3 3 63 15 3 0 0 60 0 9 9 3 28 21 28 0 9 9 _ 174 3 0 0 0 1.044
France 29.996 17.663 0 196 9 112 127 36 145 45 0 4,005 563 1.231 157 528 222 _0 18 279 6 12 3.724 159 417 0 12 0 . 330
Germany ..., 58,258 14.916 6 343 6 69 332 69 234 105 36 ,,_ 5,528 222 467 17.294 235 468 0 261 13,580 12 27 2,9 7 7 519 111 3 36 9 393
Italy 18,862 8,492 14 89 3 18 116 18 75 0 _ 12 3,323 274 33 232 265 81 0 417 505 6 33 971 228 30 0 3 0 3.624
Netherlands 21,455 6,243 3 138 9 887 180 36 88 60 39 1,161 242 1.157 2.208 1,281 232 12 93 917 3 45 357 192 1,2 8 5 105 3 12 4,467
Norway 3.477 1,214 0 81 3 3 94 15 34 3 6 235 18 80 19 21 60 0 54 36 0 3 443 941 9 0 6 6 93
Spain 3.010 1,597 0 33 3 42 24 9 47 0 3 _ 184 17 12 85 218 18 3 15 45 6 12 403 192 0 0 3 0 39
Sweden 7.979 2,753 0 89 0 13 145 39 24 0 9 228 150 92 7 20 79 0 166 58 0 0 191 582 12 0 9 9 3.304
Switzerland 10,610 5,639 0 162 3 19 108 21 48 0 3 649 77 51 56 88 60 6 390 108 3 9 289 213 45 0 3 0 2,560
UK 106,645 70,720 40 1,446 45 206 735 264 460 585 273 16.018 651 1.978 136 491 1.279 12 401 122 36 451 5,638 294 57 0 462 0 3.845
Others 4.675 1,670 0 72 6 19 42 12 27 12 6 834 28 336 63 55 134 6 6 503 0 66 296 60 12 0 3 12 395
EASTERN EUROPE 14,336 5,714 128 79 ..... 0 135 72 69 60 12 3 _ 1,615 62 108 330 177 107 0 315 488 3 33 1,6 5 3 2,5 6 1 48 0 3 15 546
Russia 5.000 _ 1,373 117 36 _ 0 135 39 9 48 3 3_ 946 0 51 33 20 20 0 12 45 0 ._ 27 1,441 270 0 0 3 12 357
Others 9.336 . 4.341 11 43 0 0 33 60 12 9 0 _ 669 62 57 297 157 87 0 303 443 3 6 212 2.291 48 0 0 3 189
MIDDLE EAST 10,463 3.406 34 102 6 1.095 203 48 120 12 0 1,161 590 457 18 1,196 169 39 6 15 177 645 505 15 3 231 198 0 12
AFRICA 1,855 706 0 54 6 38 15 0 58 3 3 661 3 39 9 39 77 0 0 64 45 0 0 0 0 0
ASIA 198,068 113,569 200 14,050 1,028 211 6,337 3,593 18.841 7,414 9,819 6,693 211 285 289 123 13,613 52 1108
30 5 90 8890 60 862 _ 114 12 216 66 123 0
China (P.R.) 9.088 5.467 10 576 0 3 606 18 3 12 12 169 15 12 42 3 2.059 0 0 24 0 0 42 _ 12 0 0 3 0 0
Hong Kong, China J 1.538 622 3 201 3 0 61 3 3 9 9 6 0 0 0 0 591 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 0 18 0
_ _.
India 105,151 65,303 43 801 0 73 212 147 18.147 7.075 9,630 1,910 141 127 75 40 612 18 _ 3 32 33 21 333 78 3 186 33 75 0
Indonesia 1,466 461 3 429 3 0 67 81 12 3 9 285 0 0 6 30 53 3 0 3 0 0 15 3 0 0 0 0 0
Japan 19.641 9.034 33 3.086 6 3 1.126 189 76 135 66 275 3 18 60 9 5.463 0 3 5 12 ___ 3 21 9 3 3 0 0 0
Korea (South) 4.531 982 12 1.696 18 0 598 60 47 12 9 184 3 3 6 6 828 0 12 3 0 _ 9 25 _ 0 0 6 0 12 0
Malaysia 10.132 5.176 30 1.651 0 0 159 2.600 54 6 3 148 3 6 6 6 220 16 0 3 3 3 18 9 0 0 3 9 0
Maldives 15.013 12.051 0 140 6 48 63 300 116 108 36 1,939 1 21 6 6 103 0 0 10 0 0 47 3 0 0 6 3 0
Pakistan 9,638 7.191 0 44 974 39 86 81 28 9 12 771 32 43 3 18 91 6 0 0 27 3 180 0 0 0 0 0 0
Philippines 1.808 578 18 613 3 12 125 12 0 0 9 94 0 12 3 5 270 0 0 0 0 6 33 0 6 9 0 0
Singapore 8.546 2.237 36 3.971 3 12 205 42 64 12 12 _ 523 3 22 22 0 1.309 0 36 3 3 9 22 0 0_ 0 0 0 0
Thailand 5,035 2.266 4 84 0 0 1.452 6 3 9 9 42 3 0 36 0 1,090 0 0 4 0 0 3 0 0 12 12 0 0
Taiwan (P.C.) 1,907 367 5 503 0 0 308 6 18 0 0 31 0 0 3 0 660 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0
Others 4,574 1.834 3 255 12 21 1,269 48 270 24 3 316 7 21 21 0 264 9 5 41 13 19
11 6 117 0 0 0 0 6 0
AUSTRALASIA 26.540 13,212 18 6.475 12 82 1,229 810 193 39 6 1,873 36 116 86 54 1,945 0 15 3 213 12 0 18 12 3 18
Australia 23.247 11.921 12 5.611 9 73 912 678 171 36 3 1,488 36 90 77 54 1,752 0 45 15 9 3 201 9 0 12 9 3 18
New Zealand 3.184 1.206 6 858 3 9 317 132 22 3 3 _ 379 0 26 9 0 187 0 0 0 0 0 12 3 0 6 3 0 0
Others i1 no
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Total 566,202 291.106 480 26,816 1,175 3,227 11,164 4, J 21,118 8.560 10,523 47.676 3,764 7,740 22,205 5,528 20,352 1,46,0 5,798 18,239 350 1.435 20,324 7,081 2,1 2 2 573 882 207 22,231
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Charter Carrier 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Montana - - - - - -
Hapag Lloyd - - - - - - - - - -
Scan Air 2,814 - - - - - - - -
Lauda 1,395 1,722 1,527 1,737 3,771 246 715 567 277 1,374
Air Europe 4,509 3,507 4,197 4,983 6,282 3,747 1,360 3,645 5,275 3,712
U.T.A. (Charter) - - - - -
Air Slovakia - - - - - - 840 978
Air Holland - - 3,199 12,831 13,584 - 430 -
Austrian Airlines - - 414 2,499 1,734 2,121 1,728 1,806 - -
Air Liberty - - -
Caledonian 6,624 - 2,736 4,449 - - - - -
Sobel Air - - 3,369 - - -
Britannia 1,470 144 - - - - - - - -
Air Monarch 1,353 2,952 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
CSA Czech Airline - - - - - 1,302 -
Tvansavia Airline - - - - - - 774 2,235 657
Aeroflot - - 642
My Travel - - - - 320 2,925
Holland Excel 3,828
Eurofly - - - - - 1,476
Others 111 - 264 195 834 1,923 871 - 348 44
Total 32,487 14,643 19,555 42,755 45,522 28,260 11,236 9,336 16,446 22,231
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Regions of Embarkation & Disembarkation - 2004 Chart 6
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DISEMBARKATION
Regions of Embarkation & Disembarkation - Percentage Distribution - 1995 to 2004 Table (f)
Region 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Indo-Pakistan Emb 26.0 22.0 20.3 16.3 15.9 14.7 16.4 21.3 22.0 22.8
Sub-Continent Dise 19.0 21.6 21.0 20.1 15.7 14.0 15.6 21.8 23.2 23.2
Other Neighbouring- Emb 22.1 27.1 25.8 25.0 23.2 24.2 22.2 23.3 22.5 19.8
Countries(1) Dise 23.7 33.2 32.4 28.2 28.4 25.4 24.5 24.1 23.1 20.9
Europe Emb 43.2 41.0 43.4 48.7 49.5 49.0 46.4 39.4 38.6 39.0
Dise 46.2 36.6 38.8 43.5 45.3 45.2 41.9 36.9 36.1 37.2
All Others Emb 8.7 9.9 10.5 10.0 11.4 12.1 15.0 16.0 16.9 18.4
Dise 11.1 8.6 7.8 8.2 10.6 15.4 18.0 17.2 17.6 18.7
Chart 7
Purpose 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Pleasure 95.1 94.9 95.2 93.1 88.1 90.1 89.2 85.4 80.8 78.2
Business 2.7 2.9 2.9 4.1 5.2 4.8 6.7 9.4 9.1 10.6
Visiting Friends & Relations 0.8 0.9 0.6 1.1 2.7 2.1 1.8 2.0 6.2 6.4
Religious & Cultural 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.7 2.3 1.7 1.2 1.0 1.2 1.5
Others 1.1 0.9 1.0 1.0 1.7 1.3 1.1 2.2 2.7 3.4
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
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30
Nights Average
Year 1-3 4-7 8-14 15-21 22-30 31&Over Total Stay
Table 8
Average Duration of Stay and Tourist Nights by Country of Nationality - 2004
NON CHARTER CHARTER TOTAL
Average Average Average
Country of Duration Tourist Duration Tourist Duration Tourist
Nationality Arrivals of Stay Nights Arrivals of Stay Nights Arrivals of Stay Nights
NORTH AMERICA 30,515 10.5 321,633 139 13.5 1,876 30,654 10.6 323,509
Canada 14,924 11.0 164,164 50 14.2 710 14,974 11.0 164,874
U.S.A. 15,591 10.1 157,469 89 13.1 1,166 15,680 10.1 158,635
LATIN AMERICA &
THE CARIBBEAN 706 12.2 8,613 9 14.1 127 715 12.2 8,740
WESTERN EUROPE 263,859 11.70 3,004,984 21,507 13.2 278,849 285,366 11.5 3,283,832
Austria 8,601 12.2 104.932 24 14.1 338 8,625 12.2 105,271
Belgium 4,758 11.5 54,717 960 11.2 10,752 5,718 11.4 65,469
Denmark 3,067 11.3 34,657 429 9.4 4,033 3,496 11.1 38,690
Finland 945 10.2 9,639 1044 12.6 13,154 1,989 11.5 22,793
France 30,092 10.1 303,929 330 11.3 3,729 30,422 10.1 307,658
Germany 58,539 14.3 837,108 393 15.1 5,934 58,932 14.3 843,042
Italy 14,360 10.1 145.036 3624 14.1 51,098 17,984 10.9 196,134
Netherlands 17,020 13.5 229,770 4467 14.3 63,878 21,487 13.7 293,648
Norway 3,351 11.4 38,201 93 13.1 1,218 3,444 11.4 39,420
Spain 2,948 9.3 27,416 39 10.9 425 2,987 9.3 27,842
Sweden 4,836 9.9 47,876 3304 12.1 39,978 8,140 10.8 87,855
Switzerland 8,127 12.2 99,149 2560 12.9 33,024 10,687 12.4 132,173
U.K. 103,197 10.0 1,031,970 3845 11.9 45,756 107,042 10.1 1,077,726
Others 4,018 10.1 40,582 395 14.0 5,530 4,413 10.4 46,112
EASTERN EUROPE 13,713 11.2 154,100 546 12.8 6,962 14,259 11.3 161,061
Russia 4,628 11.9 55,073 357 14.1 5,034 4,985 12.1 60,107
Others 9,085 10.9 99,027 189 10.2 1,928 9,274 10.9 100,954
MIDDLE EAST 9,474 7.9 74,845 12 12.6 151 9,486 7.9 74,996
AFRICA 1,759 9.4 16,535 0 0.0 0 1,759 9.4 16,535
ASIA 196,023 7.8 1,538,040 0 0.0 0 196,023 7.8 1,538,040
Bangladesh 1,760 7.1 12,496 0 0.0 0 1,760 7.1 12,496
China (P.R.) 9,424 7.9 74,450 0 0.0 0 9.424 7.9 74,450
Hong Kong, China 916 7.0 6,412 0 0.0 0 916 7.0 6,412
India 104,390 7.7 803,803 0 0.0 0 104,390 7.7 803,803
Indonesia 1,426 6.2 8,841 0 0.0 0 1,426 6.2 8,841
Japan 19,747 9.4 185,622 0 0.0 0 19,747 9.4 185,622
Korea (South) 4,597 8.6 39,534 0 0.0 0 4,597 8.6 39,534
Malaysia 9,939 8.3 82,494 0 0.0 0 9,939 8.3 82,494
Maldives 15,201 6.9 104,887 0 0.0 0 15,201 6.9 104,887
Pakistan 9,629 7.7 74,143 0 0.0 0 9,629 7.7 74,143
Philippines 1,807 7.0 12,649 0 0.0 0 1,807 7.0 12,649
Singapore 7,866 7.0 55,062 0 0.0 0 7,866 7.0 55,062
Taiwan (P.C) 1,929 6.6 12,731 0 0.0 0 1,929 6.6 12,731
Thailand 5,209 8.9 46,360 0 0.0 0 5,209 8.9 46,360
Others 2,183 8.5 18,556 0 0.0 0 2,183 8.5 18,556
AUSTRALASIA 27,922 12.0 335,456 18 14 257 27,940 12.0 335,713
Australia 24,453 12.1 295,881 18 14.3 257 24,471 12.1 296,139
New Zealand 3,331 11.4 37,973 0 0.0 0 3,331 11.4 37,973
Others 138 11.6 1,601 0 0.0 0 138 11.6 1,601
Total 543,971 10.0 5,454,204 22,231 13.0 288,221 566,202 10.1 5,742,425
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Chart 9
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(50-59)
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% in Arrivals
By Sex
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Sex Male 60.3 62.1 60.3 59.1 58.3 58.7 58.5 59.2 58.7 58.9
Female 39.7 37.9 39.7 40.9 41.7 41.3 41.5 40.8 41.3 41.1
Age Group 3-19 8.7 6.7 6.4 5.8 6.5 6.8 7.8 7.6 7.9 9.0
20-29 32.4 36.0 34.6 33.8 33.5 38.4 32.6 31.6 ""' 30.1 23.1
30-39 32.4 31.1 27.6 26.0 30.8 29.0 31.5 30.4 28.7 26.4
40-49 12.4 14.2 17.5 19.8 15.9 12.9 16.2 16.8 17.5 20.6
50-59 2.9 3.6 5.1 5.5 3.0 3.3 5.5 7.1 8.9 12.8
60 & Over 11.2 8.4 8.8 9.1 10.3 9.6 6.4 6.6 6.9 8.1
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Table 9
Tourist Arrivals by Country of Residence, Sex and Age - 2004
Chart 10
Occupation 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Businessmen 17.8 16.8 10.2 12.4 10.5 9.2 10.1 10.4 10.1 11.2
Professionals 6.4 5.2 4.1 4.5 6.8 7.6 7.9 7.7 8.6 8.4
Executives 7.7 9.7 10.1 11.9 14.5 15.9 16.7 15.8 15.5 15.7
Scientists & Technicians 2.8 3.7 3.1 3.5 3.2 3.1 7.6 7.5 8.0 7.6
Educationists 2.5 4.3 5.4 9.4 6.0 6.4 5.0 5.3 6.6 6.0
Other Occupation 33.0 33.9 35.6 31.4 30.4 30.5 27.8 28.4 27.4 26.7
No Occupation 21.7 20.7 25.6 21.0 21.4 20.2 19.1 19.0 18.0 18.2
Retired Persons 8.1 5.7 5.9 5.9 7.2 7.1 5.8 5.9 5.8 6.2
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Scientists Other No
Courtry of Total Business- Profess- Execu- & Tech- Educa- Occupa- Occupa- Retired
Residence men ionals tives nicians tionists tion tion Persons
NORTH AMERICA 29,759 2,193 2,436 4,521 2,202 2,661 6,986 6,831 1,929
Canada 14,633 1,026 846 2,112 1,038 1,107 3,878 3,654 972
U.S.A. 15,126 1,167 1,590 2,409 1,164 1.554 3,108 3,177 957
LATIN AMERICA &
THE CARIBBEAN 741 54 87 90 63 141 153 132 21
WESTERN EUROPE 284,440 13,518 26,430 50,855 22,928 18,736 85,882 44,905 21,186
Austria 8,633 609 648 987 534 456 3,350 1,071 978
Belgium 5,582 315 597 603 423 234 1,983 897 530
Denmark 3,269 156 378 573 261 323 783 627 168
Finland 1,989 114 183 462 99 267 516 273 75
France 29,996 1,533 1,830 3,681 2,480 1,825 11,332 4,032 3,283
Germany 58,258 2,436 4,380 7,827 5,834 3,439 21,105 9,913 3,324
Italy 18,862 744 1,902 2,605 1,269 786 8,622 1,965 969
Holland 21,455 930 2,607 4,072 1,707 1,056 7,474 2,697 912
Norway 3,477 156 360 882 195 123 723 936 102
Spain 3,010 210 285 411 258 538 984 276 48
Sweden 7,979 516 552 1,449 552 1,046 1,944 1,536 384
Switzerland 10,610 456 666 1,416 546 1,475 3,798 1,806 447
U.K. 106,645 5,094 11,514 25,033 8,404 6,898 22,056 17,961 9,685
Others 4,675 249 528 854 366 270 1,212 915 281
EASTERN EUROPE 14,336 924 1,887 3,311 969 600 4,107 2,292 246
Russia 5,000 342 303 1,385 351 237 1,395 942 45
Others 9,336 582 1,584 1,926 618 363 2,712 1,350 201
AFRICA 1,855 177 147 411 111 81 571 324 33
South Africa 987 84 60 213 63 54 315 186 12
Others 868 93 87 198 48 27 256 138 21
MIDDLE EAST 10,463 888 567 1,179 669 606 3,659 2,685 210
ASIA 198,068 44,358 13,485 22,637 14,477 9,659 44,886 38,876 9,690
China (P.R) 9,088 957 471 1,353 669 937 3,003 1,602 96
Hong Kong,China 1,538 198 123 324 51 197 459 138 48
India 105,151 30,411 6,966 8,503 9,614 3,273 20,283 19,868 6,233
Indonesia 1,466 195 81 192 75 45 432 204 242
Japan 19,641 1,086 933 2,571 822 621 7,335 4,676 1,597
Korea (South) 4,531 1,116 177 336 165 723 810 1,180 24
Malaysia 10,132 954 1,453 2,766 735 921 1,302 1,722 279
Maldives 15,013 2,265 912 1,560 906 852 4,480 3,960 78
Pakistan 9,638 3,297 714 660 291 771 1,859 1,995 51
Philippines 1,808 132 147 276 120 39 675 231 188
Singapore 8,546 882 609 2,721 633 986 1,224 1,248 243
Thailand 5,035 1,299 324 676 153 141 1,332 987 123
Taiwan (P.C) 1,907 666 87 156 96 60 408 279 155
thers 4,574 900 488 543 147 93 1,284 786 333
AUSTRAL ASIA 26,540 1,203 2,463 5,731 1,812 1,814 4,911 6,761 1,845
Australia 23,247 1,065 2,121 4,977 1,545 1,667 4,359 5,779 1,734
New Zealand 3,184 132 336 708 261 138 531 970 108
Others 109 6 6 46 6 9 21 12 3
Total 566,202 63,315 47,502 88,735 43,231 34,298 151,155 102,806 35,160
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PART B: SCHEDULED AIRLINE OPERATIONS AND PASSENGER MOVEMENTS
Chart 11
Shares of Total Seating Capacity by Carrier - 2004
Winter Summer
Table1 13
Scheduled Airline Operations & Seating Capacity - 2004
No. of incoming No. of seats available Percentage of toal
flights per week on incoming flights seating capacity
Type of Seating per week by carrier
Airline Aircraft Capacity Winter* Summer Winter* Summer Winter* Summer
Chart 12
1,600,000 -
1,400,000 -
q Arrivals q Departures
1,200.000 -
1,000,000 -
800,000 -
600,000 -
400,000 -
200,000 -
0
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Year
Passenger Arrivals and Departures by Port and Category of Travellers (1 ) - 2004 Table 12
TOTAL AIR 1,459,575 1,484,685 646,291 679,131 565,995 578,654 157,289 146,230
Colombo Harbour 2,112 2,255 699 1,117 207 236 1,206 902
TOTAL SEA 2,112 2,255 699 1,117 207 236 1,206 902
Grand Total 1,461,687 1,486,940 646,990 680,248 566,202 578,890 158,495 147,132
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Share
Resort Region 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Colombo City 2,817 2,834 2,798 2,754 2,747 2,582 2,656 2,599 2,571 2,670
Greater Colombo 1,935 1,946 2.045 2,032 2,101 2,254 2,315 2,415 2,526 2,581
South Coast 4,105 4,247 4,692 5,055 5.217 5,306 5,382 5,504 5,521 5,632
East Coast 114 114 114 114 108 151 151 165 258 263
High Country 385 411 469 535 506 570 622 669 709 690
Ancient Cities 1,899 2,048 2,252 2,282 2,239 2,448 2,500 2,466 2,552 2.486
Northern Region - - - -
All Regions 11,255 11,600 12,370 12,772 12,918 13,311 13,626 13,818 14,137 14,322
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Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
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Description 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
A. Accommodation Capacity-
Graded Establishments
(a).No. of Units 138 144 158 164 173 207 211 222 233 240
(b).No. of Rooms 11,255 11.600 12,370 12,772 12,918 13,311 13,626 13,818 14,137 14,322
(c).No. of Beds 21,680 22,040 22,944 23,373 24,216 24,953 25,134 25,968 26,511 26,938
D. Accommodation Capacity -
Supplementary Establishments
No. of Units 208 223 227 224 230 222 199 230 265 345
No. of Rooms 2,494 2,509 2,635 2,640 2,700 2,549 2,011 2,500 2,836 3,318
(c). No. of Beds 4,563 4,574 4,574 4,592 4,671 4,410 3,479 4,250 4,820 5,640
C. Guest Nights -
Graded Establishments
Foreign 3,087,348 2,245,582 2,936,953 3,263,137 3,836,618 3,610,889 2,767,187 3,045,368 3,964,234 4,394,404
Local 385,058 435,915 525,146 598,984 610,175 716,430 770,848 940,228 968,315 969,343
D. Guest Nights -
Supplementary Establishments
Foreign 220,162 153,604 185,735 191,702 210,872 124,589 109,037 135,068 220,510 349,510
Local 225,958 242,394 244,071 258,345 263,425 235,187 294,233 302,456 358,211 402,477
E. Tourist Nights (Total) 4,023,796 2,947,178 3,679,998 3,944,406 4,478,761 4,056,305 3,342,233 3,989,058 5,092,783 5,742,425
Graded Establishments 3,087,348 2,245,582 2,936,953 3,263,137 3,836,618 3,610,889 2,767,187 3,045,368 3,964,234 4,394,404
Supplementary Establishments 220,162 153,604 185,735 191,702 210,872 124,589 109,037 135,068 220,510 349,510
(c). Others 716,286 547,992 557,310 489,567 431,271 320,827 466,009 808,622 908,039 998,511
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Chart 14 (a)
TRINCOMALEE
Resort Room Occ. Rate
ANURADHAPURA
Region 2003 2004
•
CHILAW• 0BATTICALOA
KURUNEGALA•
11 East Coast 51.1% 44.2%
KANDY
ELIYA
COLOMBO High Country 44.3% 52.4%
MORATUWA• RATNAPU
WADDUWA
4000.
GALLE •
.: HAMBANTOTAAMA
r South Coast 48.3% 52.6%
MATARA•
Region 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Colombo City 55.3 44.6 54.9 53.1 58.6 52.9 45.4 56.4 68.7 75.5
Greater Colombo 58.4 48.6 54.7 60.1 61.3 61.0 47.2 42.8 48.9 52.9
South Coast 49.8 35.4 45.2 52.2 57.4 51.8 41.1 38.0 48.3 52.6
East Coast 9.0 1.2 6.1 11.8 20.4 10.7 15.0 44.8 51.1 44.2
High Country 50.8 37.1 46.3 45.9 52.3 45.2 35.4 36.3 44.3 52.4
Ancient Cities 51.8 38.4 47.0 55.7 56.6 48.8 39.1 42.4 54.0 60.4
Northern Region - - - - - -
All Regions 52.6 40.3 49.1 52.8 57.6 52.3 42.1 43.1 53.2 59.3
41
Table 14
Monthly Occupancy Rates in Graded Establishments by Region - 2004
No. of Annual
Resort Region Units Rooms Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jly Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 0/R
Colombo City 22 2,670 78.2 78.6 70.2 57.5 67.8 71.1 74.9 84.8 71.0 87.8 82.4 82.8 75.5
Greater Colombo 50 2,581 58.3 63.8 61.1 41.1 42.6 41.0 44.3 57.6 51.5 52.4 57.5 58.5 52.9
1. North of Colombo 36 2,039 56.9 63.0 61.1 41.3 42.1 38.7 42.1 56.1 49.7 51.8 58.3 57.8 51.7
11. South of Colombo 14 542 63.7 66.7 60.9 40.3 44.2 50.5 53.8 63.1 58.3 54.7 54.3 61.2 56.0
South Coast 98 5,632 69.3 79.6 63.5 46.8 37.1 28.5 35.5 52.5 52.9 55.5 60.3 51.4 52.6
1. Upto Galle 64 4,151 73.6 83.8 69.3 50.1 40.6 29.7 36.9 55.1 60.9 63.6 65.1 55.0 56.7
11. Beyond Galle 34 1.481 56.6 67.9 47.8 37.7 27.9 24.7 31.9 45.6 33.4 34.4 47.2 41.2 41.2
East Coast 7 263 54.0 56.8 36.7 30.8 32.0 33.2 75.5 75.2 49.3 39.3 28.5 26.2 44.2
High Country 19 690 59.5 64.1 54.2 51.7 39.6 40.1 49.3 67.1 50.5 45.8 56.7 51.2 52.4
Ancient Cities 44 2,486 67.8 81.1 66.9 50.1 41.2 37.0 65.1 68.7 59.5 63.6 66.7 58.2 60.4
1.Kandy Area 21 1,167 66.3 80.4 64.8 51.2 41.9 34.4 61.0 64.9 54.4 60.8 62.7 56.6 57.9
11.Anuradhapura Area 7 216 49.4 50.9 42.7 41.8 37.3 35.9 58.2 58.5 40.5 37.4 48.1 43.1 45.3
111.Polonnaruwa/ Giritale 9 335 41.3 78.8 55.8 37.1 27.8 23.2 48.2 51.4 52.8 50.1 57.5 43.8 47.1
1V.Habarana/ Sig./ Damb. 7 768 86.6 91.4 81.3 56.3 47.4 50.7 80.7 84.7 75.0 82.5 83.1 72.9 74.8
Northern Region
All Regions 240 14,322 67.8 73.6 63.9 48.2 44.6 39.6 51.2 63.6 57.3 61.8 64.3 59.9 59.3
Table 14 (a)
Capacity and Nights in all Accommodation Establishments by Class
Class No. No. No. Total Foreign Local Room
of of of Guest Guest Guest Occupancy
ommodation Units Rooms Beds Nights Nights Nights Rate
2003 2004 2003 2004 2003 2004 2003 2004 2003 2004 2003 2004 2003 2004
Hotel 233 240 14,137 14,322 26,511 26,938 4,657,749 5,363,747 3,964,234 4,394,404 968,315 969,343 53.2 59.3
5 Star 13 13 2,759 2,836 4,735 5,105 1,126,413 1,231,735 1,035,148 1,099,008 131,265 132,727 68.1 74.4
4 Star 8 7 875 733 1,890 1,466 345,542 318,269 270,238 258,686 75,304 59,583 55.5 68.1
3 Star 6 6 454 435 881 844 164,173 200,456 131,068 164,296 33,105 36,160 59.1 65.2
2 Star 32 28 2,241 2,069 4.310 3,979 800,505 842,274 660,441 689,181 174,864 153,093 52.7 61.9
1 Star 19 16 689 518 1,240 932 160,418 171,068 96,223 117,864 64,195 53,204 38.4 45.8
Unclassified 155 170 7,119 7,731 13,455 14,612 2,060,698 2,599,945 1.771,116 2,065,369 489,582 534,576 47.8 50.6
Supplementary
Establishments 265 345 2,836 3,318 4,820 5,640 578,721 760,987 220,510 349,510 358,211 411,477 36.1 38.3
Table 15
Foreign Guest Nights in Graded Accommodation Establishments by Region and Month - 2004
Annual
Resort Region Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jly Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Total
Colombo City 84,330 78,808 74,224 51,041 64,015 63,162 88,234 80,606 82,400 93,004 83,149 109,137 952,110
Greater Colombo 72,291 70,897 68,523 50,278 39,743 36,969 39,629 58,967 60,855 61,371 66,130 80,017 705,670
1. North of Colombo 57,093 57,451 56,476 42,209 32,448 29,672 37,059 49,302 48,631 48,624 54,535 64.380 577,880
11. South of Colombo 15,198 13.446 12,047 8,069 7,295 7,297 2,570 9,665 12,224 12.747 11,595 15.637 127,790
South Coast 174,119 198,725 171,401 120,255 77,683 65,282 84,333 128,276 132,583 137,786 201,381 185,795 1,677,619
1. Upto Galle 140,431 158,234 137.814 98,106 64.853 53,457 64,108 99,159 113,123 117,966 168,511 161,826 1,377.588
11. Beyond Galle 33,688 40,491 33,587 22,149 12,830 11,825 20,225 29,117 19,460 19,820 32,870 23,969 300,031
East Coast 5,022 4,820 3,751 6,388 5,472 3,865 6,288 8,245 6,179 4,594 3,061 3,162 60,847
High Country 15,687 16,210 16,236 15,168 9,159 9,631 15,694 19,284 14,028 16,701 18,493 15,514 181,805
Ancient Cities
1. Kandy Area
76,813
36,741
79,128
39,528
71,675
31,223
52,246
27,657
37,587
19,335
35,778
17,615
68,779
30,573
82,461
39,724
64,816
28,080
73,675
41,985
91,558
40,987
81,837
41,598
816,3:
395,046
3
11. Anuradhapura Area 3,387 3,658 2,994 2,289 1,662 1,920 2,600 4,304 2,520 2,678 3,291 2,941 34.244
111.Polonnaruwa / Giritale 5,542 11,184 7,825 3.676 2,611 2,932 5,215 7,369 5,202 7,915 12,092 7,434 78,997
1V. Habarana/Sig./Dam. 31,143 24,758 29,633 18,624 13,979 13,311 30,391 31,064 29,014 31,097 35,188 29,864 318.066
Northern Region
All Regions 428,262 448,588 405,810 295,376 233,659 214,687 302,957 377,839 360,861 387,131 463,772 475,462 4,394,404
Table 16
Local Guest Nights in Graded Accommodation Establishments by Region and Month - 2004
Annual
Resort Region Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jly Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Total
Colombo City 15,761 11,801 10,201 10,750 11,883 13,350 14,965 16,302 12,811 16,265 11,651 15,201 160,94
Greater Colombo 15,980 13,416 15,438 11,570 16,946 13,676 18,383 20,854 14,063 15,672 14,960 15,587 186,545
1. North of Colombo 9,963 11.443 11.069 8,312 11,938 8,850 8.216 10,929 10.286 9,911 12,424 11,279 124,620
11. South of Colombo 6,017 1,973 4,369 3,258 5,008 4,826 10,167 9,925 3,777 5,761 2,536 4,308 61,925
South Coast 27,673 21,870 23,539 25,860 28,001 22,018 27,498 32,257 19,741 21,032 17,522 22,959 289,970
1. Upto Galle 18,190 13,005 15.350 16,996 17,580 14,684 19,394 23,018 11.998 13,669 11,416 14,858 190,158
11. Beyond Galle 9,483 8,865 8,189 8,864 10,421 7,334 8,104 9,239 7,743 7,363 6,106 8,101 99,812
East Coast 3,354 2,862 1,239 2,248 2,063 1,615 2,717 2,805 1,751 1,600 1,615 1,063 24,932
High Country 7,735 7,887 4,192 8,245 6,737 5,777 6,420 7,839 4,971 2,960 4,692 5,620 73,075
Ancient Cities 20,022 21,622 13,793 17,476 19,302 15,639 25,936 24,706 16,636 18,848 19,548 20,352 233,880
1. Kandy Area 9,487 5,914 6,085 6,848 8,246 6,271 13,266 12,305 7,386 8,932 9,067 8,376 102,183
11. Anuradhapura Area 2,127 1,468 1,447 2,266 2,882 1,917 2,324 2,841 1,973 2,352 2,173 2,443 26,213
111. Polonnaruwa/ Giritale 2,327 2,722 1,982 3,473 2,546 2,967 4,028 2,815 2,319 3,325 3,419 3,046 34,969
1V. Habarana/Sig./Dam. 6,081 11,518 4,279 4,889 5,628 4.484 6,318 6,745 4,958 6,239 4,889 6,487 72,515
Northern Region
All Regions 90,525 79,458 68,402 76,149 84,932 72,075 95,919 104,763 69,973 76,377 69,988 80,782 969,343
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Chart 15
Value of Tourism - 1996 to 2004
In US$ Million
500
In Rs. Million
45,000
40,000
35,000
30,000
25,000
20,000
15,000
In US $
10,000 75
5,000
65
60
55
50
45
Year
Tourist Arrivals 302,265 366,165 381,063 436,440 400,414 336,794 393,171 500,642 566,202
Excursionist Arrivals 12,863 18,265 27,629 28,335 44,518 60,084 63,560 82,066 115,095
Official Receipts
Rs. mn. 9,559.1 12980.3 14,868.0 19,297.30 19,162.20 18,863.30 24,202.0 32,810.0* 42,058.6**
US$ mn. 173.0 216.7 230.5 274.9 252.8 211.1 253.0 340.0* 416.0**
SDR Units (mn.) 119.1 160.4 169.9 201 191.9 165.7 179.3 242.6* 298.6**
Receipt per Tourist per day
(in US$) 57.9 58.6 59.5 61.4 62.3 63.1 63.4 66.8* 72.2**
*Revised ** Provisional
Source: Sri Lanka Tourist Board
Department of Immigration & Emigration
(44
Table 18
Foreign Exchange Earnings from Tourism - 2003 & 2004
In Rs. mn In US $ mn
Total Total
Source 2003* 2004** Change 2003* 2004** Change
*Revised ** Provisional
Exchange Rates (Annual Average) - 1995 to 2004 Table (m)
Currency 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Deutsche Marks 35.8 36.8 34.1 36.8 38.4 35.8 40.9 46.4
French Francs 10.3 10.8 10.1 11.0 11.5 10.7 12.9 13.8
Japanese Yen 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.9
Sterling Pound 80.9 86.3 96.7 107.6 113.9 114.8 128.7 143.7 157.7 185.3
U.S. Dollar 51.3 55.3 59.0 64.6 70.4 75.8 89.4 95.7 96.5 101.1
S.D.R. Unit 77.7 80.2 81.2 87.6 96.3 99.9 113.8 123.9 135.2 140.9
30,000
\ \
20,000
/111f \ \
\ \ 10,000
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Managerial Technical
Category of No. of Scientific & Clerical Allied Manual & Total
Establishments Establishments Professional & Supervisory Operative
2002 2003 2004 2002 2003 2004 2002 2003 2004 2002 2003 2004 2002 2003 2004
Hotels &
Restaurants 867 1,010 1,077 3,194 3,958 4,774 15,289 17,755 19,153 6,217 8,432 10,427 24,700 30,145 34,354
Airlines 17 21 26 560 730 983 1,860 2.100 2.688 775 805 942 3,195 3,635 4,613
Agencies Providing
Recreational Facilities 7 9 14 11 15 28 54 70 89 33 43 63 98 128 180
Tourist Shops 212 216 222 372 390 425 1,000 1,378 1,554 827 866 1,050 2,199 2,634 3,029
National Tourist
Organisation 1 1 1 120 115 64 126 122 94 172 170 121 418 407 279
State Sector 16 16 16 470 510 523 522 550 566 594 630 680 1,586 1,690 1,769
Total 1,497 1,713 1,810 6,197 7,835 9,478 23,239 27,131 29,960 9,385 11,795 14,338 38,821 46,761 53,776
(4 6
PART E: TOURIST PRICES
7000 -
A ccommodation -41- F ood
Transport A ll Items
6000 -
5000 -
a
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CL
4000
0
3000 -
m
-o
2000 -
1000 -
0
1995/96 1996/97 1997/98 1998/99 1999/00 2000/01 2001/02 2002/03 2003/04 2004/05
Season "(1973/74 = 100)
Accommodation All
Season City Beaches Circuits All Areas Food Transport Items
600,000 01111111n1
4 n1
500,000
400,000
300,000
200,000
100,000
0
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Year
Air Sea
Colombo
Year Total Katunayake Others Talaimannar Harbour
Year Tourist Execur- Tourist Official Tourist Receipts Receipt Average Accommodation Annual Sri Lanka Nationals Employment
Arrivals sionist Nights per Duration Capacity Room
Arrivals '000 Rs.mn US$mn Euro SDRmn Tourist (Nights) (Graded) Occupancy Arrivals Departures Direct Indirect
mn per day Rooms Beds Rate (Estd)
(in US $) (Graded)
Table 25
Conferences Held and Revenue Earned at Bandaranaike
Memorial International Conference Hall (B.M.I.C.H) - 1977 to 2004
Table 27
Number of Foreign Visitors Visiting the Cultural
Triangle and Revenue from Sale of Tickets - 1981 to 2004
No. of Collection in
Year Tourists Rs. Million
1981 224,354 11.4
1982 191,856 19.6
1983 159,006 14.8
1984 149,600 16.4
1985 133,632 13.6
1986 93,884 14.7
1987 76,645 13.7
1988 74,062 14.1
1989 79.683 19.2
1990 124,382 44.7
1991 132,641 69.6
1992 153,817 102.3
1993 148,913 149.6
1994 168,402 176.1
1995 166,661 168.7
1996 102,788 121.2
1997 144.517 186.0
1998 165,463 225.0 X
1999 207.398 300.5
2000 155,167 276.0
2001 129,201 222.0
2002 131,804 242.8
2003 212,521 403.3
2004* 246,380 543.1
Source : Central Cultural Fund
* Details are given below
Details of Foreign Visitors by Location - 2004 Details of Domestic Visitors by Location - 2004
Location No. of Foreign Visitors Revenue (in Rs.) Location No. of Local Visitors Revenue (in Rs.)
Round Tickets 83,956 290,015,000 Sigiriya 397,968 6,844,000
Sigiriya 98,944 154,858,000 Alahana (Museum) 109,987 1,693,000
Polonnaruwa 57,288 88,921,000 Jethavana (Museum) 15,175 128,000
Anuradhapura 6,175 9,306,000 Abeyagiriya (Museum) 7,633 69,000
Dambulla (Museum) 17 7,000 Dambulla (Museum) 1,968 29,000
Total 246,380 543,107,000 Total 532,731 8,763,000
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Table 31
All Tourist Hotels, which are reckoned to be up to Passenger arrival and departure reports compiled by
international standards of operation. the Immigration Department.
All Guest-Houses, Rest-Houses, Inns, Youth Hostels Quarterly returns obtained by the Sri Lanka Tourist
etc., which are approved by the Sri Lanka Tourist Board from the scheduled airlines, which operate
Board as being suitable for occupation by foreign flights to Sri Lanka.
visitors.
Statistics on Official Tourist Receipts:
(g) Official Receipts:
Monthly returns on foreign exchange purchases and
Official Receipts constitute the foreign exchange acceptances obtained from the authorized dealers
purchases and acceptances by authorized dealers and the Commercial Banks.
and commercial banks from foreign visitors either
directly or indirectly. Employment Statistics:
Report on the Survey of Foreign Visitors (July 1967 to March 1968) Volume I 50
Volume 11 30
Survey of Departing Foreign Tourists from Sri Lanka July - November 2000 45
Tourism Update- Market Intelligence Report (Vol. II) Jan-Dec 2002 104
Seminar Report on "How Tourism could help to Reduce Poverty, Create September 2003 39
Jobs & Contribute to Social Harmony"
Survey of Departing Indian Foreign Tou ri sts from S ri Lanka April-June 2003 60
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Market 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Rates
Western Europe 3,203 2,147 2,764 3,073 3,519 3,330 2,609 2,560 3,255 3,640- 9.9
Asia 1,954 1,690 1,802 1,615 1,900 1,525 1,486 2,371 2,950 3,260 9.6
North America 414 355 470 524 527 493 463 569 713 871 5.8
Australasia 1,216 1,040 1,443 1,489 1,795 2,162 1,533 1,579 2,363 3,314 9.6
Others 1,207 1,378 1,556 1,507 1,574 1,547 1,707 2,067 2,873 3,265 9.6
All Markets 2,120 1,590 1,926 2,004 2,295 2,106 1,771 2,068 2,633 2,978 9.3
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Market 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Rates
Western Europe 3,381 2,262 2.866 3,230 3,727 3,525 2,757 2,707 3,449 3,844 10.1
Asia 1,673 1,450 1,605 1,409 1,617 1,294 1,268 2,022 2.507 2,800 9.2
North America 525 449 575 632 666 624 576 716 905 1,072 6.4
Australasia 1,457 1,245 1,664 1,727 2,153 2,589 1,862 1,876 3,262 3,770 10.0
Others 912 1,047 1,211 1,195 1,187 1,177 1,315 1,573 1,884 2,575 8.9
All Markets 2,120 1,590 1,926 2,004 2,295 2,106 1,771 2,068 2,633 2,978 9.3
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Chart 2 (a)
Shares of Tourist Arrivals by Region - 1998 to 2004
Western Europe
2004
Asia
Australasia
2002
Eastern Europe
2001 Others
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>-
2000
1999
1998
Share
Chart 2 (b)
Tourist Arrivals by Region - 2003 & 2004
q 2003 m 2004
29.759
North America
-77' 111 25,110
741
Latin America
634
& The Caribbean
284,440
Western Europe 1 255.169
1.1111114,336
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Middle East
M 6,789
11,855
Africa
] 1,991
198.068
Asia 'Wilq1111E4 VW 1177,351
26,540
Australasia Inimml 22,965
Tourist Arrivals
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Chart 3
Seasonality of Tourist Traffic - 2004
70,000 64,971 66,159- 160
I I Arrivals Indices
59,442
60,000 140
50,525 51,525
49,950 48.675 -
50,000 -
43,584 120
38.418
40,000 -
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1.- 30,672 30,162 32.1 9 100
-sg 30,000
80
20,000
- 60
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0 40
Jan Feb Mar Ap May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Month
Season-
Country of ality
Residence Total Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ratio
NORTH AMERICA 29,759 2,940 1,947 1,947 1,284 1,458 2,781 2,891 2,763 1,818 2,454 2,739 4,737 1.9
Canada 14,633 1.347 930 972 555 732 1,582 1.636 1,494 813 1,167 1,299 2,106 1.7
U.S.A. 15,126 1,593 1,017 975 729 726 1,199 1,255 1,269 1,005 1,287 1,440 2,631 2.1
WESTERN EUROPE 284,440 25,929 24,567 21,348 15,423 17,358 13,205 25,163 25,368 24,936 28,839 32,517 29,787 1.4
Austria 8,633 1,140 1,068 684 573 480 343 709 561 357 690 1,131 897 1.6
Belgium 5,582 576 360 492 540 429 238 715 396 561 543 399 333 1.2
Denmark 3,269 450 309 201 114 129 329 240 162 180 267 354 534 2.0
Finland 1,989 240 243 234 12 99 40 41 27 27 87 297 642 3.9
France 29,996 2,634 2,349 2,331 2,091 1,665 954 3,353 2,523 2,247 3,594 3,621 2,634 1.4
Germany 58,258 4,977 4,848 4,746 3,171 4.557 1.819 3,777 4.092 5,208 7,752 7,959 5,352 1.6
Netherlands 21,455 2,049 1.815 1,329 1,578 909 1,332 3,023 1,776 2,163 2,106 1,656 1,719 1.7
Italy 18,712 1.833 1.695 1.149 867 1,086 1.152 1,732 2.643 1,893 1,653 1,569 1.440 1.2
Norway 3,477 255 396 108 102 153 589 326 213 189 342 318 486 1.7
414
Spain 3,010 141 150 183 138 150 91 294 651 423 306 267 216 *x.,
Sweden 8,129 957 909 819 474 330 399 359 282 213 306 1,359 1,722 2.5
Switzerland 10.610 837 1,086 762 309 669 378 881 501 1.014 1,416 1,608 1,149 1.3
U.K. 106,645 9,555 9,036 7,968 5,130 6,435 5,286 9,274 10,926 10,041 9,279 11,487 12,228 1.4
Others 4,675 285 303 342 324 267 255 439 615 420 498 492 435 1.3
EASTERN EUROPE 14,336 1,509 1,599 1,224 1,104 792 329 873 609 861 1,254 2,178 2,004 1.8
Russia 5,000 606 357 456 204 327 64 178 288 387 561 798 774 1.9
Others 9,336 903 1,242 768 900 465 265 695 321 474 693 1,380 1.230 1.8
AFRICA 1,855 99 174 84 54 81 126 187 192 180 195 228 255 1.6
South Africa 987 66 69 48 30 45 52 104 120 87 129 123 114 1.4
Others 868 33 105 36 24 36 74 83 72 93 66 105 141 1.9
MIDDLE EAST 10,463 948 687 549 381 330 446 1,188 1,623 1,200 759 1,266 1,086 1.4
ASIA 198,068 16,449 12,891 11,613 11,151 8,859 13,659 18,266 16,440 19,833 23,652 22,530 22,725 1.4
China (P.R.) 9,088 1,428 486 465 405 294 500 791 801 1,041 1,257 846 774 1.9
Hong Kong, China 1,538 87 213 114 27 90 53 42 63 174 201 186 288 2.2
India 105,151 7,677 6,372 5,676 5,784 5.238 7,565 10,415 8.778 10,329 14,130 11,916 11,271 1.6
Indonesia 1,466 105 138 51 78 54 108 116 123 210 192 174 117 (,„100
Japan 19,641 2,136 1,890 1,491 978 891 910 1,655 2.136 2,325 1,545 1,965 1,719 1.4
Korea (South) 4,531 474 297 282 402 156 285 502 360 315 480 420 558 1.5
Malaysia 10,132 645 537 579 519 300 940 510 789 1,020 1,155 1,653 1,485 2.0
Maldives 15,013 1,317 1,179 726 1,107 519 1,129 1.311 1,062 1,467 1,260 1,569 2,367 1.9
Pakistan 9,638 735 579 729 447 399 765 1,157 900 903 876 966 1,182 1.5
Philippines .1 ,808 267 99 93 141 120 134 141 135 132 234 174 138 1.8
Singapore 8,546 729 363 585 315 300 672 566 528 726 897 1,386 1.479 2.1
Thailand 5.035 219 321 279 600 237 191 485 357 393 642 621 690 1.6
Taiwan (P.C.) 1,907 267 183 129 54 114 55 76 84 306 258 192 189 1.9
Others 4,574 363 234 414 294 147 352 499 324 492 525 462 468 1.4
AUSTRALASIA 26,540 2,022 1,668 1,605 1,224 1,254 1,524 1,907 1,644 2,589 . 2,184 3,414 5,505 2.5
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Australia 23.247 1,764 1,467 1,470 1,053 1.089 1,312 1.664 1.446 2.313 1,917 3,006 4.746 2.4
New Zealand 3,184 246 195 135 171 165 202 231 ilt 186 270 255 390 738 2.8
Others 109 12 6 0 0 0 10 12 12 6 12 18 21 2.3
Total 566,202 49,950 43,584 38,418 30,672 30,162 32,119 50,525 48,675 51,525 59,442 64,971 66,159 1.4
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Chart 4
Katunayake 99.9%
Colombo 0.1%
Port 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
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
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
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