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This is the thirty-eighth 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.
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The report is divided into three sections. Section i contains a summary of performance of the
tourist sector in 2006 and Section ii presents statistical tables and charts. Section iii comprises
the definitions of terms and sources of information.
The statistical analyses presented in this year’s report cover the following subject areas:
E. Tourist Prices
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 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 ............................................................ 37
Table ( k ) Occupancy Rates by Region - 1997 to 2006 ....................................................................... 37
Table 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 ......................................................................... 40
Table 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
HIGHLIGHTS
The relative importance of tourism in 2006 as a FE World 436,440 566,202 549,308 559,603 29.7 -3.0 1.9
earner in the overall economy of Sri Lanka can be * Year following the impact of tsunami
Thus in 2006, tourism was able to maintain its posi- Table C-2 below gives the per cent shares of tourism
tion as the 4th largest earner of FE in the national received from the broad market regions for 2005 to
economy - behind Textiles and Garments, Foreign 2006 as compared for the year 1999.
Remittances and Tea. However, the contribution of Table C-2
tourism to the total FE earnings remained relatively Relative Importance of Market Regions
at small 3.8 per cent, which was a slight increase of (1999, 2005 & 2006)
0.2 percentage point in its share, as compared to the Market Region Percentage Share
1999 2005 2006
previous year. Tourism also fell far behind the top America-North 4.2 8.4 6.3
Asia-North East 6.4 6.7 7.4
three FE earners who accounted for 58.2 per cent Asia-South East 5.4 6.1 5.5
of the total, namely Textiles and Garments 28.5 per Asia-South 14.4 27.9 30.0
Australasia 3.5 5.4 4.5
cent, Foreign Remittances 21.5 per cent and Tea 8.2 Europe-West 63.2 41.3 40.8
Europe-East 1.4 1.7 2.5
per cent. Middle East 1.1 1.9 1.9
Others 0.4 0.6 1.1
100.0 100.0 100.0
C - Sources of Tourism Demand
Western Europe as the major market source for Sri
Table C-1 below shows Tourist Arrivals broken Lanka has dropped from 63.2 per cent in 1999 to
down into different source market regions for the 41.3 per cent in 2005 and to 40.8 per cent in 2006.
years 2004 - 2006 as compared to the base year 1999 Market share of South Asia has expanded from 14.4
and the percentage change recorded for each year as per cent in 1999 to 27.9 per cent in 2005 and to
(D-5) Average Duration of Stay and Tourist Nights The age distribution showed that the largest pro-
portion of tourists were in the age bracket 30 - 39
The average duration of stay of tourists in the coun- years, accounting for 24.0 per cent of the total traffic
try increased significantly from 8.7 nights in the pre- - a decrease by 0.3 percentage points over 24.3 per
vious year, to 10.4 nights in 2006 (See Table g). cent recorded for 2005. Compared to 2005, fol-
lowing age groups such as 20-29, 40-49 and 60 &
According to declarations made in the Immigration Analyses of the composition of this two-way pas-
Card, 73.3 per cent of the tourists were gainfully senger traffic revealed that as many as 51.1 per cent
occupied, in comparison to the 71.6 per cent re- of these passengers were Sri Lankans. The two-way
corded for 2005. Retired Persons constituted 5.2 Tourist Passengers accounted for 38.6 per cent of the
per cent while the balance 21.4 per cent declared total. The balance 10.3 per cent was Resident Visa
themselves as having no occupation. Those in the Holders and Other Foreign Travellers, who could
“No Occupation” category were mainly housewives not be classified as tourists (See Table 11).
and dependants (See Tables 9 & i).
I - Tourist Prices
Chart 1
Tourist Arrivals by Year - 1966 to 2006
% Change
Arrivals
Year
Table (a)
Market Growth Trends by Nationality - Growth Indices
(Average 1963/1966 = 100)
Average
Annual
Growth
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
Table (b)
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
Australasia
2002
Eastern Europe
2001
2000 Others
1999
Chart 2 (b)
2005 2006
46,457
North America 35,323
705
Latin America 775
227,191
Western Europe 228,445
9,290
Region
10,236
Middle East 10,345
2,340
Africa 3,235
223,351
Asia 242,132
29,738
Australasia 25,127
Tourist Arrivals
Arrivals Index
60,000 130
54,746 55,354
Tourist Arrivals (Thousands)
Index
90
30,000
80
20,000 70
60
10,000
50
0 40
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Month Table (c)
(1) Seasonal indices are compiled by taking average arrivals per month as 100
SRI LANKA TOURIST BOARD (2) Seasonality ratio = Highest Monthly Arrival / Average Arrival per month
(3) Coefficient of Seasonal Variation is obtained by calculating the standard
18 Annual Statistical Report of 2006 deviation of the Seasonal Indices.
Table 3
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
U.S.A. 20,700 2,379 1,816 3,153 1,482 1,290 2,024 2,138 1,666 934 1,249 1,102 1,468 1.8
LATIN AMERICA &
THE CARIBBEAN 775 60 41 59 51 61 59 73 84 60 85 110 32 0.9
WESTERN 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
Austria 4,662 561 775 574 352 237 214 419 308 204 281 272 465 1.9
Belgium 6,333 474 535 575 593 394 353 870 616 647 611 326 338 1.2
Denmark 3,531 422 583 506 298 187 301 303 190 143 174 206 218 1.9
Finland 1,244 286 217 115 101 64 65 58 53 42 68 63 112 2.7
France 22,693 2,106 3,052 2,911 2,655 1,908 1,086 2,590 2,461 1,270 1,018 807 828 1.6
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
Italy 12,424 1,196 1,261 1,127 658 775 898 1,194 1,691 1,235 913 612 864 1.2
Norway 3,054 414 386 317 355 198 272 287 190 124 184 153 174 1.6
Spain 2,367 147 130 157 177 158 112 282 505 207 238 124 130 2.5
Sweden 5,524 890 955 794 548 275 369 291 227 167 235 294 479 2.0
Switzerland 7,727 939 935 786 888 506 510 866 410 417 531 445 493 1.4
U.K. 88,306 7,365 8,759 8,178 7,488 6,630 6,798 10,134 9,425 6,261 5,837 5,180 6,251 1.4
Others 3,818 411 411 247 186 266 285 405 536 245 241 240 349 1.7
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
Russia 7,985 1,332 632 571 617 530 190 312 520 575 934 901 871 2.0
Others 6,236 911 741 540 621 416 299 392 404 339 529 528 483 1.8
AFRICA 3,235 510 146 290 350 301 224 332 156 269 258 265 261 1.8
South Africa 1,116 244 71 110 152 95 64 125 64 62 115 79 73 2.3
Others 2,119 266 75 180 198 206 160 207 92 207 143 186 188 1.5
MIDDLE EAST 10,345 521 744 642 675 391 706 1,805 2,434 601 509 507 810 2.8
ASIA 242,132 19,860 19,867 23,216 21,716 21,592 21,657 21,785 22,730 17,314 16,957 18,579 16,761 1.0
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
India 128,370 10,065 10,480 13,159 11,775 11,593 11,833 10,870 11,689 9,506 9,483 9,302 8,615 1.2
Indonesia 5,042 219 156 651 748 681 390 453 405 343 383 310 303 1.8
Japan 16,189 1,396 1,661 1,494 1,258 1,402 1,176 1,361 2,058 1,172 1,020 1,066 1,126 1.5
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
Others 5,786 316 593 611 362 404 391 503 1,169 393 259 384 306 2.5
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
Others 131 9 9 6 7 17 6 13 11 28 9 10 9 2.5
Total 559,603 52,103 52,687 54,746 49,776 43,825 44,066 55,354 52,931 38,485 38,815 37,591 39,224 1.2
Katunayake 99.9 %
Colombo 0.1 %
Table (d)
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 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.1 100.0
Table (e)
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
NORTH AMERICA 35,323 20,394 31 2,850 88 105 825 496 517 467 225 3,512 859 50 149 2,862 75 90 1,086 72 3 0 80 393 13 81
Canada 14,623 8,336 6 715 23 71 210 175 209 211 225 1,298 735 15 25 917 3 19 971 48 2 0 24 351 0 34
USA 20,700 12,058 25 2,135 65 34 615 321 308 256 0 2,214 124 35 124 1,945 72 71 115 24 1 0 56 42 13 47
LATIN AMERICAN &
THE CARIBBEAN 775 302 0 42 0 3 24 0 20 0 3 67 0 2 3 65 12 21 60 124 10 0 0 3 0 14
WESTERN EUROPE 228,445 117,258 39 2,541 114 259 1,811 483 791 624 878 32,733 2,070 10,901 2,196 4,646 2,591 10,367 20,347 3,977 3,119 0 503 5,190 141 4,866
Austria 4,662 1,821 0 84 0 5 78 15 18 0 9 930 0 550 69 34 956 87 318 28 123 0 2 32 0 43
Belgium 6,333 2,050 0 39 0 3 51 9 15 6 18 240 21 41 99 41 72 54 144 64 214 0 1 33 0 345
Denmark 3,531 1,275 0 57 0 0 54 24 24 31 39 240 30 82 3 60 48 102 912 647 5 0 19 50 12 178
Finland 1,244 475 7 51 3 0 30 6 9 3 21 78 3 6 6 27 72 45 31 185 13 0 9 8 0 55
France 22,693 15,585 3 186 3 45 125 45 105 66 153 3,485 725 110 288 282 45 165 3,765 289 33 0 31 204 0 107
Germany 47,402 18,250 6 245 31 21 342 36 126 63 145 5,615 30 9,325 111 264 354 9,178 2,814 654 610 0 45 1,032 48 489
Italy 12,424 4,675 8 33 0 33 96 20 30 125 27 2,815 550 103 228 120 147 125 1,018 285 23 0 35 31 5 752
Netherlands 19,360 3,567 0 168 11 0 115 30 24 36 69 1,317 78 475 633 234 144 264 725 176 1,826 0 31 45 17 1,685
Norway 3,054 1,555 0 84 3 0 60 21 44 12 38 222 3 14 18 63 66 21 987 895 14 0 0 87 25 46
Spain 2,367 1,435 0 21 3 6 25 0 24 9 30 177 12 21 120 78 45 54 228 99 16 0 14 20 0 23
Sweden 5,524 2,256 0 64 9 3 211 65 21 21 24 315 21 30 0 96 165 63 578 471 21 0 9 16 0 812
Switzerland 7,727 3,425 0 117 0 17 60 15 30 6 48 2,163 21 68 99 72 302 129 1,258 59 135 0 6 96 0 187
UK 88,306 58,779 15 1,392 48 117 521 197 310 231 245 14,500 555 45 471 3,197 175 80 7,569 125 86 0 265 3,460 34 113
Others 3,818 2,110 0 0 3 9 43 0 11 15 12 636 21 31 51 78 0 0 0 0 0 0 36 76 0 31
EASTERN EUROPE 14,221 5,995 13 84 3 3 32 12 18 24 20 1,584 14 119 108 102 246 246 3,731 1,490 0 23 148 54 21 131
Russia 7,985 2,341 10 21 3 3 4 12 18 12 0 672 2 5 18 15 11 70 2,856 165 0 23 103 16 21 131
Others 6,236 3,654 3 63 0 0 28 0 0 12 20 912 12 183 90 87 235 176 875 1,325 0 0 45 38 0 0
MIDDLE EAST 10,345 3,222 0 156 18 1,178 244 27 120 27 92 1,302 815 79 1,656 165 18 75 664 15 0 0 772 275 0 2
AFRICA 3,235 1,850 3 94 12 36 56 15 44 15 18 312 12 7 12 87 25 36 220 0 10 0 330 28 0 13
ASIA 242,132 151,579 181 15,296 1,583 156 7,141 5,152 15,097 7,837 10,640 9,230 224 67 108 14,181 18 61 1,389 274 6 191 653 306 762 0
China (P.R.) 16,274 9,455 15 687 11 0 675 60 3 15 33 102 0 3 0 2,632 0 0 115 9 4 0 55 26 175 0
Hong Kong 973 445 6 132 0 0 21 0 0 15 9 6 0 0 0 355 0 3 5 0 0 0 3 0 0 0
India 128,370 86,303 0 540 47 45 515 123 14,550 7,325 10,235 1,512 35 15 33 555 0 10 401 45 0 3 312 187 442 0
Indonesia 5,042 2,800 6 218 3 3 114 48 0 6 9 412 6 0 0 69 0 6 18 0 0 0 36 0 19 0
Japan 16,189 10,335 41 3,171 15 0 1,690 840 36 213 48 318 6 6 6 3,912 9 3 45 26 2 0 12 5 0 0
Korea (South) 5,298 1,050 15 2,445 3 0 325 45 48 21 60 430 3 0 3 925 3 0 36 3 0 0 3 2 0 0
Malaysia 9,713 4,266 40 1,915 9 6 75 2,965 39 23 55 129 9 9 3 271 6 30 11 36 0 0 9 2 0 0
Maldives 24,831 19,785 4 123 13 45 57 933 65 39 45 3,666 9 4 45 195 0 3 75 32 0 178 0 17 0 0
Pakistan 11,145 7,128 0 36 1,465 42 39 30 3 3 6 816 63 0 6 60 0 0 556 95 0 0 185 22 45 0
Philippines 3,474 566 6 1,026 0 9 162 15 6 6 12 421 6 0 9 327 0 6 78 2 0 0 6 7 14 0
Singapore 7,012 3,415 39 3,725 14 0 147 42 12 24 47 1,025 36 18 3 1,915 0 0 14 26 0 0 6 14 26 0
Thailand 5,460 2,050 0 84 0 6 1,674 18 30 6 21 33 15 12 0 1,145 0 0 27 0 0 10 12 0 0 0
Taiwan (P.C.) 2,565 1,156 9 876 3 0 195 21 3 9 13 27 0 0 0 1,010 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 18 0
Others 5,786 2,825 0 318 0 0 1,452 12 302 132 47 333 36 0 0 810 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 24 23 0
23
Table 5 (a)
Charter Carrier 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Condor - - - - - - - - - -
Balair 4,218 4,293 3,117 3,624 976 - - - - -
Sterling Airways - - - - - - - - - -
Fin Air - - 594 1,623 - - 703 1,181 12 -
Montana - - - - - - - - - -
Hapag Lloyd - - - - - - - - - -
Scan Air - - - - - - - - - -
Lauda 1,527 1,737 3,771 246 715 567 277 1,374 908 -
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 - - - -
Air Liberty - - - - - - - - - -
Caledonian 2,736 4,449 - - - - - - - -
Sobel Air - - - 3,369 - - - - - -
Britannia - - - - - - - - - -
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
Aeroflot - - - - - 642 - - -
My Travel - - - - - - 320 2,925 1,278 -
First Choice 578
Arkeyfly - - - - - - - - - 983
Holand Excel 3,828 237 -
Euro Fly 1,476 1,848 2,086
Others 264 195 834 1,923 871 - 348 447 462 399
Total 19,555 42,755 45,522 28,260 11,236 9,336 16,446 22,231 5,223 5,116
Table (f)
11.7
Eastern Europe 9.3
8.1
Middle East 6.9
9.9
Africa 7.3
8.5
Asia 7.3
12.4
Australasia 10.5
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14
Number of Nights Table (g)
By Age
2005 2006
(60 & Over)
(50-59)
Age Group
(40-49)
(30-39)
(20-29)
(3-19)
By Sex
Table (h)
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
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
U.S.A. 20,700 12,411 8,289 2,001 2,698 4,687 4,852 3,547 2,915
LATIN AMERICA &
THE CARIBBEAN 775 541 234 63 186 268 147 98 13
WESTERN EUROPE 228,445 131,465 96,980 22,536 43,716 47,329 46,626 39,947 28,291
Austria 4,662 2,390 2,272 287 819 958 1,124 621 853
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
Finland 1,244 634 610 109 156 297 275 219 188
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
Italy 12,424 7,676 4,748 817 3,147 3,358 2,741 1,457 904
Netherlands 19,360 10,630 8,730 1,598 4,987 3,259 3,367 3,594 2,555
Norway 3,054 1,870 1,184 321 410 857 801 413 252
Spain 2,367 1,434 933 119 584 981 415 183 85
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
U.K. 88,306 52,765 35,541 9,412 17,524 17,258 16,854 16,587 10,671
Others 3,818 2,084 1,734 852 711 451 581 621 602
EASTERN EUROPE 14,221 7,657 6,564 1,125 3,871 3,859 2,999 1,615 752
Russia 7,985 4,329 3,656 710 2,087 2,214 1,745 814 415
Others 6,236 3,328 2,908 415 1,784 1,645 1,254 801 337
AFRICA 3,235 1,906 1,329 210 845 789 687 309 395
MIDDLE EAST 10,345 6,409 3,936 1,587 2,597 2,610 1,998 984 569
ASIA 242,132 167,835 74,297 20,309 46,256 66,105 65,931 27,480 16,051
China (P.R.) 16,274 9,079 7,195 1,541 3,475 5,478 4,215 1,421 144
India 128,370 96,874 31,496 10,214 22,451 34,517 38,741 13,254 9,193
Indonesia 5,042 2,728 2,314 180 1,054 1,654 1,754 120 280
Japan 16,189 9,815 6,374 851 2,584 4,129 3,745 3,124 1,756
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
Others 5,786 3,516 2,270 459 1,163 1,619 1,407 941 197
AUSTRALASIA 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
Others 131 76 55 19 32 15 17 7 41
Total 559,603 352,680 206,923 53,512 106,003 134,251 132,155 80,869 52,813
Table (i)
Table 10
Scheduled Airline Operations & Seating Capacity - 2006
1,600,000
1,400,000
Arrivals Departures
Passenger Arrivals & Departures
1,200,000
1,000,000
800,000
600,000
400,000
200,000
0
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Year
Table 11
TOTAL AIR 1,444,408 1,474,559 734,421 756,735 559,243 567,214 150,744 150,610
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
Table (j)
400,000 FGN 80
OCC Rates
342,119 75
350,000 331,097 327,535
Foreign Guest Nights (FGN)
327,878
300,146 70
294,453
300,000
250,000
221,768 222,658 60
200,374 204,075 196,795
200,000 55
165,345
50
150,000 47.8 %
45
100,000
40
50,000
35
0 30
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Month
Table 12
A. Accommodation Capacity -
Graded Establishments
(a). No. of Units 164 173 207 211 222 233 240 223 241
(b). No. of Rooms 12,772 12,918 13,311 13,626 13,818 14,137 14,322 13,162 14,218
(c). No. of Beds 23,373 24,216 24,953 25,134 25,968 26,511 26,938 24,740 27,117
B. Accommodation Capacity -
Supplementary Establishments
(a). No. of Units 224 230 222 199 230 265 345 415 508
(b). No. of Rooms 2,640 2,700 2,549 2,011 2,500 2,836 3,318 3,962 4,989
(c). No. of Beds 4,592 4,671 4,410 3,479 4,250 4,820 5,640 6,537 8,232
D. Guest Nights -
Supplementary Establishments
(a). Foreign 191,702 210,872 124,589 109,037 135,068 220,510 349,510 391,520 680,604
(b). Local 258,345 263,425 235,187 294,233 302,456 358,211 402,477 474,095 495,957
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
(c). Others 489,567 431,271 320,827 466,009 808,622 908,039 998,511 1,504,990 1,978,741
Greater
Colombo 44.8% 48.0%
Table (k)
Table 13 (a)
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
East Coast 867 1,215 1,230 1,420 821 936 1,967 1,960 909 883 512 853 13,573
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
Table 15
Local Guest Nights in Graded Accommodation Establishments
by Region and Month - 2006
Annual
Total
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 13,057 149,490
1. 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 9,381 101,287
11. 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 16,386 182,857
11. 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
East Coast 177 313 335 367 499 273 448 444 329 311 224 329 4,049
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 19,660 197,368
1. 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 95,363
11. 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 27,139
111. 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 55,636
1V. 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 16
* Revised ** Provisional
Table (l)
Currency 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
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
Table 18
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98
99
00
01
02
03
04
05
06
19
19
19
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
Season
* (1973/74 = 100)
Table 19
Index of Tourist Prices - 1974/75 to 2006/07
Accommodation
Bea- Cir- All Trans- All
Season City ches cuits Areas Food port Items
Table 20
1984 317,734 8,638 2,818 2,669.5 104.9 102.4 37.2 8.9 9,627 18,970 35.6 212,365 274,418 24,541 34,357
1985 257,456 9,882 2,365 2,233.3 82.2 80.8 34.8 9.2 9,826 19,352 32.7 220,094 239,272 22,723 31,810
1986 230,106 6,266 2,513 2,300.1 82.1 69.9 32.7 10.9 9,794 19,301 32.9 220,614 229,386 22,285 31,199
1987 182,620 2,417 2,414 2,415.2 82.0 63.4 34.0 13.2 9,921 19,322 31.5 217,127 257,760 20,338 28,473
1988 182,662 6,108 2,305 2,438.3 76.6 57.0 33.3 12.6 9,977 19,432 32.1 245,065 298,583 19,960 27,944
1989 184,732 4,064 1,970 2,739.7 76.0 59.3 38.6 10.7 9,459 18,464 31.0 258,950 285,510 21,958 30,741
1990 297,888 3,954 3,225 5,303.3 132.0 97.5 41.1 10.8 9,556 18,669 47.2 306,367 296,884 24,964 34,950
1991 317,703 2,665 3,633 6,485.8 156.8 114.6 42.8 11.4 9,679 18,947 48.4 237,424 310,373 26,878 37,629
1992 393,669 5,651 4,055 8,825.6 201.4 142.9 49.7 10.3 10,214 19,907 55.3 339,109 420,749 28,790 40,306
1993 392,250 6,093 4,148 10,036.8 208.0 149.0 50.1 10.6 10,365 20,242 57.0 375,740 416,246 30,710 42,994
1994 407,511 8,413 4,251 11,401.6 230.7 161.1 54.2 10.4 10,742 20,929 56.6 422,367 448,437 33,956 47,538
1995 403,101 10,556 4,024 11,551.6 225.4 148.6 56.1 10.0 11,255 21,680 52.6 459,441 504,420 35,068 49,095
1996 302,265 12,863 2,947 9,559.1 173.0 119.1 57.9 9.8 11,600 22,040 40.3 488,055 494,258 31,963 44,748
1997 366,165 18,265 3,680 12,980.3 216.7 160.4 58.6 10.1 12,370 22,944 49.1 482,850 530,712 34,006 47,608
1998 381,063 27,629 3,944 14,868.0 230.5 169.9 59.5 10.4 12,770 23,373 52.8 481,793 518,050 34,780 48,692
1999 436,440 28,335 4,479 19,297.3 274.9 201.0 61.4 10.3 12,918 24,216 57.6 521,073 496,963 36,560 51,184
2000 400,414 44,518 4,056 19,162.2 252.8 274.1 191.9 62.3 10.1 13,311 24,953 52.3 514,448 524,212 37,943 53,120
2001 336,794 60,084 3,342 18,863.3 211.1 236.1 165.7 63.1 9.9 13,626 25,595 42.1 487,356 505,341 33,710 47,194
2002 393,171 63,560 3,989 24,202.0 253.0 267.7 179.3 63.4 10.1 13,818 25,956 43.1 493,947 533,565 38,821 54,349
* Revised ** Provisional
45
Tourist Arrivals by Month - 1967 to 2006 Table 22
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Total
1967 2,532 2,315 2,345 1,984 1,919 1,271 1,620 1,988 1,608 1,714 1,856 2,514 23,666
1968 2,674 2,746 2,648 2,066 1,970 1,391 1,973 2,082 2,056 2,568 2,315 3,783 28,272
1969 4,438 4,123 3,757 2,720 2,645 1,943 2,417 2,822 2,597 3,593 4,030 5,119 40,204
1970 5,158 5,436 4,814 3,284 3,754 2,121 2,596 3,352 3,074 3,408 3,663 5,587 46,247
1971 5,931 6,570 5,166 1,539 952 961 1,897 2,467 1,881 2,585 4,003 5,702 39,654
1972 5,762 5,848 5,564 3,091 3,282 2,302 3,703 4,634 3,402 4,476 6,155 7,828 56,047
1973 9,386 8,343 7,875 5,468 4,168 3,246 5,919 6,680 4,184 5,977 7,137 9,505 77,888
1974 10,915 9,648 9,847 6,400 3,241 3,303 5,404 6,147 4,986 6,199 8,338 10,583 85,011
1975 11,740 10,388 11,158 5,890 5,587 4,787 5,925 8,565 5,287 7,622 11,271 14,984 103,204
1976 15,627 15,214 13,431 8,886 6,097 4,550 4,278 3,481 6,707 10,636 13,600 16,464 118,971
1977 17,569 18,064 18,216 9,891 7,602 5,536 9,881 11,129 7,594 11,541 17,106 19,536 153,665
1978 23,114 22,427 20,497 11,545 8,803 7,134 13,252 15,542 10,245 14,340 20,759 24,934 192,592
1979 28,366 25,226 25,472 18,847 13,042 10,674 16,801 20,203 14,798 19,376 25,743 31,616 250,164
1980 36,108 33,896 34,416 21,806 19,468 15,082 22,986 27,440 19,962 23,646 23,988 37,982 316,780
1981 45,168 39,384 38,376 28,568 21,642 16,836 28,266 32,788 24,086 27,030 29,512 39,086 370,742
1982 40,932 40,148 42,178 29,606 28,972 25,772 30,942 34,332 29,754 30,296 33,748 40,550 407,230
1983 49,104 44,018 44,710 32,556 32,850 24,350 25,132 8,430 10,050 16,410 20,570 29,350 337,530
1984 33,546 32,406 32,628 23,684 18,224 17,866 26,694 27,626 21,764 25,800 27,906 29,590 317,734
1985 28,814 27,012 29,886 19,778 14,014 11,092 18,362 20,138 15,242 18,176 23,218 31,724 257,456
1986 32,890 30,512 28,932 19,262 13,100 9,536 12,330 15,190 12,398 12,732 18,114 25,110 230,106
1987 25,446 23,714 22,838 16,238 8,204 7,650 10,200 11,408 10,072 12,146 14,188 20,516 182,620
1988 20,400 19,150 19,430 13,834 11,124 11,540 17,660 18,670 14,980 16,742 10,560 8,572 182,662
1989 12,962 12,344 16,032 12,312 12,750 11,630 15,194 17,220 14,264 15,050 18,948 26,026 184,732
1990 26,592 26,368 26,946 22,788 18,286 18,050 26,410 26,786 22,438 23,060 24,596 35,568 297,888
1991 28,932 28,080 27,153 20,541 17,745 17,394 30,645 28,824 24,762 25,173 28,272 40,182 317,703
1992 35,730 38,859 33,399 28,410 21,024 23,157 33,771 40,143 29,838 32,079 35,967 41,292 393,669
1993 42,726 40,116 37,953 29,589 22,368 20,412 32,904 32,796 27,495 30,621 35,103 40,167 392,250
1994 45,402 41,067 41,277 28,080 21,777 21,399 35,370 32,817 31,062 33,216 33,306 42,738 407,511
1995 45,987 42,591 40,074 33,756 24,672 22,416 35,994 35,814 30,828 30,603 28,365 32,001 403,101
1996 30,957 29,550 26,442 20,376 17,655 19,668 25,380 24,765 23,211 23,511 24,921 35,829 302,265
1997 32,652 35,010 34,098 26,907 22,407 23,160 30,867 32,034 29,793 28,314 31,995 38,928 366,165
1998 37,224 35,283 32,256 25,578 20,394 22,410 29,529 31,446 31,653 31,767 38,421 45,102 381,063
1999 44,379 41,526 41,022 34,443 25,212 26,184 33,288 39,081 33,915 35,112 41,952 40,326 436,440
2000 43,311 43,287 40,110 33,642 23,404 21,825 33,267 34,422 31,035 26,658 32,469 36,984 400,414
2001 44,187 46,575 44,290 36,906 26,924 28,323 28,566 15,717 11,758 12,904 17,344 23,300 336,794
2002 28,296 31,683 33,084 27,057 26,661 26,355 35,742 35,475 32,982 36,258 37,395 42,183 393,171
2003 40,647 39,081 40,818 33,714 30,048 31,836 43,743 42,111 36,054 49,922 54,946 57,722 500,642
2004 49,950 43,584 38,418 30,672 30,162 32,119 50,525 48,675 51,525 59,442 64,971 66,159 566,202
2005 38,187 36,645 50,418 42,261 40,878 45,699 56,745 51,216 43,536 44,095 48,457 51,171 549,308
2006 52,103 52,687
Table 23
Passenger Arrivals and Departures - 1973 to 2006
Table 25
-
Location
Museum
Museum
Museum
Museum
Table 31
Public Sector Revenue from Tourism (In Rs. million)
ii. The term “International Tourist” (overnight A night spent in a Tourist Hotel, Rest-House or
visitor) is an International Visitor who, stays at Guest-House approved by the Sri Lanka Tourist
least one night in a collective or private accom- Board, as being suitable for occupation by for-
modation in the country visited. eign visitors.
iii. The term “International Excursionist” (same (e) Tourist Hotels (Graded Establishments):
day visitor) refers to an International Visitor, who
does not spend the night in a collective or private All Tourist Hotels, which are reckoned to be up to
accommodation in the country visited. international standards of operation.
To clarify further the following are excluded from
the definition of “International Visitor”: (f ) Supplementary Accommodation:
1. All persons arriving with a specific All Guest-Houses, Rest-Houses, Inns, Youth Hos-
purpose of engaging themselves in gainful occu- tels etc., which are approved by the Sri Lanka
pation or to establish residence in Sri Lanka ir- Tourist Board as being suitable for occupation by
respective of their length of stay. foreign visitors.
2. Diplomatic personnel.
Official Receipts constitute the foreign exchange Price data collected from a sample of tourist es-
purchases and acceptances by authorized dealers tablishments.
and commercial banks from foreign visitors ei-
ther directly or indirectly. (i) Revenue Statistics: