Anual Report 2005

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SRI LANKA FACT FILE

Former Name Ceylon

Location An Island of the Indian Ocean
and seperated from India by
Kilinochchi
Palk Strait (880 km North of
the equator)

Area 65,610 sq. km

Population 20.0 million (2005) Madhu

Capital Sri Jayawardenepura aveli
ommercial Capital

Colombo Willpattu
National Park
14_," Trincomalee
Anuradhapura Seruwawila ,
nguage Sinhala, Tamil & English Mihintale

Religion Buddhism, Hinduism, Medirigiriya
Christianity & Islam .Puttalam Minneriya - • !
Avukana Sigiriya
" Polonnaruwa
Time GMT + 5 1/2 hrs Dambulla. alkudah
Dimbulagala
Yapahuwa
Currency Sri Lankan Rupee atticaloa
Chi! Paduwasnuwara
Climate Low Lands - tropical, average
27 °C, Central Hills - cooler,
with temperatures dropping Bandaranaike Randy
International pinnawaia Mahiyangana
egom Airport
to 14 °C. The south-west Kegalle Ampara
monsoon brings rain to the Katunaike
western, Southern and Colour Nuwara Eliya
Central regions from May to Mt. L Hakgala
Horton,./'
July, while the North-Eastern Adam's Peak Plains
monsoon occurs in the North Ratnapura
',Kalutara 5:11 ,.;) t
and East in December and ..:
Eteruwa , ..•
ki• .,.. '.),-*:/,'
7-....,e,
January. Sri Lanka has a Bentot :N. r Udawalawe Kumana
Kosgod .) -/-' National Park
good climate for holiday-
makers throughout the year Ambalan
Hikkadu rinda

eracy Rate 92.50% *!)t.
Matara.
Hambantota • INDIAN OCEAN
Tangalle
International Airport : Bandaranaike International
Airport
CONTENTS
SECTION /: Page
SUMMARY - PERFORMANCE OF SRI LANKA TOURISM - 2005 05
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 2005 14
Table (a) Market Growth Trends by Nationality - Growth Indices 14
Table 1 Tourist Arrivals by Country of Nationality - 1999 to 2005 15
Chart 2 Tourist Arrivals by Top Ten Markets - 2004 & 2005 16
Table (b) Market Growth Trends by Residence - Growth Indices 16
Table 2 Tourist Arrivals by Country of Residence - 1999 to 2005 17
Chart 2(a) Shares of Tourist Arrivals by Region - 1998 to 2005 18
Chart 2(b) Tourist Arrivals by Region - 2004 & 2005 18
Chart 3 Seasonality of Tourist Traffic - 2005 19
Table (c) Seasonal Variation in Traffic Flow - 1967 to 2005 19
Table 3 Tourist Arrivals by Country of Residence and Month - 2005 20
Chart 4 Mode of Transport and Port of Arrivals - 2004 & 2005 21
Table (d) Relative Importance of Different Ports - Percentage Distribution of Arrivals - 1996 to 2005 21
Table 4 Tourist Arrivals by Country of Residence & Mode of Transport - 2005 22
Chart 5 Tourtst Arrivals by Type of Carrier - 2004 & 2005 23
Table (e) Relative Importance of Different Carriers - Percentage Distribution of Arrivals - 1996 to 2005 23
Table 5 Tourist Arrivals by Country of Residence & Carrier - 2005 24
Table 5(a) Tourist Arrivals by Charter Carriers - 1996 to 2005 25
Chart 6 Regions of Embarkation & Disembarkation - 2005 26
Table (f) Regions of Embarkation & Disembarkation - Percentage Distribution - 1996 to 2005 26
Table 6 Tourist Arrivals by Country of Nationality, Region of Embarkation & Disembarkation — 2005 27
Chart 7 Purpose of Visit - 2004 & 2005 28
Table (g) Percentage Distribution of Tourists by Purpose of Visit - 1996 to 2005 28
Table 7 Tourist Arrivals by Country of Residence & Purpose of Visit - 2005 29
Chart 8(a) Period of Stay - 2004 & 2005 30
Chart 8(b) Average Duration of Stay & Region - 2004 & 2005 30
Table (h) Period of Stay - Percentage Distribution - 1975 to 2005 30
Table 8 Average Duration of Stay and Tourist Nights by Country of Nationality - 2005 31
Chart 9 Tourist Arrivals by Age & Sex - 2004 & 2005 32
Table (i) Percentage Distribution by Sex & Age - 1996 to 2005 32
Table 9 Tourist Arrivals by Country of Residence, Sex & Age - 2005 33
Chart 10 Occupational Categories - 2004 & 2005 34
Table (j) Percentage Distribution by Occupational Categories - 1996 to 2005 34
Table 10 Tourist Arrivals by Country of Residence & Occupation - 2005 35
PART B: SCHEDULED AIRLINE OPERATIONS AND PASSENGER MOVEMENTS 36
Chart 11 Shares of Total Seating Capacity by Carrier - 2005 36
Table 11 Scheduled Airline Operations & Seating Capacity - 2005 36
Chart 12 Growth of Passenger Arrivals & Departures - 1996 to 2005 37
Table 12 Passenger Arrivals and Departures by Port and Category of Travellers (1) - 2005 37
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PART C: ACCOMMODATION INDUSTRY - CAPACITY AND ITS UTILIZATION 38
Chart 13 Shares of Accommodation Capacity (Rooms) by Resort Region - 1996 to 2005 38
Table (k) Accommodation Capacity (Rooms) in Graded Establishments and its Regional Distribution - 1996 to 2005 38
Chart 14 Tourist Nights and Occupancy Rates by Month - 2005 39
Table 13 Accommodation Capacity and Guest Nights in Graded and Supplementary Establishments - 1997 to 2005 39
Chart 14(a) Occupancy Rates by Resort Region - 2004 & 2005 40
Table (I) Occupancy Rates by Region - 1996 to 2005 40
Table 14 Monthly Occupancy Rates in Graded Establishments by Region - 2005 41
Table 14(a) Capacity and Nights in All Accommodation Establishments by Class 41
Table 15 Foreign Guest Nights in Graded Accommodation Establishments by Region and Month - 2005 42
Table 16 Local Guest Nights in Graded Accommodation Establishments by Region and Month - 2005 42
PART D: INCOME & EMPLOYMENT 43
Chart 15 Value of Tourism - 1996 to 2005 43
Table 17 Volume & Value of Tourism - 1997 to 2005 43
Table 18 Foreign Exchange Earnings from Tourism - 2004 & 2005 44
Table (m) Exchange Rates (Annual Average) - 1996 to 2005 44
Chart 16 Direct Employment in the Tourist Industry - 2003 to 2005 45
Table 19 Direct Employment in the Tourist Industry - 2003 to 2005 45
PART E: TOURIST PRICES 46
Chart 17 Tourist Price Index - 1996/97 to 2005/06 46
Table 20 Index of Tourist Prices - 1974/75 to 2005/06 46
PART F: FOREIGN TRAVEL BY SRI LANKANS 47
Chart 18 Sri Lankan Departures - 1996 to 2005 47
Table 21 Sri Lankan Departures - Growth Trends - 1974 to 2005 47
PART G: GROWTH OF TRAVEL & TOURISM 48
Table 22 Tourism Growth Trends - 1966 to 2005 48
Table 23 Tourist Arrivals by Month - 1967 to 2005 49
Table 24 Passenger Arrivals and Departures - 1973 to 2005 49
PART H: REVENUE FROM TOURISM 50
Table 25 Conferences Held and Revenue Earned at BMICH - 1977 to 2005 50
Table 26 Number of Foreign Visitors Visiting the Museums and Revenue from Sale of Tickets - 1981 to 2005 50
Table 27 Number of Foreign Visitors Visiting the Cultural Traingle and Revenue from Sale of Tickets - 1981 to 2005 51
Table 28 Number of Foreign Visitors to the Zoological Gardens and Revenue from Gate Fees - 1977 to 2005 52
Table 29 Revenue from Foreign Visitors Visiting the Botanical Gardens - 1977 to 2005 53
Table 30 Revenue from Foreign Visitors Visiting the Wild Life Parks - 1982 to 2005 54
Table 31 Revenue from Embarkation Tax - 1973 to 2005 55
Table 32 Public Sector Revenue from Tourism (In Rs.million) 55
SECTION III:
DEFINITIONS OF TERMS AND SOURCES OF INFORMATION 56
LIST OF RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS OF THE SRI LANKA TOURIST BOARD 58
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4 TOURIST BOARD Annual Statistical Report of 2005
SECTION I : SUMMARY
Performance of Tourism Sector - 2005
HIGHLIGHTS
Despite the natural disasters that occurred in many parts of the world, particularly Tsunami
(Harbour Waves) in South and South East Asia, world tourism continued to grow at a healthy
rate of 5.5 per cent, from 766 million arrivals in 2004 to 808 million in 2005.
However, tourism in Sri Lanka, one of the few countries affected severely by the Tsunami,
recorded a negative growth with arrivals dropping by 3.0 per cent to 549,308, from the record
figure of 566,202 in the previous year, which was also partially affected by Tsunami.
The Loss of Tourism earnings was much more severe than the loss in arrivals, with a drop of
54.5 per cent, to Rs. 36,377.3 Million (US$ 362.3 mn) during 2005, from Rs. 42,666.3 mn
(US$ 416.8) recorded in the previous year.
Foreign Exchange (FE) Receipts per tourist per day recorded a significant increase to US$
74.6 in 2005, from the US$ 72.2 in the previous year - an increase by 2.4 US$.
Despite the set-back caused by Tsunami, Tourism was able to retain its position as the fourth
largest FE earner. Those that ranked above tourism were - Textiles and Garments - Rs. 291.1
billion; Foreign Remittances - 191.8 billion and Tea - 81.5 billion. Tourism's contribution to
total FE earnings in 2005 amounted to 4.6 per cent as compared to Garments - 29.0 per cent;
Foreign Remittances - 19.1 per cent and Tea - 8.1 per cent.
Western Europe continued to be the single largest source of tourism to Sri Lanka, account-
ing for 41.3 per cent of the total arrivals. However, this was a significant drop in Western
Europe's share when compared with her position in the previous years. The other significant
contributors to the total are - South Asia 27.9 per cent; North America - 8.4 per cent; North
East Asia - 6.7 per cent; South East Asia - 6.1 per cent and Australasia - 5.4 per cent.
In 2005, India emerged as the leading producer of tourism to Sri Lanka with 113,323 arrivals,
accounting for 20.6 per cent of the total traffic.
For the first time in the history of tourism in Sri Lanka, the average duration of stay fell below
9 nights to 8.7, as compared to 10.1 nights in the previous year.
The room capacity in tourist hotels ( graded establishments ) decreased by 1,160, from
14,322 in 2004 to 13,162 in 2005. This was purely due to the destruction caused to the tourism
plant by Tsunami.
The overall Room Occupancy Rate dipped substantially to 45.4 per cent in 2005 as compared
to 59.3 per cent in the previous year - a decrease by 13.9 percentage points.
The total foreign guest nights recorded in registered accommodation establishments

decreased at a much higher rate of 35.0 per cent (as compared to Occupancy Rate ) in 2005
to 2,857,575 from 4,394,404 in the previous year.
The average duration of stay in registered accommodation establishments fell sharply to 5.9
nights in 2005 as compared to 8.4 nights in the previous year - a drop by almost 2.5 nights.
Employment generated in the tourism sector (both direct and indirect) decreased by 3.1 per
cent to 125,004 in 2005.
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A - World Tourism Scene absolute terms in the South Asian Region consisting of
only seven countries including Sri Lanka, but having the
Despite the natural disasters, experienced in many parts second largest regional population in the world, is very
of the world, causing havoc to life and property and minimal - less than one million a year - as compared to
restricting the free movement of people, world tourism the other regions of the world. Thus over the four year
continued to grow in 2005 at a healthy rate of 5.5 per cent period from 2002 - 2005, the average increase per
to a new highest 808 million arrivals as compared to the annum in absolute terms was only 700,000. In the case
previous year's figure of 766 million. The growth recorded of East-Asia and the Pacific region, this figure is
in 2005 can be considered as highly impressive as it approximately 7.5 million arrivals per year.
occurred over and above the exceptional recovery
growth of 10.0 per cent recorded in the previous year Table A-2 below shows the relative shares of World
2004. Tourism Received by the six regions of the world from
2002-2005.
All regions of the world Recorded growths in 2005,
Table A-2
ranging from a low of 4.3 per cent in the European region Regional Distribution of World
to a high of 8.5 per cent in the African region. The table Tourism Arrivals (2002 to 2005)
below gives statistics of world tourist arrivals by major
Region Relative Share
regions for the period 2002 to 2005 along with 2002 2003 2004 2005
percentage changes as compared to the previous years. Africa 4.1 4.4 4.4 7.5
Americas 16.5 16.2 16.4 16.5
Table A-1 E. Asia & Pacific 17.0 15.5 18.0 18.3

Europe 57.5 58.6 55.5 54.9
World Tourist Arrivals by Regions Middle East 4.1 4.3 4.7 4.8
(2002-2005) South Asia 0.8 0.9 1.0 1.0
Total 100 100 100 100
Region 2002 2003 2004 2005 % Change
03/02 04/03 05/04 Source - World Tourism Organization
Africa 29.5 30.7 33.3 36.7 4.1 8.5 10.2
(Note - Figures for 2005 are provisional estimates)
Americas 116.7 113.7 125.3 133.1 -2.6 10.2 6.2
E.Asia & Pacific 120.3 107.8 137.8 148.3 -10.4 27.8 7.6 It is seen that European region still receives more than
Europe 407.4 408.6 425.6 443.9 0.3 4.2 4.3
one half of world tourism (54.9 per cent). while Europe
Middle East 29.2 30.0 35.9 38.4 2.7 19.7 6.9
South Asia 5.8 6.4 7.6 7.9 10.3 18.7 3.9 and Americas taken together, the traditional scenes of
World 709 697 766 808 -1.7 10.0 5.5
international tourism, receive more than seven-tenths,
Source - World Tourism Organization
(Note - Figures for 2005 are provisional estimates) (71.4 per cent) of world tourism.
It is seen that in 2005, all regions of the world recorded However, what is important to note is the gradual decline
modest but impressive growth rates unlike in the previous in the shares of world tourism received by the European
two years which recorded large increases in some regions and the American regions and the corresponding
while others recorded small increases or decreases. The increases in the shares of all other regions, during this
highest growth rate of 10.2 per cent was recorded in the period. Thus the combined share of the European and
African Region and the lowest growth rate of 3.9 per cent American regions declined from 74.0 per cent in 2002 to
was recorded in the South asia. E. Asia & Pacific recorded 71.4 per cent in 2005. All other regions remained either
the second highest rate of 7.6 per cent following the highest relatively stable in their shares or recorded slight
negative growth of 10.4 per cent in 2003 and the highest increases over the base year 2002.
positive growth rate of 27.8 per cent in 2004. In absolute
terms the highest increase of 18.3 million arrivals was B - Tourism Demand - Volume and Value
recorded in the European Region while the lowest increase
in absolute terms of 0.3 million was recorded in the South (B-1) Volume
Asian region.
In 2005, tourism in Sri Lanka was severely effected by
It can also be observed that the annual tourism growth in the Tsunami (Harbour Waves) that hit most parts of
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Eastern, Southern and Western shores of the island, on In terms of US Dollars, the total earning in 2005
the 26th of December 2004, causing heavy losses to amounted to US$ 362.3 million, as against US$
life and property. 416.8 million recorded for the previous year, showing
a slower decrease in dollar terms of 13 per cent.
The tourism plant consisting of all types of accom-
modation, establishments, restaurants, recreation What is more important to note is, despite the
and entertainment facilities, transport equipment, decreases in tourism earnings, in US Dollar, the
tourist shops etc. located in many parts of the increase in the average per day (or per night) spend-
affected coastal belt was also either partially or fully ing of tourists from US Dollars 72.2 in 2004 to US
destroyed by these harbour waves causing heavy Dollars 74.6 in 2005 - an increase by 3.3 per cent.
losses to the tourism industry, thereby reducing the
inflow of tourism to the country for a period of at two It is further interesting to note that this increase in
to three months. average per day spending was associated with a
substantial decrease in the average duration of stay
The recovery of tourist arrivals, particularly the to 8.7 nights in 2005 from 10.1 nights in 2004.
leisure category, in the subsequent months was
slow. However, the total monthly arrival figures were The relative importance of tourism in 2005 as a FE
boosted by a large of influx of Tsunami Aid Workers earner in the overall economy of Sri Lanka can be
from all parts of the world and also the increased seen from the figures given in Table B-1 below.
arrivals recorded from India, the neighbouring
country, as a result of a special promotional Table B-1
campaign offering incentives, carried out by the Sri Relative Importance of Tourism as
FE Earner
Lanka Tourist Board with the assistance of the Sri
Lanka Travel Trade. 2004 2005
Sector FE Earnings % of Total FE Earnings % of Total
Rs. Million FE Earnings Rs. Million FE Earnings
1 Textiles & Garments 268,573 29.3 291,090 29.0
Consequently the overall arrivals for the year 2005
2 Private Foreign
as a whole dropped only by 3.0 per cent to 549,308 -Remittances 158,291 17.3 191.849 19.1
3 Tea 74.897 8.2 81,481 8.1
as compared to the record figure of 566, 202 regis-
4 Tourism 42.666 4.7 36,377 3.6
tered in the previous year. Thus, the Tsunami has
5 Other Agriculture 16,446 I 1.8 18,439 1.8
reversed the tourism growth momentum started in 6 Precious Stones 10,939 1.2 12.088 1.2
2002 as a result of the Peace Process and the 7 Petroleum Products 10.133 1.1 19,170 1.9
8 Coconut 5,936 0.6 11,400 1.1
renewed promotional activities carried out by the
9 Rubber 5,155 0.6 4,724 0.5
Board, registering growth rates of 14.7 per cent in 10 Others 322.820 35.2 337,432 33.6
2003 and 13.1 per cent in 2004. Total 915,856 100.0 1,004,050 100.0
If not for the arrival of Tsunami Aid workers right Thus in 2005, despite the fall in earnings, tourism
throughout the year in large numbers which boosted was able to maintain its position as the 4th largest
the overall arrival figure for the year under review, earner of FE in the national economy - next to Textile
the drop in the total tourist arrival figure for the year and Garments, Foreign Remittances and Tea.
would have been much more drastic than 3.0 per However, the contribution of tourism to the total FE
cent recorded for the year. earnings remained relatively small 3.6 per cent,
which was a drop of one percentage point in its
(B-2) Value share, as compared to the previous year. Tourism
also fell far behind the top three FE earners who
In 2005, the earnings from tourism dropped by 15.0 accounted for 56.2 per cent of the total, namely
per cent, to Rs. 36,377 million as compared to Rs. Textile and Garments -29.0 per cent, Foreign Remit-
42,666 million recorded for the previous year. tances -19.1 per cent and Tea -8.1 per cent.
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Annual Statistical Report of 2005 TOURIST BOARD
C - Sources of Tourism Demand ous growth in arrivals from North America (includes
mainly USA and Canada) over the period 2003 to

Table C-1 below shows Tourist Arrivals broken down 2005 as compared to 1999 is remarkable It is there-
into different source market regions for the years fore evident that North American region is emerging
2003 - 2005 as compared to the base year 1999 and as a major source of tourism demand for Sri Lanka.
the percentage change recorded for each year as

compared with the previous year. Table C-2 below gives the per cent shares of tourism
received from the broad market regions for 2004 to
Table C-1 2005 as compared for the year 1999.
Tourism Arrivals by Regions
(1999, 2003, 2004 & 2005)
Market Region 1999 2003 2004 2005 % Change
Table C-2
03/99 04/03 05/04
America-North 18,477 25,110 29,759 46,457 35.9 18.5 56.1 Relative Importance of
Market Regions
Asia-North East 27,723 32,677 36,705 36,661 17.9 12.3 -0.1
Market Region Percentage Share
Asia-South East 23.646 29,954 27.831 33.337 26.7 -7.1 19.8
1999 2004 2005
Asia-South 63,006 114,700 133,532 153,353 82.0 16.4 12.9 America-North 4.2 5.3 8.4
Australasia 15,159 22,965 26.540 29.738 51.5 15.6 12.1 Asia-North East 6.4 6.5 6.7
Europe-West 275,796 255,169 284,440 227,191 -7.5 11.5 -20.1 Asia-South East 5.4 4.9 6.1
Europe-East 6,204 10.633 14,336 9,290 71.4 34.8 -35.2 Asia-South 14.4 23.6 27.9
Middle East 4.821 6,789 10.463 10.236 40.8 54.1 -2.2 Australasia 3.5 4.7 5.4
Other 1.608 2,625 2,596 3,045 63.2 -1.1 17.3 Europe-West 63.2 50.2 41.3
World 436,440 500,642 566,202 549,308 14.7 13.1 -3.0 Europe-East 1.4 2.5 1.7
Middle East 1.1 1.8 1.9
Other 0.4 0.5 0.6

It can be seen that the largest drop in tourist arrivals
were recorded from Western and Eastern European 100 100 100
regions -20.1 per cent and -35.2 percent respectively

as compared to the previous year. North East Asian
Market region and the Middle East Region have It is seen that the dominance of Western Europe as
recorded only insignificant drops of 0.1 per cent and the major market source for Sri Lanka is gradually
2.2 per cent respectively. dwindling from 63.2 per cent in 1999 to 50.2 per cent
in 2004 and to 41.3 per cent in 2005. On the other
All other market regions recorded increases during hand, the market share of South Asia has expanded
the year under review. North America by 56.1 per from 14.4 per cent in 1999 to 23.6 per cent in 2004
cent, South East Asia 19.8 per cent, South Asia by and to 27.9 per cent in 2005. This is mainly due to
12.9 per cent, Australasia by 12.1 and other regions the growing importance of the Indian Market as a
by 17.3 per cent. However, the increases recorded major source of tourism to Sri Lanka.
from all these regions were not large enough to
offset the substantial decreases recorded from the The other important point to note is that despite very
two European market regions - Western Europe by little promotions done in North America and Austral-
57,249 arrivals and Eastern Europe by 5.406 arrivals asia, these two regions are growing in importance as
adding to a total drop of 62.655 arrivals. sources of tourism demand for Sri Lanka. Quite
obviously, with the commencement of the Peace
An important development to note is the growth by Process, the potential of these two regions as source
16,698 arrivals in absolute terms from North America markets for tourism to Sri Lanka has grown substan-
despite the impact of Tsunami. Further the continu- tially.
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Table C-3 below shows a comparison of the Top-ten source disrupted due to the impact of Tsunami on the flow of traffic. In
markets for tourism to Sri Lanka in the years 2004 and 2005. the past, the peak months for arrivals fall during November
Table C-3 /December/January and the mini peak in July/August.

However, in 2005, the peak month for arrivals was July with
Top-Ten Source Markets in 2004
mini peaks in March and December. The highest number of
Market Total Percentage
arrivals was recorded in July, with the seasonal index moving
Arrivals Share
upto 124, recording a 24 per cent increase above the monthly
U.K. 106,645 18.8
India 105,151 18.6 average. The seasonality ratio in 2005 was 1.1, compared to
Germany 58,258 10.3 1.4 in 2004. The coefficient of seasonal variation in 2005 was
France 29,996 5.3 13, compared to 26 in 2004, indicating a small seasonal
Australia 23.247 4.1 variation in arrivals in 2005 (See Tables C & 3).
Netherlands 21,455 3.8
Japan 19,641 3.5
The Lowest number of arrivals in the past was recorded
Italy 18,862 3.3
USA 15,126 2.7 in May/June, but in 2005 the lowest arrivals were
Maldives 15,013 2.7 recorded in February, with the seasonal index falling to
Total 413,394 73.1 80 (See Table c), which was obviously due to the impact
Top-Ten Source Markets in 2005 of Tsunami.
Market Total Percentage

Arrivals Share Mode of Transport and Port of Arrival
India 113,323 20.6
U.K. 92,629 16.9 Katunayake International Airport. being the only air access
Germany 46,350 8.4 point to Sri Lanka, handled 99.9 per cent of the total tourist
France 26,653 4.9
arrivals during the year under review. The balance 0.1 per
Australia 25,986 4.7
cent used the Colombo Harbour as the port of entry to the
U.S.A. 25,272 4.6
Maldives 24,576 4.5 country (See Tables d & 4).
Canada 21,185 3.9
Japan 17,148 3.1 Arrivals by Carrier
Netherlands 15,156 2.8
Total 408,278 74.4
In 2005, altogether twenty four scheduled airlines operated
Source - Sri Lanka Tourist Board
regular services to Sri Lanka and accounted for 98.9 per cent
The changes in the relative importance of major source of the total tourist traffic to the country. Charter flights (1.0 per
markets can be seen from this table. Thus, India emerged as cent) and arrivals by sea (0.1 per cent) accounted for the
the top producer in 2005 by beating the U.K, when arrivals balance. The drastic drop in the operation of charter flights
from India increased from 105,151 in 2004 to 113,323 in 2005. was due to the impact of Tsunami.
Consequently, the UK slipped to the second position with a
drop in arrivals from 106,645 in 2004 to 92,629 in 2005. The ten leading scheduled airlines (each carried more than
10,000 tourists in 2005) - Sri Lankan Airlines, Emirates,
Germany, France and Australia retained their positions as third, Singapore Airlines, LTU, Indian Airlines, Cathay Pacific
fourth and fifth largest producers, although in absolute terms only Airlines, Qatar Airways, Condor Airways, Thai Airways and
Australia produced an increase in traffic. The USA and the Jet Air - accounted for 89.5 per cent of the total tourist traffic to
Maldives, who occupied the ninth and the tenth positions respec- the country (See Table 5).
tively in 2004 moved up to sixth and the seventh positions, with
substantial increases in arrivals in absolute terms. Inter-regional flights accounted for 77.3 per cent of the total
tourist arrivals, which was an increase of 3.7 per centage
D - Profile Characteristics points when compared with 74.5 per cent recorded for 2004
(See Table e). Correspondingly, the share of intra-regional
(D-1) Seasonality of Arrivals traffic increased to 21.6 per cent, from 21.5 per cent in the
In 2005, seasonal pattern of tourist arrivals to Sri Lanka was previous year.
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During the year under review, only five European 2002, the motivational pattern of tourists visiting
Charter Airlines operated flights to Sri Lanka, bring- the country has undergone significant changes.
ing a total of 5,223 tourists to the country. which was Thus in 2005. the proportion of pleasure tourists
a decrease of 76.5 per cent, when compared with the (namely those who visit the country for holiday,
total of 22,231 tourists in the previous year. In terms recreation site-seeing etc), declined continuously
of market share, the proportion of charter arrivals to 69.6 per cent - from 89.2 per cent in 2001, 85.4
decreased from 3.9 per cent in the previous year to per cent in 2002, 80.8 per cent in 2003, 78.2 per
0.9 per cent in the current year. cent in 2004. Correspondingly, in 2005, those who
visited for private and official business increased
to 16.9 per cent. Meetings and Conventions 2.3

Region of Embarkation and Disembarkation
percent. Visiting Friends and Relations (VFR) 8.0
per cent and 'other purposes' 2.2 per cent, consti-

Europe maintained its importance as the major
tuted the balance.
region of embarkation and disembarkation for
tourists travelling to Sri Lanka. However, compared
It should be noted that these statistics are based on
to the previous year, the proportion of tourists
the declarations made by the tourists in the E/D
embarking from and disembarking in the Indo-
cards on arrival. However, the surveys conducted
Pakistan region, Other Neighbouring Countries
so far indicate that the proportion of pleasure
(include Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and
tourists in the total traffic is very much less -
Maldives) and the other regions showed significant
around two-thirds.
increases while, the proportions of embarking from
and disembarking in the Europe region decreased
(See Table f). Of the total pleasure travellers. 47.1 per cent were
from Western Europe, 34.5 per cent from Asia, 7.9
per cent from North America, 5.9 per cent from

Directions of the flow of traffic in 2005 showed that
Australasia and the balance 4.6 per cent from
25.1 per cent of the total tourists embarked from a
other countries (See Table 7). The largest propor-
point in Europe before arriving in Sri Lanka, while
tion of business tourists (private and official) came
28.5 per cent returned back to Europe directly (See
from Asia with Western Europe taking the second
Table f).
place. It is noteworthy that 66.9 per cent of those
who came for business purposes were from Asian

Although European region produced 43.1 per cent of countries.
total tourist arrivals in 2005, only 22.0 per cent of
European tourists travelled to Sri Lanka directly from

It is interesting to note that the motivational pattern
Europe. Thus, it is evident that a significant propor-
of tourists from the neighbouring market, India,
tion of European tourists undertake journeys to other
which produced over one hundred and ten thousand
countries (multi-destination tours) prior to visiting Sri
tourists in 2005 (the largest) is significantly different
Lanka (See Table 6).
from that of all other markets - namely 52.6 per cent
Pleasure, 32.0 per cent Business, 4.7 per cent Meet-

Purpose of Visit ings and Conventions, 7.7 per cent Visiting Friends
and Relations (VFR) and the balance 3.0 per cent
With the continued increase in tourist traffic since Other Purposes.
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(D-6) Average Duration of Stay and Tourist Nights male and the balance 37.5 per cent female (See Table i).
The average duration of stay of tourists in the country The age distribution showed that the highest proportion of
decreased significantly from 10.1 nights in the previous tourists were in the age bracket 30 - 39 years, accounting
year. to 8.7 nights in 2005 (See Table h). This was mainly for 24.3 per cent of the total traffic - a decrease by 2.1
due to the Tsunami devastation in the coastal area and percentage points over 26.4 per cent recorded for 2004.
decreases in the proportions of tourists, who stayed in the Compared to the 2004, all age groups except the groups
country between one to two weeks. The proportions of 20-29 and 30-39 showed increases, in 2005.
tourists who stayed between 1-3 nights, 22-30 nights and
31 & more nights showed increases of 51.6 per cent, 36.8 (D-8) Occupation
per cent, and 50.0 per cent respectively.
According to declarations made in the Immigration Card,
It is also interesting to note that, 38.5 per cent of tourists 71.6 per cent of the tourists were gainfully occupied, in
stayed 3 nights or less, whilst 24.3 per cent stayed comparison to the 75.6 per cent recorded for 2004. Retired
between 4-7 nights, 25.3 per cent stayed between 8-14 persons constituted 4.7 per cent while the balance 23.7
nights and 11.9 per cent stayed for more than two per cent declared themselves as having no occupation.
weeks. Those in the "No Occupation" category were mainly
housewives and dependants (See Tables 10 & j).
The total number of nights spent by the 549,308 tourists
who visited the country in 2005 amounted to 4,754,085. Of the tourists who engaged in gainful occupations, 24.3
This was a decrease of 17.2 per cent when compared with per cent were engaged in "Other Occupations" viz.: white-
the 5,742,425 nights recorded for the previous year (See collar workers in the non-executive grades and skilled/
Table 8). This was a decrease of approximately one million semi-skilled workers.
tourist nights in absolute terms.
Others in gainful occupations were Executives (15.6 per
In 2005, the total number of tourist nights spent in graded cent), Businessmen (13.8 per cent), Professionals (6.7 per
hotels was 2,857,575. This was a decrease of 35.0 per cent). Scientists & Technicians (6.6 per cent) and Educa-
cent, when compared with the figure of 4,394,404 nights tionists (4.6 per cent).
recorded in 2004 (See Table 13). Thus the graded hotels
have lost a little over 1.5 million tourist nights as a result of Scheduled Airline Operations
Tsunami.
Twenty four scheduled airlines operated flights to Sri Lanka in
However, the tourist nights spent in supplementary 2005 (See Table 5). During the summer season from May to
establishments amounted to 391,520 in 2005, which was October, the number of flights operated per week amounted to
an increase of 12.0 per cent, as compared to 349,510 269 with a seating capacity of 63,630 per week.
nights recorded in 2004.
During the winter season from November 2004 to April 2005,
It is interesting to note that in 2005, only 64.9 per cent of the number of flights operated amounted to 298 per week,
the tourist nights were spent in graded establishments with a seating capacity of 70,148 per week (See Table 11).
(decreased by11.6 per cent over last year), while another
8.9 per cent were spent in supplementary accommodation Passenger Movements
establishments. The balance 26.2 per cent of the tourist
nights have been spent in unregistered accommodation In 2005, the two-way movement of passengers (includes
units and private houses (See Table 13). arrivals and departure), through the Katunayake International
Airport, amounted to 2.76 million. This represented a
(D-7) Age & Sex Distributions decrease of 6.5 per cent as compared to the two-way passen-
ger traffic of 2.94 million recorded for the previous year. (See
Of the total tourist arrivals in 2005, 62.5 per cent were Tables 12 & 24).
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Annual Statistical Report of 2005 TOURIST BOARD 11
Analysis of the composition of this two-way passenger traffic Region-wise, the highest occupancy level was recorded in the
revealed that as many as 51.1 per cent of these passengers Colombo City (76.3 per cent), followed by the Greater
were Sri Lankans. The two-way tourist passengers accounted Colombo region (44.8 per cent) and the Ancient Cities region
for 40.3 per cent of the total. The balance 8.6 per cent were (39.5 per cent).
Resident Visa holders and other foreign travellers, who could
not be classified as tourists (See Table 12). In 2005, the highest overall monthly occupancy rate of 53.9
per cent was recorded in December and the lowest monthly
G - Tourism Supply occupancy rate of 35.9 per cent in January (generally the
lowest occupancy recorded during off seasons months
Accommodation Capacity June/May but it was unusual due to the tsunami) (See Table
14).
In 2005, the number of registered tourist hotels decreased to
234 with 14,248 rooms from 240 in the previous year due to (G-3) Guest Nights
the cancellation of 6 hotels. who have not met the necessary
requirements. Out of 234 registered hotels, 223 hotels were in In 2005, total foreign guest nights recorded in all tourist hotels
operation with 13,162 rooms - a reduction of eleven hotels amounted to 2,857,575. which was a decrease of 35.0 per
with 1.086 rooms. including completely and partly damaged cent over the figure of 4,394,404 nights recorded in the
hotels due to Tsunami which were not in operation up to previous year (See Table 13). The local guest nights recorded
December 2005. in these hotels also decreased at a slower rate of 15.6 per
cent from 969,343 to 818,207 during the same period. As a
However, the supply of supplementary accommodation units result the proportion of local guest nights recorded in these
(namely guest-houses, motels. inns etc) increased substan- hotels increased from 18.1 per cent in 2004 to 22.2 per cent in
tially. by 70 additional units, from 345 in 2004 to 415 in 2005. 2005.
The room capacity in these units increase by 644, from 3,318
to 3,962 during the same period. But the capacity increase in Notably, there was a significant increase in the number of
supplementary accommodation was not large enough to foreign guest nights recorded in supplementary accommoda-
compensate the capacity losses in graded accommodation. tion establishments by 12.0 per cent, from 349,510 in 2004 to
391,520 in 2005. Quite obviously. there was a greater
The distribution of hotel room capacity by tourist resort regions utilization of supplementary accommodation facilities as there
in 2005 changed significantly in the South and East Coasts was a shortage of rooms in graded hotels after tsunami in the
mainly due to the tsunami devastation in those areas. The coastal areas.
capacity distribution was 33.7 per cent in the South Coast
region, 22.2 per cent in the Colombo City region, 18.9 per cent The local guest nights recorded in these establishments also
in the Greater Colombo region (including Negombo). and 18.4 increased substantially by 15.2 per cent, from 411,477 in
per cent in the Ancient Cities region and the balance 6.7 per 2004 to 474,095 in 2005. Thus, the local guest nights as a
cent in the Hill Country and the East Coast regions. proportion of total guest nights in these establishments
increased slightly from 53.5 per cent in 2004 to 54.8 per cent
Occupancy Rate in 2005.
As a result of the decrease in arrivals from the European The total of foreign guest nights recorded in all
regions and the average duration of stay during the year under registered accommodation establishments (both tourist
review. the overall annual room occupancy rate of tourist hotels and supplementary accommodation) in 2005
hotels decreased significantly to 45.4 per cent in 2005, from amounted to 3,249,095, accounting for 73.8 per cent
59.3 per cent in the previous year - a decrease by 13.9 of the total tourist nights spent in the country as
percentage points (See Table I). against to 82.6 per cent in 2004. On this basis, the
average duration of stay of foreign tourists in
All regions excepting Colombo City. have recorded decreases registered accommodation establishments works out to
in room occupancy in 2005, when compared with the 5.9 nights in 2005 as compared to 8.4 nights in the
corresponding figures for 2004 (See Table I). previous years.
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In 2005, the distribution of foreign guest nights in tourist 14.0 per cent in the Managerial grades.
hotels by resort regions shows that 33.8 per cent of the total
foreign guest nights have been spent in the Colombo City The total indirect employment in the supplying sector in 2005
Region. The South Coast resort region accounted for 23.3 per was estimated at 72,919 (See Table 22). Thus the total of both
cent, Ancient Cities region 19.1 per cent, Greater Colombo direct and indirect employment as a result of tourism in 2005
region 18.1 per cent, Hill Country 4.9 per cent and East Coast add up to 125,004. This was a decrease of 3.1 per cent over
region 0.8 per cent (See Table15). the figure of 129,062 recorded in 2004.
In 2004, the distribution of foreign guest nights in tourist Another interesting comparison is the ratio of jobs generated,
hotels by resort regions shows that 38.2 per cent of the total both directly and indirectly, to the number of tourist arrivals. In
foreign guest nights have been spent in the South Coast 2005, this ratio was one job for every 4.4 arrivals.
resort region. The Colombo City region accounted for 21.7 per
cent, Ancient Cities region 18.6 per cent, Greater Colombo I - Tourist Prices
region 16.1 per cent, Hill Country 4.1 per cent and East Coast
region 1.4 per cent. In 2005, the overall tourist price index showed a marginal
increase of 0.7 per cent, when compared with the previous
H - Employment in the Tourist Industry year. In absolute terms, it increased by only 35 percentage
points from 4,761 in the 2004/2005 season, to 4,796 in the
Tourism generates employment directly in tourism related 2005/2006 season (See Table 20). The category in which the
business establishments such as hotels and other accommo- highest rate of increase in prices was recorded is the
dation units, restaurants, travel and tour agencies, recreation Transport sector - 16.7 per cent, followed by Food and
and entertainment businesses, souvenir, handicraft and other beverage category - 1.9 per cent while Accommodation
shops etc and also indirectly in those businesses which sell sector decreased by 5.4 per cent. Within the accommodation
goods and services to the tourism sector. In general, it has sector, the price increase occurred only in the City area - 1.9
been found that indirect employment generated as a result of per cent.
tourism is much higher than the direct employment. Research
conducted in Sri Lanka indicates that ratio of direct employ- J - Public Sector Revenue
ment to indirect employment is 1:1.4. This means that for
every 100 jobs created in the tourism sector there will be 140 Public sector institutions derive revenue from tourism in a
jobs generated in the supplying sectors. variety of ways, namely direct and indirect taxes, fees and
levies, profits from business undertakings etc. However,
The total number of persons employed directly in the tourism statistics of revenue collections are readily available only from
sector at the end of 2005 amounted to 52,085, which was a a few sources, such as embarkation levy, tourism develop-
decrease of 3.1 per cent over the figure of 53,776 recorded in ment levy, embarkation tax, entrance fees to cultural triangle,
2004 (See Table 19). national parks, museums, botanical gardens etc. The revenue
collections from some of these sources are given in Tables 26
Like in the previous years, the majority of direct employment to 32.
amounting to 64.3 per cent of the total was in the accommo-
dation and catering sectors. Travel and tour Agencies The revenue collected from the listed sources in 2005
accounted for 11.8 per cent while Airlines accounted for 11.3 amounted to Rs.1, 880.3 million as compared to Rs.2, 526.6
per cent. It is noteworthy that the airlines sector increased million collected from the same sources in the previous year.
their employment capacity by 21.9 per cent while accommo- This was a decrease by 25.6 per cent. The Embarkation Levy
dation & catering, travel & tour agents, tourist shops and and Tourism Development Levy were imposed from the latter
agencies providing recreational facilities showed decreases part of 2003.
(See Table 19).
The main contributors to the total revenue collected in 2005
Of the total direct employment, 58.9 per cent were in the were; tourism embarkation levy - Rs.674.2 million, embarka-
Technical, Clerical and Supervisory grades, 27.1 per cent tion tax - Rs.549.3 million, and the cultural triangle entrance
were in the Manual and Operative grades and the balance fees - 284.7 million.
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SECTION II: STATISTICAL TABLES AND CHARTS Chart 1
Part A: Trends and Structural Characteristics of Tourist Traffic
Tourist Arrivals by Year - 1966 to 2005
MIN Arrivals %Change

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

(Average 1963/1966 = 100)
Average
Annual
Growth
Market 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 Rates
Western Europe 2,147 2,764 3,073 3,519 3,330 2,609 2,560 3,255 3,640 2,903 9.0
Asia 1,690 1,802 1,615 1,900 1,525 1,486 2,371 2,950 3,260 3,706 9.7
North America 355 470 524 527 493 463 569 713 871 1,328 6.9
Australasia 1,040 1,443 1,489 1,795 2,162 1,533 1,579 2,363 3,314 3,508 9.6
Others 1,378 1,556 1,507 1,574 1,547 1,707 2,067 2,873 3,265 2,815 8.9
All Markets 1,590 1,926 2,004 2,295 2,106 1,771 2,068 2,633 2,978 2,889 9.0
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Table 1
Tourist Arrivals by Country of Nationality - 1999 to 2005

Country of
Nationality 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
NORTH AMERICA 18,534 17,352 16,304 20,004 25,099 30,654 46,727

Canada 7,935 7,521 7,804 8,337 11,109 14,974 21,335
U.S.A. 10,599 9,831 8,500 11,667 13,990 15,680 25,392
LATIN AMERICA &
THE CARIBBEAN 336 342 400 549 636 715 732
WESTERN EUROPE 275,871 261,011 204,510 200,676 255,179 285,366 227,558
Austria 6,123 6,312 5,788 6,144 7,337 8,625 4,148
Belgium 5,667 10,230 5,226 4,731 4,268 5,718 3,891
Denmark 2,010 1,662 1,630 1,980 2,732 3,496 3,793
Finland 1,278 2,319 538 726 1,103 1,989 1,150
France 34,491 26,120 20,989 19,980 28,576 30,422 26,641
Germany 77.340 70,635 60,370 55,137 58,875 58,932 46,320
Italy 19,818 16,719 13,283 12,171 15,648 17,984 10,147
Netherlands 29,682 22,632 11,257 11,763 18,212 21,487 15,252
Norway 2,046 2,010 2,285 2,892 3,677 3,444 4,333
Spain 2,406 1,866 1,547 2,349 2,801 2,987 1,781
Sweden 2,673 4,338 4,318 2,523 3,916 8,140 5,462
Switzerland 8,364 8,493 6,227 9,312 11,177 10,687 8,339
U.K. 81,033 84,807 68,554 67,932 93,306 107,042 92,929
Others 2,940 2,868 2,498 3,036 3,551 4,413 3,372
EASTERN EUROPE 6,255 6,840 7,045 8,046 10,600 14,259 9,305
Russia 3,174 3,552 2,534 2,943 3,683 4,985 3,719
Others 3,081 3,288 4,511 5,103 6,917 9,274 5,586
MIDDLE EAST 4,815 4,347 5,364 6,462 6,759 9,486 10,230
AFRICA 1,236 891 902 1,545 1,925 1,759 2,337
ASIA 114,261 91,409 89,343 142,578 177,377 196,023 222,844
Bangladesh 1,140 1,218 1,738 1,518 1,851 1,760 2,325
China (P.R.) 1,707 2,220 3,789 4,350 7,380 9,424 9,818
Hong Kong, China 3,168 3,243 2,115 3,582 3,150 916 1,219
India 42,267 31,851 33,932 69,996 90,639 104,390 113,023
Indonesia 4,260 2,607 1,075 1,473 1,392 1,426 1,639
Japan 16,353 10,287 9,241 13,566 17,178 19,747 17,163
Korea (South) 2,487 2,615 2,795 2,607 2,700 4,597 6,023
Malaysia 6,003 4,830 3,917 9,603 9,283 9,939 11,668
Maldives 7,587 7,941 8,975 9,855 11,577 15,201 24,396
Nepal 570 528 512 86 977 890 1,077
Pakistan 11,424 10,017 8,522 6,726 9,674 9,629 11,056
Philippines 1,431 1,428 1,422 1,626 2,418 1,807 2,360
Singapore 6,864 5,010 4,505 7,578 8,423 7,866 10,796
Thailand 4,293 3,429 2,931 3,954 6,008 5,209 5,409
Taiwan (P.C.) 3,957 3,546 2,821 3,417 2,532 1,929 2,705
Others 750 639 1,053 1,941 2,195 1,293 2,167
AUSTRALASIA 15,132 18,222 12,926 3,311 23,067 27,940 29,575
Australia 13,284 16,476 11,330 11,334 20,075 24,471 25,836
New Zealand 1,782 1,722 1,533 1,920 2,858 3,331 3,608
Others 66 24 63 57 134 138 131
Total 436,440 400,414 336,794 393,171 500,642 566,202 549,308
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Chart 2
Tourist Arrivals by Top Ten Markets - 2004 & 2005
2004
120,000 2005
sr^ as
100,000
80,000
60,000
40,000
20,000
India U.K Germany France Australia U. S. A Maldives Canada Japan Netherlands
By Country of Residence
Market Growth Trends by Residence - Growth Indices

Table (b)
(Average 1963/1966 = 100)
Average
Annual
Growth
Market 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 Rates
Western Europe 2,262 2,866 3,230 3,727 3,525 2,757 2,707 3,449 3,844 3,071 9.2
Asia 1,450 1,605 1,409 1,617 1,294 1,268 2,022 2,507 2,800 3,157 9.3
North America 449 575 632 666 624 576 716 905 1,072 1,674 7.5
Australasia 1,245 1,664 1,727 2,153 2,589 1,862 1,876 3,262 3,770 4,224 10.1
Others 1,047 1,211 1,195 1,187 1,177 1,315 1,573 1,884 2,575 2,121 8.1
All Markets 1,590 1,926 2,004 2,295 2,106 1,771 2,068 2,633 2,978 2,889 9.0
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Table 2
Tourist Arrivals by Country of Residence - 1999 to 2005

Country of
Residence 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
NORTH AMERICA 18,477 17,319 15,983 19,866 25,110 29,759 46,457
Canada 7,905 7,503 7,609 8,301 11,164 14,633 21,185
U.S.A. 10,572 9,816 8,374 11,565 13,946 15,126 25,272
LATIN AMERICA &
THE CARIBBEAN 372 447 429 555 634 741 705
WESTERN EUROPE 275,796 260,824 203,984 200,295 255,169 284,440 227,191
Austria 6,108 6,294 5,968 6,117 7,310 8,633 4,127
Belgium 5,643 10,224 5,250 4,767 4,304 5,582 3,855
Denmark 2,016 1,653 1,628 1,968 2,720 3,269 3,781
Finland 1,569 2,316 535 729 1,106 1,989 1,150
France 34,458 25,992 20,949 19,989 28,585 29,996 26,653
Germany 77,259 70,584 60,405 55,170 58,908 58,258 46,350
Italy 19,815 16,833 12,074 12,177 15,654 18,862 10,192
Netherlands 29,670 22,618 12,569 11,748 18,197 21,455 15,156
Norway 2,025 2,010 2,261 2,889 3,674 3,477 4,330
Spain 2,400 1,848 1,529 2,328 2,780 3,010 1,781
Sweden 2,691 4,344 4,265 2,487 3,880 7,979 5,402
Switzerland 8,310 8,490 6,228 9,375 11,240 10,610 8,399
U.K. 80,919 84,693 67,830 67,533 93,278 106,645 92,629
Others 2,913 2,925 2,493 3,018 3,533 4,675 3,386
EASTERN EUROPE 6,204 6,840 7,065 8,079 10,633 14,336 9,290
Russia 3,183 3,552 2,542 2,946 3,686 5,000 3,704
Others 3,021 3,288 4,523 5,133 6,947 9,336 5,586
MIDDLE EAST 4,821 4,341 5,544 6,492 6,789 10,463 10,236
AFRICA 1,236 894 952 1,611 1,991 1,855 2,340
South Africa 282 372 341 660 980 987 1,107
Others 954 522 611 951 1,011 868 1,233
ASIA 114,375 91,521 89,732 143,064 177,351 198,068 223,351
Bangladesh 1,137 1,218 1,745 1,521 1,830 1,721 2,316
China (P.R.) 1,704 2,208 3,721 4,338 7,251 9,088 9,668
Hong Kong, China 3,255 3,348 2,319 3,759 3,075 1,538 1,069
India 42,315 31,860 33,924 69,960 90,603 105,151 113,323
Indonesia 4,254 2,604 1,081 1,476 1,395 1,466 1,669
Japan 16,332 10,266 9,237 13,602 17,115 19,641 17,148
Korea (South) 2,484 2,613 2,778 2,616 2,709 4,531 6,056
Malaysia 6,012 4,833 3,910 9,651 9,331 10,132 11,578
Maldives 7,557 7,935 9,019 9,861 11,583 15,013 24,576
Nepal 576 534 508 789 980 883 1,071
Pakistan 11,421 10,005 8,562 6,756 9,704 9,638 11,029
Philippines 1,431 1,428 1,427 1,641 2,433 1,808 2,366
Singapore 6,858 5,019 4,641 7,599 8,444 8,546 11,156
Thailand 4,278 3,408 2,956 3,945 5,999 5,035 5,424
Taiwan (P.C.) 3,948 3,543 2,834 3,432 2,547 1,907 2,720
Others 813 699 1,070 2,118 2,352 1,970 2,182
AUSTRALASIA 15,159 18,228 13,105 13,209 22,965 26,540 29,738
Australia 13,218 16,443 11,457 11,217 19,958 23,247 25,986
New Zealand 1,785 1,737 1,528 1,920 2,858 3,184 3,617
Others 156 48 120 72 149 109 135
Total 436,440 400,414 336,794 393,171 500,642 566,202 549,308
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Chart 2 (a)
Shares of Tourist Arrivals by Region - 1998 to 2005
= Western Europe
2005
CD Asia
2004 n North America
2003 I E:=1 Australasia
Eastern Europe
2002
= Others
a)
>-
2001
2000 1
1999
1998 •

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
Share
Tourist Arrivals by Region - 2004 & 2005

Chart 2 (b)
=2004 1=112005
46,457
North America
I 29,759
1705
Latin America
]741
&The Caribbean
227,191
Western Europe
1 284.440
0
9.290
c” Eastern Europe
w
1 14.336
10,236
Middle East
10,463
Africa
1 2,340
1,855
223,351
Asia
1198,068
29,738
Australasia
—1 26.540
0 50,000 100,000 150.000 200,000 250,000
300,000
Tourist Arrivals
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Chart 3
Seasonality of Tourist Traffic - 2005
Arrivals Indices 56,745 130
60,000
50,418 51,216 51,171
120
50,000 45,699
42,261 40,878 110
38,187 36,645
40,000
0 100
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Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Month

Seasonal Variation in Traffic Flow - 1967 to 2005 Table (c)
(Seasonal Indices) (1)
Coefficient
Seasona- of Seasonal
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec lity Ratio(2) Variation(3)
1967 128 117 119 101 97 64 82 101 82 87 94 127 1.3 22

1968 113 117 112 88 84 59 84 88 87 109 98 161 1.6 25
1969 132 123 112 82 79 58 72 84 78 107 120 153 1.5 27
1970 134 141 125 85 97 56 67 87 80 88 95 145 1.4 28
1971 179 199 156 47 29 29 57 75 57 78 121 173 2.0 60
1972 123 125 119 66 70 50 79 99 73 96 132 168 1.7 33
1973 145 129 121 84 66 50 91 103 64 91 110 146 1.5 30
1974 154 136 139 90 46 47 76 87 70 88 118 149 1.5 37
1975 137 121 130 68 65 56 69 100 62 87 131 174 1.7 44
1976 158 153 135 90 62 46 43 35 68 107 137 166 1.7 47
1977 137 141 143 77 59 43 77 87 59 90 134 153 1.5 37
1978 144 140 128 73 55 44 82 97 64 89 129 155 1.6 36
1979 136 121 122 90 63 51 81 97 71 93 123 152 1.5 30
1980 135 126 128 81 73 57 86 102 74 88 108 142 1.4 27
1981 146 127 124 92 70 54 92 106 78 87 96 127 1.5 26
1982 121 118 124 88 85 77 91 101 88 89 99 119 1.2 16
1983 175 156 159 116 117 87 89 30 36 58 73 104 1.7 45
1984 127 122 123 89 69 68 101 104 82 98 105 112 1.3 19
1985 134 126 139 92 65 52 86 94 71 85 108 148 1.5 30
1986 172 159 151 101 68 50 64 79 65 66 94 131 1.7 41
1987 167 156 150 106 54 50 67 75 66 80 93 135 1.7 40
1988 134 126 128 91 73 76 116 123 98 110 69 56 1.3 25
1989 84 80 104 80 83 75 99 112 93 98 123 169 1.7 25
1990 107 106 109 92 74 73 106 108 90 93 99 143 1.4 18
1991 109 106 103 78 67 66 115 109 94 95 107 151 1.5 22
1992 108 118 101 86 64 70 103 122 91 97 109 125 1.3 18
1993 131 123 116 91 68 62 101 100 84 94 107 123 1.3 21
1994 134 121 122 83 64 63 104 97 91 98 98 126 1.3 22
1995 137 127 119 100 73 67 107 107 92 91 84 95 1.4 21
1996 123 117 105 81 70 78 101 98 92 93 99 142 1.4 20
1997 107 115 112 88 73 76 101 105 98 93 105 128 1.3 16
1998 117 111 102 81 64 71 93 99 100 100 121 142 1.4 21
1999 122 114 113 95 69 72 92 107 93 97 115 111 1.2 16
2000 130 130 121 101 70 66 100 104 93 80 98 105 1.3 20
2001 157 166 158 131 96 101 102 56 42 46 62 83 1.4 43
2002 86 97 101 83 81 80 109 108 101 111 114 129 1.5 15
2003 97 94 98 81 72 76 105 101 86 120 132 138 1.4 23
2004 106 92 81 65 64 68 107 103 109 126 138 140 1.4 26
2005 83 80 110 92 89 100 124 112 95 96 106 112 1.1 13
Seasonal Indices are compiled by taking average arrivals per month as 100
Seasonality Ratio = Highest Monthly Arrivals / Average Arrival per month
Coefficient of Seasonal Variation is obtained by calculating the standard deviation of the Seasonal Indices
(3)
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Table 3
Tourist Arrivals by Country of Residence & Month - 2005

Season-
Country Of ality
Residence Total Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ratio
NORTH AMERICA 46,457 5,007 3,339 4,029 2,856 3,432 5,193 6,144 4,440 2,586 2,642 2,856 3,933 1.6
Canada 21,185 1857 1,233 1,656 1,359 1,656 2,757 3,138 2,316 1,161 1,271 1,116 1,665 1.8
U.S.A. 25,272 3150 2,106 2,373 1,497 1,776 2,436 3,006 2,124 1,425 1,371 1,740 2,268 1.5
LATIN AMERICA &
THE CARIBBEAN 705 57 48 27 51 54 93 60 48 69 102 60 36 1.6
WESTERN EUROPE 227,191 13,791 15,303 20,298 17,700 14,670 16,920 25,593 22,179 17,619 20,910 21,378 20,830 1.4
Austria 4,127 378 357 318 309 195 198 321 297 261 435 528 530 1.5
Belgium 3,855 312 435 474 258 234 231 411 231 324 330 315 300 1.5
Denmark 3,781 249 249 222 258 195 759 570 246 180 183 294 376 2.4
Finland 1,150 138 150 135 102 51 60 18 60 60 66 114 196 2.0
France 26,653 1335 1,641 2,796 3,864 2,118 2,118 3,054 2,457 1,464 1,980 2,241 1,585 1.7
Germany 46,350 2235 2,967 4,638 3,231 3,156 2,529 4,503 4,071 3,963 4,948 5,652 4,457 1.5
Netherlands 15,156 957 1,038 1,068 819 780 1,233 2,085 1,032 1,266 1,548 1,644 1,686 1.3
Italy 10.192 678 684 687 792 483 795 927 1,623 972 985 798 768 1.9
Norway 4,330 474 279 408 276 291 588 783 303 231 270 174 253 1.6
Spain 1,781 153 138 108 102 96 81 159 300 150 129 177 188 1.3
Sweden 5,402 372 375 453 309 309 471 261 222 237 456 963 974
Switzerland 8,399 576 630 729 597 414 600 1,230 486 510 891 897 839 1.8
U.K. 92,629 5658 6,024 7,989 6,540 6,114 6,978 10,944 10,524 7,722 8,452 7,326 8,358 1.4
Others 3,386 276 336 273 243 234 279 327 327 279 237 255 320 1.2
EASTERN EUROPE 9,290 594 471 753 1,062 627 525 549 678 681 1,194 999 1,157 1.5
Russia 3,704 255 117 246 291 177 135 210 318 330 558 555 512 1.7
Others 5,586 339 354 507 771 450 390 339 360 351 636 444 645 1.7
AFRICA 2,340 231 201 120 177 135 225 135 183 219 182 258 274 1.4
SouthAfrica 1,107 150 105 72 75 66 105 51 75 84 68 132 124 1.6
Others 1,233 81 96 48 102 69 120 84 108 135 114 126 150 1.5
MIDDLE EAST 10,236 672 591 573 597 468 819 1,500 2,148 858 621 579 810 1.8
ASIA 223,351 15,201 14,814 22,359 17,802 19,665 19,275 19,869 19,161 19,176 16,644 19,318 20,067 1.1
China (P.R.) 9,668 396 369 819 630 690 942 987 837 951 993 972 1,082 1.3
Hong Kong,China 1,069 150 168 114 27 36 66 45 69 39 51 151 153 1.9
India 113,323 6639 7,233 11,679 9,024 10,524 9,519 9,201 9,147 9,468 9,729 10,524 10,636 1.2
Indonesia 1,669 81 96 171 108 132 147 117 162 177 87 168 223 1.6
Japan 17,148 1341 1,053 1,617 1,335 1,284 1,164 1,584 2,322 1,641 1,206 1,224 1,377 1.1
Korea (South) 6,056 822 573 444 351 498 423 711 717 366 411 381 359 1.6
Malaysia 11,578 921 840 1,212 828 1,152 945 894 885 792 795 1,041 1,273
Maldives 24,576 1950 1,611 2,037 2,652 1,932 2,055 2,970 1,893 2,145 918 2,343 2,070 PO-
..J
Pakistan 11,029 597 762 1,659 825 792 888 1,305 957 1,053 627 759 805 1.8
Philippines 2,366 255 117 183 222 270 264 174 189 225 165 159 143 1.4
Singapore 11,156 1014 801 1,005 696 1,092 1,404 789 837 1,041 843 714 920 1.5
Thailand 5,424 303 546 720 468 456 600 438 387 423 387 297 399 1.6
Taiwan (P.C.) 2,720 333 114 174 231 243 258 258 216 363 171 153 206 1.6
Others 5,569 399 531 525 405 564 600 396 543 492 261 432 421 1.3
AUSTRALASIA 29,738 2,634 1,878 2,259 2,016 1,827 2,649 2,895 2,379 2,328 1,800 3,009 4,064 1.0
Australia 25.986 2298 1,656 1.947 1,770 1,551 2,373 2,547 2,145 2.064 1,647 2,610 3,378 1.6
New Zealand 3,617 330 216 303 240 255 264 339 228 240 147 387 668 2.2
Others 135 6 6 9 6 21 12 9 6 24 6 12 18 2.1
Total 549,308 38,187 36,645 50,418 42,261 40,878 45,699 56,745 51,216 43,536 44,095 48,457 51,171 1.1
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Chart 4
Mode of Transport and Port of Arrivals - 2004 & 2005
Katunayake 99.9%
Colombo 0.1%
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Relative Importance of Different Ports - Table (d)

Percentage Distribution of Arrivals - 1996 to 2005
Port 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
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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Table 4
Tourist Arrivals by Country of Residence &

Mode of Transport - 2005
Country of By Air By Sea
Residence Total Katunayake Colombo
NORTH AMERICA 46,457 46,442 15
Canada 21,185 21,185 0
U.S.A. 25,272 25,257 15
LATIN AMERICA &
THE CARIBBEAN 705 705 0
WESTERN EUROPE 227,191 227,074 117
Austria 4,127 4,127 0
Belgium 3,855 3,855 0
Denmark 3,781 3,769 12
Finland 1,150 1,150 0
France 26,653 26,653 0
Germany 46,350 46,305 45
Italy 10,192 10,186 6
Netherlands 15,156 15,138 18
Norway 4,330 4,309 21
Spain 1,781 1,781 0
Sweden 5,402 5,402 0
Switzerland 8,399 8,399 0
UK 92,629 92,614 15
Others 3,386 3,386 0
EASTERN EUROPE 9,290 9,275 15
Russia 3,704 3,689 15
Others 5,586 5,586 0
AFRICA 2,340 2,340 0
MIDDLE EAST 10,236 10,236 0
ASIA 223,351 223,147 204
China (P.R.) 9,668 9,647 21
Hong Kong, China 1,069 1,069 0
India 113,323 113,251 72
Indonesia 1,669 1,660 9
Japan 17,148 17,148 0
Korea (South) 6,056 6,056 0
Malaysia 11,578 11,578 0
Maldives 24,576 24,576 0
Pakistan 11,029 11,002 27
Philippines 2,366 2,354 12
Singapore 11,156 11,135 21
Thailand 5,424 5,424 0
Taiwan (P.C.) 2,720 2,702 18
Others 5,569 5,545 24
AUSTRALASIA 29,738 29,738 0
Australia 25,986 25,986 0
New Zealand 3,617 3,617 0
Others 135 135 0
Total 549,308 548,957 351
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Chart 5
Tourist Arrivals by Type of Carrier - 2004 & 2005
Carrier 2004 2005
Inter-Regional Flights 74.5% 77.3%
11111 Intra-Regional Flights 21.5% 21.6%
Charter Flights 3.9% 1.0%
aig Sea Carrier 0.1% 0.1%
Relative Importance of Different Carriers - Percentage Distribution Table (e)

of Arrivals - 1996 to 2005
Carrier 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Inter-Regional Flights 67.5 69.8 69.0 69.9 74.1 78.0 79.6 77.8 74.5 77.3
Intra-Regional Flights 27.6 24.7 19.7 19.6 18.8 18.6 18.0 18.9 21.5 21.6
Charter Flights 4.8 5.4 11.2 10.4 7.1 3.3 2.3 3.2 3.9 1.0
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 0.0 0.0 0.0 00
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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Tourist Arrivals by Country of Residence & Carrier - 2005 Table 5
Country of Sri Aero- Thai Malaysian Air Emi- Kuwait Gulf Royal Austrian Qatar CSA Martin Kras Air Ethihad Sea Charter
Residence Total Lankan flot SIA PIA Saudia AJW AIL IAC Sahara JetAir rates AJW Air LTU xdanian CX Airlines Condor AIW Czech Air AIL Arabia Airways Carrier Carrier
NORTH AMERICA 46,457 26,966 30 4,014 111 114 1,257 501 429 339 300 4,008 1,056 105 66 144 4,143 75 102 1,830 87 6 0 159 528 15 72
Canada 21,185 12,122 6 1,596 33 84 252 180 150 186 300 1,866 939 45 24 21 1,239 3 21 1,509 54 3 0 69 444 0 39
USA 25,272 14,844 24 2,418 78 30 1,005 321 279 153 0 2,142 117 60 42 123 2,904 72 81 321 33 3 0 90 84 15 33
LATIN AMERICAN &
THE CARIBBEAN 705 369 0 42 0 3 24 0 15 0 3 69 0 0 3 3 75 12 21 33 9 6 0 0 3 0 15
WESTERN EUROPE 227,191 116,228 33 2,589 120 264 1,899 489 792 603 1,125 31,101 2,226 756 11,482 2,196 3,345 2,743 10,063 19,541 3,423 3,756 0 546 6,777 117 4,977
Austria 4,127 651 0 84 0 6 78 15 18 0 9 930 0 0 432 69 57 1,082 87 348 33 144 0 3 33 0 48
Belgium 3,855 2,115 0 39 0 3 51 9 15 6 21 240 21 81 42 99 42 87 54 159 63 270 0 3 36 0 399
Denmark 3,781 1,363 0 57 0 0 54 24 24 30 39 240 30 39 81 3 60 48 102 963 348 15 0 21 51 12 177
Finland 1,150 475 6 51 3 0 30 6 9 3 21 78 3 3 6 6 27 72 45 33 186 15 0 9 9 0 54
France 26,653 15,763 3 186 3 45 150 45 105 66 153 3,741 762 102 108 288 282 45 165 3,975 279 39 0 33 207 0 108
Germany 46,350 15,619 6 288 33 21 345 36 126 63 183 5,421 30 63 9,613 111 264 354 8,857 2,217 450 618 0 48 1,062 45 477
Italy 10,192 3,583 3 33 0 33 96 21 30 105 27 2,736 558 0 102 228 120 165 129 1,071 291 24 0 45 33 6 753
Netherlands 15,156 5,973 0 168 12 0 117 30 24 36 69 1,317 78 60 858 633 234 144 267 759 177 2,337 0 33 60 18 1,752
Norway 4,330 1,681 0 84 3 0 60 21 45 12 39 222 3 9 15 18 63 66 21 951 846 21 0 0 84 21 45
Spain 1,781 746 0 21 3 6 27 0 24 9 30 177 12 6 21 120 78 45 54 225 99 21 0 15 18 0 24
Sweden 5,402 2,369 0 69 12 3 210 69 21 21 24 315 21 36 30 0 96 174 63 543 471 21 0 9 15 0 810
Switzerland 8,399 3,629 0 117 0 18 60 15 39 6 48 2,163 21 0 69 99 72 309 129 1,113 60 144 0 6 96 0 186
UK 92,629 59,979 15 1.392 48 120 567 198 300 231 450 12,885 666 330 63 471 1,872 152 90 7,184 120 87 0 285 4,995 15 114
Others 3,386 2,282 0 0 3 9 54 0 12 15 12 636 21 27 42 51 78 0 0 0 0 0 0 36 78 0 30
EASTERN EUROPE 9,290 2,540 15 84 3 3 36 12 18 24 21 1,494 15 0 207 108 102 270 192 2,220 1,665 0 27 57 21 15 141
Russia 3,704 695 12 21 3 3 6 12 18 12 0 672 3 0 6 18 15 6 9 1,935 45 0 27 24 6 15 141
Others 5,586 1,845 3 63 0 0 30 0 0 12 21 822 12 0 201 90 87 264 183 285 1,620 0 0 33 15 0 0
MIDDLEEAST 10,236 3,042 0 99 18 1,355 123 27 63 27 48 1,787 720 0 21 1,042 165 21 18 606 18 0 0 772 261 0 3
AFRICA 2,340 1,080 3 84 9 18 36 15 30 9 42 636 12 0 9 9 87 6 6 189 0 3 0 33 18 0 6
ASIA 223,351 132,978 174 16,521 3,126 165 7,147 5,002 14,248 6,598 13,161 7,439 276 51 54 75 14,198 15 36 870 129 12 168 386 309 204 0
China (P.R.) 9,668 5,102 15 687 12 0 675 60 3 15 33 102 0 0 3 0 2,859 0 0 48 9 9 0 3 12 21 0
Hong Kong, China 1,069 469 6 132 0 0 33 0 0 3 6 6 0 0 0 0 402 0 3 6 0 0 0 3 0 0 0
India 113,323 76,256 0 540 72 54 270 123 13,729 6,259 12,738 1,482 126 30 18 33 687 0 12 405 33 0 3 186 192 72 0
Indonesia 1,669 472 6 528 3 3 114 48 0 6 9 375 6 0 0 0 69 0 6 9 0 0 0 6 0 0
Japan 17,148 7,479 48 3,171 15 0 1,690 240 36 48 57 318 6 3 6 6 3,920 6 3 054 21 3 0 12 6 0 0
Korea (South) 6,056 1,385 12 2,904 3 0 558 45 48 21 60 231 3 6 0 3 717 3 0 48 3 0 0 3 3 0 0
Malaysia 11,578 5,919 30 1,515 9 6 81 3,415 39 24 57 129 9 3 9 3 273 6 3 24 12 0 0 9 3 0 0
Maldives 24,576 20,040 3 123 15 45 57 933 66 39 45 2,679 9 3 6 12 231 0 3 45 36 0 159 0 21 0 0
Pakistan 11,029 6,634 0 36 2,979 42 39 30 3 3 6 816 63 0 0 6 60 0 0 135 6 0 0 126 18 27 0
Philippines 2,366 584 6 1,026 0 9 162 15 6 6 12 102 6 3 0 9 327 0 6 57 3 0 0 6 9 12 0
Singapore 11,156 3,411 39 4,581 15 0 147 42 12 24 48 806 9 0 9 3 1,944 0 0 18 6 0 0 6 15 21 0
Thailand 5,424 2,337 0 84 0 6 1,674 18 15 6 24 33 3 3 3 0 1,188 0 0 12 0 0 6 12 0 0 0
Taiwan (P.C.) 2,720 515 9 876 3 0 195 21 3 9 15 27 0 0 0 0 1,020 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 18 0
Others 5,569 2,375 0 318 0 0 1,452 12 288 135 51 333 36 0 0 0 501 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 30 24 0
AUSTRALASIA 29,738 11,749 54 11,434 30 27 831 1,176 120 126 186 1,611 39 9 36 39 1,764 12 21 240 18 6 0 96 105 0 9
Australia 25,986 10,533 51 9,855 30 27 678 1,071 87 117 159 1,329 30 9 30 36 1,530 0 21 207 18 6 0 75 78 0 9
New Zealand 3,617 1,150 3 1,543 0 0 153 93 27 9 27 276 6 0 . 3 228 12 0 33 0 0 0 21 27 0 0
Others 135 66 0 36 0 0 12 6 0 0 6 3 0 It, 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 549,308 294,961 309 34,867 3,417 1,949 11,353 7,222 15,715 7,726 14,886 48,145 4,344 921 11,878 3,616 23,879 3,154 10,459 25,529 5,349 3,789 195 2,049 8,022 342 5.223
Table 5 (a)
Tourist Arrivals by Charter Carriers - 1996 to 2005
Charter Carrier 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Condor 3,651 - - - - -
Balair 2,667 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 1,722 1,527 1,737 3,771 246 715 567 277 1,374 908
Air Europe 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 2,736 4,449 - - - - -
Sobel Air - - - 3,369 - -
Britannia 144 - - - - -
Air Monarch 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 1,536 478
CSA Czech Airline - - - - - 1,302 - - -
Tvansavia Airline - - - - 774 2,235 657
Aeroflot - - - - 642 - - -
My Travel - - - - 320 2,925 1,278
Holland Excel 3,828 237.
Eurofly - - - - - - - 1,476 1,848
Others - 264 195 834 1,923 871 - 348 44 462
Total 14,643 19,555 42,755 45,522 28,260 11,236 9,336 16,446 22,231 5,223
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Chart 6
Regions of Embarkation & Disembarkation - 2005
Om.
4.9%
EUROPE 28.5% ASIANA.
OTHER
26.0%\ COUNTRIES
itte 2.9:10‘
INDO PAKIS
SUB CONTINENT
26.5%
\
•18.8%
25.5
Ili
OTHER NEIGHBOURING
MIDDLE EAST 23.8% COUNTRIES
18.0%
25.1%
EMBARKATION
DISEMBARKATION
Regions of Embarkation & Disembarkation - Table (f`

Percentage Distribution - 1996 to 2005
Region 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Indo-Pakistan Dise 21.6 21.0 20.1 15.7 14.0 15.6 21.8 23.2 23.2 26.5
Sub-Continent Emb 22.0 20.3 16.3 15.9 14.7 16.4 21.3 22.0 22.8 25.5
Other Neighbouring- Dise 33.2 32.4 28.2 28.4 25.4 24.5 24.1 23.1 20.9 23.8
Countries(1) Emb 27.1 25.8 25.0 23.2 24.2 22.2 23.3 22.5 19.8 25.1
Europe Dise 36.6 38.8 43.5 45.3 45.2 41.9 36.9 36.1 37.2 26.0
Emb 41.0 43.4 48.7 49.5 49.0 46.4 39.4 38.6 39.0 28.5
All Others Dise 8.6 7.8 8.2 10.6 15.4 18.0 17.2 17.6 18.7 23.7
Emb 9.9 10.5 10.0 11.4 12.1 15.0 16.0 16.9 18.4 20.9
(1) Includes Maldives, Singapore, Malaysia & Thailand
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Table 6
Tourist Arrivals by Country of Nationality, Region of

Embarkation & Disembarkation - 2005
Indo-Pakis- Other Neigh- Other

Country of tan Sub- bouring Asian Middle
Nationality Total Continent(1) Countries(2) Countries East Europe
NORTH AMERICA Dise 46,727 8,430 12,846 3,529 9,192 12,731

Emb 45,345 9,292 14,253 677 8,214 12,908
LATIN AMERICA & Dise 732 150 222 49 131 180

THE CARIBBEAN Emb 723 176 176 20 215 137
WESTERN EUROPE Dise 227,558 16,784 19,094 3,435 70,527 117,718

Emb 228,434 19,470 25,761 828 64,814 117,562
France Dise 26,641 1,613 1,251 216 9,453 14,109

Emb 28,083 1,552 1,923 67 7,646 16,896
Germany Dise 46,320 2,102 2,440 307 10.066 31,405

Emb 45,678 3,483 2,706 89 10,450 28,950
Scandinavia Dise 14,738 1,271 1,887 189 3,892 7,500

Emb 15,325 1,588 2,365 64 3,609 7,699
United Kingdom Dise 92.929 8,476 9.483 2,072 25,530 47,369

Emb 91,892 7,741 12,194 357 26,894 44,706
Others Dise 46,930 3,322 4,035 652 21,585 17,336

Emb 47,456 5,106 6,573 251 16,215 19,311
EASTERN EUROPE Dise 9,305 669 1,435 147 3,810 3,245

Emb 9,786 734 1,580 453 3,099 3,920
MIDDLE EAST Dise 10,230 2,268 1,682 432 5,092 756

Emb 10,879 1,736 3,331 4,890 921
AFRICA Dise 2,337 454 975 100 649 159

Emb 2,134 255 223 5 1,504 147
ASIA Dise 222,844 113,052 75,982 18,403 11,373 4,034

Emb 221,772 102,735 77,742 13,318 14,272 13,705
India Dise 113.023 92.586 12.104 957 5,930 1,445

Emb 111,567 86,770 12,998 965 6,981 3,852
Japan Dise 17,163 677 7,334 8,481 370 301

Emb 16,989 1,039 8,469 5,796 445 1,239
Others Dise 92,658 19,789 56,543 8,965 5,073 2,288

Emb 93,216 14,926 56,275 6,557 6,845 8,613
AUSTRALASIA Dise 29,575 4,011 18,421 800 2,350 3,993

Emb 30,235 5,583 14,953 506 2,089 7,105
Total Dise 549,308 145,818 130,657 26,895 103,124 142,815

Emb 549,308 139,981 138,020 15,806 99,096 156,404
(1) India & Pakistan (2) Maldives, Singapore, Malaysia & Thailand
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Chart 7
Purpose of Visit - 2004 & 2005
Purpose 2004 2005
Pleasure 78.2% 69.6
Business 10.6% 16.9
Visiting Friends &

Relations 6.4% 8.0
Convention & Meetings 2.5% 2.3
Religious & Cultural 1.5% 1.0
Others 0.9% 2.2

Percentage Distribution of Tourists by Purpose of Visit - 1996 to 2005 Table (g,
Purpose 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Pleasure 94.9 95.2 93.1 88.1 90.1 89.2 85.4 80.8 78.2 69.6
Business 2.9 2.9 4.1 5.2 4.8 6.7 9.4 9.1 10.6 16.9
Visiting Friends & Relations 0.9 0.6 1.1 2.7 2.1 1.8 2.0 6.2 6.4 8.0
Religious & Cultural 0.4 0.3 0.7 2.3 1.7 1.2 1.0 1.2 1.5 1.0
Others 0.9 1.0 1.0 1.7 1.3 1.1 2.2 2.7 3.4 4.5
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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Table 7
Tourist Arrivals by Country of Residence & Purpose of Visit - 2005

Private & Convention Visiting Religious
Country of Total Pleasure Official & Friends & &
Residence Business Meetings Relations Cultural Others
NORTH AMERICA 46,457 30,296 5,148 540 6,018 114 4,341

Canada 21,185 13,706 1,254 174 4,458 72 1,521
U.S.A. 25,272 16,590 3,894 366 1,560 42 2,820
LATIN AMERICA &
THE CARIBBEAN 705 477 132 66 18 0 12
WESTERN EUROPE 227,191 180,203 19,935 1,866 21,687 294 3,206
Austria 4,127 3,473 507 24 99 3 21
Belgium 3,855 3,387 294 51 69 21 33
Denmark 3,781 2,992 432 42 279 9 27
Finland 1,150 847 189 15 33 6 60
France 26,653 22,408 1,488 210 2,382 36 129
Germany 46,350 37,869 3,948 324 3,732 27 450
Italy 10,192 6,856 1,161 81 1,653 51 390
Netherlands 15,156 11,343 1,554 111 1,539 6 603
Norway 4,330 3,031 516 54 408 9 312
Spain 1,781 1,517 165 33 33 12 21
Sweden 5,402 3,956 591 57 777 9 12
Switzerland 8,399 6,605 585 45 1,113 18 33
U.K. 92,629 73,222 8,067 759 9,507 84 990
Others 3,386 2,697 438 60 63 3 125
EASTERN EUROPE 9,290 7,632 1,004 420 126 12 96
Russia 3,704 2,808 404 300 120 6 66
Others 5,586 4,824 600 120 6 6 30
AFRICA 2,340 1,584 492 204 57 3 0
MIDDLE EAST 10,236 8,025 1,572 324 129 183 3
ASIA 223,351 131,722 62,097 8,721 12,107 4,755 3,949
China (P.R.) 9,668 4,739 3,711 204 150 9 855
Hong Kong, China 1,069 757 276 15 12 0 9
India 113,323 59,573 36,222 5,343 8,726 2,490 969
Indonesia 1,669 1,105 285 153 66 0 60
Japan 17,148 11,247 4,005 174 315 957 450
Korea (South) 6,056 2,723 2,583 144 273 60 273
Malaysia 11,578 8,312 2,526 339 315 57 29
Maldives 24,576 20,965 1,983 300 1,089 18 221
Pakistan 11,029 5,611 3,822 1,104 354 15 123
, 1,550 429 201 186 0 0
Philippines 2,366
Singapore 11,156 6,443 3,414 219 378 39 663
Thailand 5,424 3,003 831 240 87 1,005 258
Taiwan (P.C.) 2,720 1,715 774 75 57 78 21
Others 5,569 3,979 1,236 210 99 27 18
AUSTRALASIA 29,738 22,382 2,409 402 3,801 39 705
Australia 25,986 19,545 2,079 348 3,321 24 669
New Zealand 3,617 2,744 312 45 477 6 33
Others 135 93 18 9 3 9 3
Total 549,308 382,321 92,789 12,543 43,943 5,400 12,312
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Chart 8 (a)
Period of Stay - 2004 & 2005
Period 2004 2005
1-3 nights 23.8% 38.5

1111r 4-7 nights 27.6% 24.3
8-14 nights 34.1% 25.3
15-21 nights 11.8% 8.1
22-30 nights 1.9% 2.6
31 nights & Over 0.8% 1.2
Average Duration of Stay & Region - 2004 & 2005

CI 2004 D 2005
North America 10.8 Chart 8 (b)
& The Caribbean 10.6
Latin America 13.2
Western Europe 9.4

111.5
Eastern Europe 9.3
11.3
Middle East 6.9
1 7.9
Africa 7.3
1 9 4
Asia 1 7.3
1 7.8
Australasia 10.5
112.0
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14
Number of Nights
Table (h)
Period of Stay - Percentage Distribution - 1975 to 2005

Nights Average
Year 1-3 4-7 8-14 15-21 22-30 31&Over Total Stay
1975 25.9 28.8 27.4 8.7 4.7 4.5 100.0 9.8
1976 22.0 31.5 28.6 9.7 4.7 3.5 100.0 10.0
1977 22.2 26.2 29.5 11.5 5.6 5.0 100.0 10.7
1978 21.4 26.9 29.6 11.6 5.4 5.1 100.0 10.8
1979 21.1 26.6 28.4 12.0 6.2 5.7 100.0 11.1
1980 21.9 23.4 29.3 13.1 6.8 5.5 100.0 11.0
1981 22.4 31.2 25.8 12.1 5.9 2.6 100.0 10.5
1982 17.7 36.0 27.3 12.3 5.5 1.2 100.0 10.0
1983 18.1 37.6 26.3 11.7 5.2 1.1 100.0 9.6
1984 20.8 45.0 20.3 9.8 3.6 0.5 100.0 8.9
1985 4.7 23.2 30.7 21.1 12.5 7.8 100.0 9.2
1986 4.2 14.0 28.4 23.0 13.5 16.9 100.0 10.9
1987 3.1 9.6 24.5 22.6 15.4 24.8 100.0 13.2
1988 3.3 10.0 24.9 23.1 15.9 22.8 100.0 12.6
1989 5.0 13.9 26.2 22.1 16.4 16.4 100.0 10.7
1990 5.0 12.8 29.5 26.3 13.3 13.1 100.0 10.8
1991 4.5 12.2 26.9 23.8 15.2 17.4 100.0 11.4
1992 25.2 26.2 27.5 14.1 4.9 2.1 100.0 10.3
1993 19.6 30.0 30.6 12.2 4.1 3.5 100.0 10.6
1994 18.1 34.5 30.9 11.6 3.4 1.5 100.0 10.4
1995 20.4 38.5 27.5 8.2 3.4 2.0 100.0 10.0
1996 29.6 24.7 27.7 11.5 4.6 1.9 100.0 9.8
1997 26.1 24.4 30.8 13.0 4.5 1.2 100.0 10.1
1998 23.7 25.1 33.7 12.6 3.8 1.1 100.0 10.4
1999 20.4 27.1 37.8 11.1 2.7 0.9 100.0 10.3
2000 21.9 26.4 35.9 12.2 2.6 1.0 100.0 10.1
2001 23.3 26.8 34.5 12.0 2.5 0.9 100.0 9.9
2002 22.6 27.0 34.7 12.1 2.6 1.0 100.0 10.1
2003 23.1 27.3 34.8 11.5 2.3 1.0 100.0 10.2
2004 23.8 27.6 34.1 11.8 1.9 0.8 100.0 10.1
2005 38.5 24.3 25.3 8.1 2.6 1.2 100.0 8.7
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Table 8
Average Duration of Stay and Tourist Nights by Country of Nationality - 2005

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 46,655 10.8 502,249 72 11.9 856 46,727 10.8 503,105
Canada 21,296 11.2 238,515 39 12.3 480 21,335 11.2 238,995
U.S.A. 25,359 10.4 263,734 33 11.4 376 25,392 10.4 264,110
LATIN AMERICA &
THE CARIBBEAN 717 13.2 9,464 15 14.1 212 732 13.2 9,676
WESTERN EUROPE 222,581 9.3 2,063,552 4,977 14.4 71,846 227,558 9.4 2,135,398
Austria 4,100 8.8 36,080 48 13.1 629 4,148 8.8 36,709
Belgium 3,492 7.9 27,587 399 14.6 5,825 3,891 8.6 33,412
Denmark 3,616 9.1 32,906 177 13.2 2,336 3,793 9.3 35,242
Finland 1,096 8.6 9,426 54 11.1 599 1,150 8.7 10,025
France 26,533 9.3 246,757 108 10.9 1,177 26,641 9.3 247,934
Germany 45,843 9.9 453,846 477 13.6 6,487 46,320 9.9 460,333
Italy 9,394 9.1 85,579 753 14.3 10,768 10,147 9.5 96,347
Netherlands 13,500 10.3 139,050 1752 15.9 27,857 15,252 10.9 166,907
Norway 4,288 8.6 36,877 45 11.7 527 4,333 8.6 37,403
Spain 1,757 8.8 15,462 24 10.7 257 1,781 8.8 15,718
Sweden 4,652 9.3 43,264 810 13.9 11,259 5,462 10.0 54,523
Switzerland 8,153 10.9 88,868 186 13.2 2,455 8,339 11.0 91,323
U.K. 92,815 8.8 816,772 114 11.3 1,288 92,929 8.8 818,060
Others 3,342 9.3 31,081 30 12.7 381 3,372 9.3 31,462
EASTERN EUROPE 9,164 9.3 85,112 141 13.2 1,861 9,305 9.3 86,973
Russia 3,578 8.8 31,486 141 13.2 1,861 3,719 9.0 33,348
Others 5,586 9.6 53,626 0 11.1 0 5,586 9.6 53,626
MIDDLE EAST 10,227 6.9 70,566 3 16.0 48 10,230 6.9 70,614
AFRICA 2,331 7.3 17,016 6 14.2 85 2,337 7.3 17,102
ASIA 222,844 7.3 1,620,337 0 0.0 0 222,844 7.3 1,620,337
Bangladesh 2,325 6.5 15,113 0 0.0 0 2,325 6.5 15,113
China (P.R.) 9,818 7.5 73,635 0 0.0 0 9,818 7.5 73,635
Hong Kong, China 1,219 4.7 5,729 0 0.0 0 1,219 4.7 5,729
India 113,023 7.4 836,370 0 0.0 0 113,023 7.4 836,370
Indonesia 1,639 7.8 12,784 0 0.0 0 1,639 7.8 12,784
Japan 17,163 8.9 152,751 0 0.0 0 17,163 8.9 152,751
Korea (South) 6,023 7.3 43,968 0 0.0 0 6,023 7.3 43,968
Malaysia 11,668 6.5 75,842 0 0.0 0 11,668 6.5 75,842
Maldives 24,396 6.8 165,893 0 0.0 0 24,396 6.8 165,893
Pakistan 11,056 7.1 78,498 0 0.0 0 11,056 7.1 78,498
Philippines 2,360 6.7 15,812 0 0.0 0 2,360 6.7 15,812
Singapore 10,796 6.7 72,333 0 0.0 0 10,796 6.7 72,333
Taiwan (P.C.) 5,409 4.9 26,504 0 0.0 0 5,409 4.9 26,504
Thailand 2,705 8.4 22,722 0 0.0 0 2,705 8.4 22,722
Others 3,244 6.9 22,384 0 0.0 0 3,244 6.9 22,384
AUSTRALASIA 29,566 10.5 310,743 9 15 137 29,575 10.5 310,880
Australia 25,827 10.6 273,766 9 15.2 137 25,836 10.6 273,903
New Zealand 3,608 9.9 35,719 0 0.0 0 3,608 9.9 35,719
Others 131 9.6 1,258 0 0.0 0 131 9.6 1,257.6
Total 544,085 8.6 4,679,040 5,223 14.4 75,044 549,308 8.7 4,754,085
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Chart 9
Tourist Arrivals by Age & Sex - 2004 & 2005

By Age
(60 & Other) 2004 I I 2005
(50-59)
(40-49)
0.
0
(30-39)
D)
(20-29) 1
(3-19)

0.0 5.0 10.0 15.0 20.0 25.0 30.0
% in Arrivals
By Sex

Sex 2004 2005
MA Male 58.9% 62.5%

ININ Female 41.1% 37.5%
Table (i)
Percentage Distribution by Sex & Age - 1996 to 2005
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Sex Male 62.1 60.3 59.1 58.3 58.7 58.5 59.2 58.7 58.9 62.5
Female 37.9 39.7 40.9 41.7 41.3 41.5 40.8 41.3 41.1 37.5
Age Group 3-19 6.7 6.4 5.8 6.5 6.8 7.8 7.6 7.9 9.0 9.8
20-29 36.0 34.6 33.8 33.5 38.4 32.6 31.6 30.1 23.1 18.3
30-39 31.1 27.6 26.0 30.8 29.0 31.5 30.4 28.7 26.4 24.3
40-49 14.2 17.5 19.8 15.9 12.9 16.2 16.8 17.5 20.6 23.0
50-59 3.6 5.1 5.5 3.0 3.3 5.5 7.1 8.9 12.8 15.4
60 & Over 8.4 8.8 9.1 10.3 9.6 6.4 6.6 6.9 8.1 9.3
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Table 9
Tourist Arrivals by Country of Residence, Sex and Age - 2005

Country of Sex Age Group
Residence Total Male Female (3-19) (20-29) (30-39) (40-49) (50-59) (60&Over)
NORTH AMERICA 46,457 28,571 17,886 6,486 6,963 9,794 9,849 7,932 5,433
Canada 21,185 12,851 8,334 3,612 3,273 4,586 4,479 2,976 2,259
U.S.A. 25,272 15,720 9,552 2,874 3,690 5,208 5,370 4,956 3,174
LATIN AMERICA &
THE CARIBBEAN 705 432 273 54 147 234 123 102 45
WESTERN EUROPE 227,191 129,929 97,262 23,190 42,906 48,070 45,942 40,698 26,385
Austria 4,127 2,082 2,045 219 549 918 996 672 773
Belgium 3,855 2,133 1,722 267 621 81 870 828 456
Denmark 3,781 2,151 1,630 771 519 720 795 504 472
Finland 1,150 573 577 96 120 270 234 228 202
France 26,653 14,248 12,405 3,090 4,176 5,821 5,541 5,286 2,739
Germany 46,350 24,804 19,546 3,882 7,080 10,677 10,917 8,307 5,487
Italy 10,192 5,493 4,699 567 2,416 3,045 2,019 1,395 750
Netherlands 15,156 8,376 6,780 1,206 4,089 2,802 2,745 2,934 1,380
Norway 4,330 2,467 1,863 550 516 1,266 1,074 621 303
Spain 1,781 1,050 731 81 324 780 303 159 134
Sweden 5,402 3,311 2,091 624 1,346 1,005 912 891 624
Switzerland 8,399 4,589 3,810 1,041 1,781 1,599 1,863 1,281 834
U.K. 92,629 54,834 37,795 10,044 18,691 17,913 17,043 17,016 11,922
Others 3,386 1,818 1,568 752 678 441 630 576 309
EASTERN EUROPE 9,290 5,270 4,020 633 2,562 2,400 1,965 1,445 285
Russia 3,704 2,135 1,569 318 864 990 840 617 75
Others 5,586 3,135 2,451 315 1,698 1,410 1,125 828 210
AFRICA 2,340 1,383 957 144 681 627 486 297 105
MIDDLE EAST 10,236 6,201 4,035 1,557 2,562 2,619 2,046 1,053 399
ASIA 223,351 153,702 69,649 17,400 41,383 64,858 59,833 27,229 12,648
China (P.R.) 9,668 5,667 4,001 795 2,525 3,003 2,232 837 276
Hong Kong, China 1,069 654 415 54 349 183 294 132 57
India 113,323 84,984 28,339 8,013 19,389 33,630 34,498 12,147 5,646
Indonesia 1,669 945 724 60 342 552 535 123 57
Japan 17,148 10,281 6,867 900 2,622 4,248 3,894 3,273 2,211
Korea (South) 6,056 3,825 2,231 612 1,149 1,664 1,425 828 378
Malaysia 11,578 7,539 4,039 663 1,548 3,949 2,784 1,851 783
Maldives 24,576 15,052 9,524 3,648 6,525 6,762 4,353 2,196 1,092
Pakistan 11,029 8,289 2,740 1,023 3,094 3,324 2,106 1,128 354
Philippines 2,366 1,190 1,176 171 369 647 717 384 78
Singapore 11,156 7,050 4,106 762 1,371 3,380 3,132 1,854 657
Thailand 5,424 3,189 2,235 216 714 1,305 1,698 918 573
Taiwan (P.C.) 2,720 1,647 1,073 54 339 621 809 633 264
Others 5,569 3,390 2,179 429 1,047 1,590 1,356 925 222
AUSTRALASIA 29,738 17,609 12,129 4,098 3,510 4,995 6,033 5,574 5,528
Australia 25,986 15,231 10,755 3,738 3,036 4,230 5,259 4,95 4,764
New Zealand 3,617 2,291 1,326 339 438 747 753 606 734
Others 135 87 48 21 36 18 21 9 30
Total 549,308 343,097 206,211 53,562 100,714 133,597 126,277 84,330 50,828
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Annual Statistical Report of 2005 TOURIST BOARD JJ
Occupational Categories - 2004 & 2005
Occupation 2004 2005
Educationists 6.0% 4.6%
11/111 Retired Persons 6.2% 4.7%
Scientists & Technicians 7.6% 6.6%
Professionals 8.4% 6.7%
Businessmen 11.2% 13.8%
MN Executives 15.7% 15.6%
No Occupation 18.2% 23.7%
sr ' Other Occupation 26.7% 24.3%
Table (j)
Percentage Distribution by Occupational Categories - 1996 to 2005
Occupation 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Businessmen 16.8 10.2 12.4 10.5 9.2 10.1 10.4 10.1 11.2 13.8
Professionals 5.2 4.1 4.5 6.8 7.6 7.9 7.7 8.6 8.4 6.7
Executives 9.7 10.1 11.9 14.5 15.9 16.7 15.8 15.5 15.7 15.6
Scientists & Technicians 3.7 3.1 3.5 3.2 3.1 7.6 7.5 8.0 7.6 6.6
Educationists 4.3 5.4 9.4 6.0 6.4 5.0 5.3 6.6 6.0 4.6
Other Occupation 33.9 35.6 31.4 30.4 30.5 27.8 28.4 27.4 26.7 24.3
No Occupation 20.7 25.6 21.0 21.4 20.2 19.1 19.0 18.0 18.2 23.7
Retired Persons 5.7 5.9 5.9 7.2 7.1 5.8 5.9 5.8 6.2 4.7
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Table 10
Tourist Arrivals by Country of Residence and Occupation - 2005

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 46,457 3,534 2,293 7,531 2,324 1,178 9,744 17,688 2,165
Canada 21,185 1,612 1,045 3,434 1,060 2,037 5,943 5,066 987
U.S.A. 25,272 2,006 2,732 4,315 2,030 2,884 4,625 5,359 1,321
LATIN AMERICA &
THE CARIBBEAN 705 35 90 97 55 7 145 256 21

WESTERN EUROPE 227,191 19,279 18,991 38,353 14,462 13,678 54,863 49,397 18,169
Austria 4,127 191 368 651 342 204 1,406 762 204
Belgium 3,855 262 289 599 207 172 1,088 991 248
Denmark 3,781 108 274 519 346 187 835 1,347 166
Finland 1,150 44 116 304 122 66 221 205 72
France 26,653 1,832 1,742 3.328 1,766 846 7,156 7,296 2,687
Germany 46,350 3,176 3,210 5,169 3,457 2,080 15,087 11,302 2,869
Italy 10,192 652 821 1,365 634 350 3,919 2,047 405
Netherlands 15,156 930 1,049 2,925 882 636 3,592 4,498 644
Norway 4,330 269 287 637 194 125 862 1,887 69
Spain 1,781 163 303 272 156 31 490 327 39
Sweden 5,402 268 405 968 453 302 1,256 1,551 199
Switzerland 8,399 933 1,247 720 517 866 1,603 1,560 953
U.K. 92,629 9,821 8,558 20,594 5,066 7,549 16,625 14,994 9,421
Others 3,386 630 321 303 321 263 723 630 195
EASTERN EUROPE 9,290 693 1,116 1,914 661 294 1,647 2,886 78
Russia 3,704 319 438 821 246 91 538 1,241 9
Others 5,586 374 678 1,093 414 203 1,109 1,645 69
AFRICA 2,340 216 220 547 157 153 411 589 47
MIDDLE EAST 10,236 962 633 1,447 2,133 347 1,759 2,834 121
ASIA 223,351 48,105 10,808 28,734 12,518 7,888 59,391 52,438 3,468
China (P.R.) 9,668 929 417 1,583 1,403 227 2,180 2,862 66
Hong Kong, China 1,069 179 46 364 58 35 179 196 12
India 113,323 29,745 5,141 11,336 5,841 4,668 29,231 25,448 1,912
Indonesia 1,669 156 99 261 99 52 620 382 0
Japan 17,148 1,138 654 2,237 1,445 903 6,625 3,852 294
Korea (South) 6,056 1,347 341 375 327 304 1,337 2,011 14
Malaysia 11,578 1,255 1,072 3,634 1,013 250 1,652 2,452 250
Maldives 24,576 3,510 740 2,284 406 613 9,791 7,073 159
Pakistan 11,029 3,919 495 757 240 108 1,623 3,841 46
Philippines 2,366 139 186 424 269 108 785 429 26
Singapore 11,156 1,253 776 4,305 897 337 1,374 2,068 145
Thailand 5,424 1,174 220 519 203 96 2,133 976 102
Taiwan (P.C.) 2,720 1,028 162 196 75 58 629 526 46
Others 5,569 2,332 459 459 243 129 1,230 321 396
AUSTRALASIA 29,738 3,462 2,624 7,024 4,024 1,858 5,257 3,897 1,592
Australia 25,986 3,215 2,184 6,056 3,668 1,594 4,753 3,053 1,463
New Zealand 3,617 201 428 929 335 258 500 841 124
Others 135 45 12 39 21 6 3 3 6
Total 549,308 76,286 36,775 85,647 36,335 25,402 133,217 129,985 25,661
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Chart 11
Part B: Scheduled Airline Operations and Passenger Movements
Shares of Total Seating Capacity by Carrier - 2005
Winter Summer
SriLankan Airlines 51.2 52.7
Emirates 9.0 8.4
Cathay Pacific 8.1 9.9
M Qatar A/W 4.8 6.0

Singapore A/L 3.3 3.2
LTU 2.8 1.0
Er Air Sahara 2.6 2.9
Indian A/L 2.4 2.7
Saudia 2.1 2.8
Others 13.7 10.4
Scheduled Airline Operations & Seating Capacity - 2005 Table 11
No. of incoming No. of seats available Percentage of total

flights on incoming flights seating capacity
Type of Seating per week per week by carrier
Airline Aircraft Capacity Winter* Summer Winter* Summer Winter* Summer
1 Aeroflot IL96 236 1 236 0.3

2 Air Arabia AB320 150 7 7 1,050 1.5
3 Air Sahara B737 132 14 14 1,848 1,848 2.6 2.9
4 Austrian Air B767 258 2 1 516 258 0.7 0.4
5 Cathay Pacific B777 382 14 14 5,348 5,348
A330 311 1 3 311 933 8.1 9.9
6 Condor B767 269 2 1 538 269 0.8 0.4
7 CSA A310 206 1 2 206 412 0.3 0.6
8 Emirates A332 251 13 9 3,263 2,259
8772/3 385 8 8 3,080 3,080 9.0 8.39
9 Ethihad Airways A332 225 8 4 - 900 - 1.4
10 Gulf Air B767 257 5 0 1,285 - 1.8 0.0
11 Indian Airlines A300 243 7 7 1,701 1,701 2.4 2.7
12 Jet Air B737 154 7 7 1,078 1,078 1.5 1.7
13 Kuwait Airways A300 198 5 5 990 990 1.4 1.6 -42
14 LTU A330 323 6 2 1,938 646 2.8 1.0
15 Malaysian Air A330 294 3 3 882 882 1.3 1.4
16 Martinair B757 272 3 1 816 272 1.2 0.4
17 P. I. A. B737 118 1 1 118
A310 190 1 1 190 190 0.4 0.3
18 Qatar Airways A300 240 14 16 3,360 3,840 4.79 6.03
19 Royal Jordanian A310 202 2 2 404 404 0.6 0.6
20 Saudia B747 451 2 4 902 1,804
B777 287 2 574 2.1 2.8
21 Singapore A/L B772 288 8 7 2,304 2,016 3.3 3.2
22 SriLankan Airlines A320 150 77 72 11,550 10,800
A330 295 40 40 11,800 11,800
A340 322 39 34 12,558 10,948 51.2 52.7
23 Thai Airways A300 238 3 4 714 952 1.0 1.5
24 Kras Airlines IL96 294 2 0 588 - 0.8 0.0
Total - 298 269 70,148 J3,630 100.0 100.0
* November, 2004 to April 2005.
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Chart 12
Growth of Passenger Arrivals & Departures - 1996 to 2005
Arrivals
IDepartures
1,600,000
1,400,000
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
Year
Table 12
Passenger Arrivals and Departures by
Port and Category of Travellers ( 1 ) - 2005
Total Sri Lankan Residents Foreign Tourists (1) Other Foreigners (2)
Port Arrivals Departures Arrivals Departures Arrivals Departures Arrivals Departures
Katunayake 1,360,217 1,396,227 683,169 725,956 548,947 561,258 128,101 107,668
TOTAL AIR 1,360,217 1,396.227 683,169 725,956 548,947 561,258 128,101 107,668
Colombo Harbour 1,930 1,560 1,345 351 375 1,579 1,185
TOTAL SEA 1,930 1,560 1,345 351 375 1,579 1,185
GRAND TOTAL 1,362,147 1,397,787 683,169 727,301 549,298 561,633 129,680 108,853
Excluding Indians, who are repatriated under Indo-Sri Lanka Agreement

Consists of resident visa holders and other foreign travellers, who cannot be classified as tourists
Source: Sri Lanka Tourist Board
Department of Immigration & Emigration
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Chart 13
Part C: Accommodation Industry - Capacity and Its Utilization
Shares of Accommodation Capacity (Rooms)

by Resort Region - 1996 to 2005
2005
2004
2003 1I 1
Colombo City C1
2002 If I 1 Greater Colombo iT:=
2001 1 South Coast O

ca
> 2000 East Coast

11 I
High Country CI
1999
Ancient Cities
1998 11 1

1997 I I II I
1996

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
Share
Table (k)
Accommodation Capacity (Rooms) in Graded Establishments and
Its Regional Distribution - 1996 to 2005
Resort Region 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Colombo City 2,834 2,798 2,754 2,747 2,582 2,656 2,599 2,571 2,670 2,926
Greater Colombo 1,946 2,045 2,032 2,101 2,254 2,315 2,415 2,526 2,581 2,490
South Coast 4,247 4,692 5,055 5,217 5,306 5,382 5,504 5,521 5,632 4,431
East Coast 114 114 114 108 151 151 165 258 263 178
High Country 411 469 535 506 570 622 669 709 690 709
Ancient Cities 2,048 2,252 2,282 2,239 2,448 2,500 2,466 2.552 2,486 2,428
Northern Region - - - - - - - -
All Regions 11,600 2,370 12,772 12,918 13,' i3,626 13,818 14,137 14,322 13,162
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Chart 14
Tourist Nights and Occupancy Rates by Month - 2005

350,000 FGN - Occ. Rates 60
310,276
300,000 292.056
284,237 55
77,./TO
265.982 a)
248,649
250,000 240.115 CL
232.359 Li
50
209,132 205,538 0
ci)
200,000
- 45 -45.4%
150,000
40
100,000
35
50,000
30
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Month
Table 13
Accommodation Capacity and Guest Nights in Graded and
Supplementary Establishments - 1997 to 2005
Description 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Accommodation Capacity-
Graded Establishments
(a).No. of Units 158 164 173 207 211 222 233 240 223
(b).No. of Rooms 12,370 12,772 12,918 13,311 13,626 13,818 14,137 14,322 13,162
(c).No. of Beds 22,944 23,373 24,216 24,953 25,134 25,968 26,511 26,938 24,740
Accommodation Capacity -
Supplementary Establishments
No. of Units 227 224 230 222 199 230 265 345 415
No. of Rooms 2,635 2,640 2,700 2,549 2,011 2,500 2,836 3,318 3,962
(c). No. of Beds 4,574 4,592 4,671 4,410 3,479 4,250 4,820 5,640 6,537
C. Guest Nights -
Graded Establishments
Foreign 2,936,953 3,263,137 3,836,618 3,610,889 2,767,187 3,045,368 3,964,234 4,394,404 2,857,575
Local 525,146 598,984 610,175 716,430 770,848 940,228 968,315 969,343 818,207
D. Guest Nights -
Supplementary Establishments
Foreign 185,735 191,702 210,872 124,589 109,037 135,068 220,510 349,510 391,520
Local 244,071 258,345 263,425 235,187 294,233 302,456 358,211 402,477 474,095
E. Tourist Nights (Total) 3,679,998 3,944,406 4,478,761 4,056,305 3,342,233 3,989,058 5,092,783 5,742,425 4,754,085
Graded Establishments 2,936,953 3,263,137 3,836,618 3,610,889 2,767,187 3,045,368 3,964,234 4,394,404 2,857,575
Supplementary Establishments 185,735 191,702 210,872 124,589 109,037 135,068 220,510 349,510 391,520
(c). Others 557,310 489,567 431,271 320,827 466,009 808,622 908,039 998,511 1,504,990
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Annual Statistical Report of 2005 TOURIST BOARD I
Chart 14 (a)
Occupancy Rates by Resort Region - 2004 & 2005
JAFFNA.
Resort Room Occ. Rate

•TRINCOMALEE Region 2004 2005
ANURADHAPURI
Ancient Cities 60.4% 39.5%
ePOLONNARUWA
CHILAWO BATTICALOA
KURUNEGALA• East Coast 44.2% 29.1%
*KANDY
NUWARA EUYA
High Country 52.4% 36.6%
COLOMBO•
MORATUWA • RATNAPURA•
WADDUWA•
KATARAGAMA
South Coast 52.6% 31.5%
HAMBANTOTA
GALLE •
MATARA•
Greater Colombo 52.9% 44.8%
Colombo City 75.5% 76.3%

Occupancy Rates by Region - 1996 to 2005 Table (I'
mod
Region 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Colombo City 44.6 54.9 53.1 58.6 52.9 45.4 56.4 68.7 75.5 76.3
Greater Colombo 48.6 54.7 60.1 61.3 61.0 47.2 42.8 48.9 52.9 44.8
South Coast 35.4 45.2 52.2 57.4 51.8 41.1 38.0 48.3 52.6 31.5
East Coast 1.2 6.1 11.8 20.4 10.7 15.0 44.8 51.1 44.2 29.1
High Country 37.1 46.3 45.9 52.3 45.2 35.4 36.3 44.3 52.4 36.6
Ancient Cities 38.4 47.0 55.7 56.6 48.8 39.1 42.4 54.0 60.4 39.5
Northern Region - - - -
All Regions 40.3 49.1 52.8 57.6 52.3 42.1 43.1 53.2 59.3 45.4
SRI LANKA
Table 14
Monthly Occupancy Rates in Graded Establishments by Region - 2005

No. of Annual
Resort Region Units Rooms Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jly Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 0/R
Colombo City 25 2,926 83.1 82.8 80.6 67.7 69.6 75.3 78.8 82.4 81.1 72.0 68.9 75.1 76.3
Greater Colombo 49 2,490 36.8 41.5 50.9 46.4 42.6 38.0 40.7 45.8 47.3 47.4 48.2 51.4 44.8
1. North of Colombo 35 1,967 33.2 38.8 49.2 46.6 41.1 36.5 39.3 42.4 47.6 47.6 47.2 50.4 43.3
11. South of Colombo 14 523 51.0 52.0 57.9 45.7 48.3 43.7 46.0 58.5 46.4 46.6 51.8 55.4 50.3
South Coast 83 4,431 15.3 14.9 28.6 31.4 27.0 24.9 27.4 37.5 35.3 42.4 44.5 46.5 31.5
1. Upto Galle 56 3,469 12.1 12.7 26.4 32.2 28.0 26.1 28.1 40.6 39.6 48.9 53.1 51.6 33.4
11. Beyond Galle 27 962 23.2 20.4 34.0 29.4 24.4 21.3 25.3 29.8 24.7 26.5 26.3 33.4 26.6
East Coast 7 178 3.0 3.3 9.6 29.8 28.4 32.5 31.4 38.4 36.1 38.0 41.4 43.4 29.1
High Country 19 709 24.3 26.7 33.0 46.1 31.6 26.1 34.8 48.2 50.2 35.1 38.6 43.8 36.6
Ancient Cities 40 2,428 23.9 28.1 37.2 39.5 34.0 35.4 41.9 58.3 42.2 43.8 41.7 48.3 39.5
1. Kandy Area 19 1,167 22.9 25.5 37.5 34.9 33.0 30.5 38.6 49.8 41.2 44.6 36.9 48.7 37.1
11. Anuradhapura Area 6 216 27.8 33.1 34.5 34.7 26.3 39.1 40.1 49.8 39.8 35.6 39.7 46.5 37.3
111. Polonnaruwa / Giritale 7 283 17.5 19.4 34.8 27.7 31.7 29.1 31.0 40.9 32.6 30.6 32.4 37.0 30.5
1V. Habarana/Sig./Damb. 8 762 26.6 33.4 38.4 52.4 40.2 50.0 56.1 86.1 48.0 49.8 53.1 53.0 47.8
Northern Region
All Regions 223 13,162 35.9 37.6 45.7 44.3 40.5 40.2 44.0 53.4 49.6 49.5 49.6 53.9 45.4
Table 14 (a)
Capacity and Nights in all Accommodation Establishments by Class

Class No. No. No. Total Foreign Local Room
of of of of Guest Guest Guest Occupancy
Accommodation Units Rooms Beds Nights Nights Nights Rata
2004 2005 2004 2005 2004 20045 2004 2005 2004 2005 2004 2005 2004 2005
Hotel 240 223 14,322 13,162 26,938 24.740 5,363,747 3.675,782 4.394,404 2,857,575 969,343 818.20- 99.3
5 Star 13 12 2,836 2,693 5,105 4,848 1,231,735 1,039,012 1,099,008 922,287 132,727 116,725 74.4 68.7
4 Star 7 7 733 707 1,466 1,414 318,269 217,892 258,686 154,446 59,583 63,446 68.1 56.9
3 Star 6 6 435 437 844 848 200,456 126,733 164,296 98,667 36,160 28,066 65.2 42.6
2 Star 28 22 2,069 1,576 3,979 3,030 842,274 538,402 689,181 413,571 153,093 124,831 61.9 41.8
1 Star 16 15 518 514 932 925 171,068 111,198 117,864 59,235 53,204 51,963 45.8 33.3
Unclassified 170 161 7,731 7,235 14,612 13,675 2,599,945 1,642,545 2,065,369 1,209,369 534,576 433,176 50.6 37.7
Supplementary
Establishments 345 415 3,318 3,962 5,640 6,537 760,987 865,615 349,510 391,520 411,477 474,095 38.3 43.6
SRI LANKA
Table 15
Foreign Guest Nights in Graded Accommodation Establishments

by Region and Month - 2005
Annual
Resort Region Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jly Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Total
Colombo City 91,255 73,270 85,418 72,260 70,381 75,144 85,235 87,486 78,327 80,784 80,015 85,966 965,541
Greater Colombo 32,627 33,899 50,922 44,470 38,179 34,227 41,819 43,649 41,370 45,705 54,040 56,650 517,557
1. North of Colombo 24,614 26,188 40,825 36,389 31,335 27,352 33,684 33,426 34,215 38,097 44,979 46,476 417,580
11. South of Colombo 8,013 7,711 10,097 8,081 6,844 6,875 8,135 10,223 7,155 7,608 9,061 10,174 99,977
South Coast 22,657 19,447 52,551 59,576 50,129 47,134 46,289 58,927 60,349 74,424 85,225 89,612 666,320
1. Upto Galle 13,978 12,990 37,659 47,960 40,307 39,918 36.771 46,225 51.131 63.671 69.750 69.336 529.696
11. Beyond Galle 8,679 6.457 14,892 11,616 9,822 7,216 9,518 12,702 9,218 10,753 15,475 20.276 136.624
East Coast 1,576 1,576 229 2,035 1,683 1,781 1,838 1,707 1,398 1,745 1,949 3,055 20,572
High Country 7,111 6,070 8,352 14,887 9,967 7,900 8,076 20,614 12,610 13,794 15,400 15,929 140,710
Ancient Cities 18,460 22,666 42,643 39,131 38,793 39,352 55,360 79,673 54,595 49,530 47,608 59,064 546,875
1. Kandy Area 8,682 9,127 22,412 19,534 18,329 18,189 25,334 37,527 32,580 24,103 19,223 28,257 263,297
11. Anuradhapura Area 1,174 1,644 1,987 1,144 848 1,482 1,889 12,578 2,004 1,903 2,515 2.643 31,811
111. Polonnaruwa / Giritale 1,600 1,972 2,494 2,003 2,703 2,331 4,994 4,607 3,181 3,213 3,730 4,234 37,062
1V. Habarana/Sig/Dam 7,004 9,923 15,750 16,450 16,913 17,350 23,143 24,961 16,830 20,311 22,140 23,930 21 -`)5
401-
Northern Region
All Regions 173,686 156,928 240,115 232,359 209,132 205,538 238,617 292,056 248,649 265,982 284,237 310,276 2,857,575
Local Guest Nights in Graded Accommodation Establishments Table 16
by Region and Month - 2005

Annual
Resort Region Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jly Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Total
Colombo City 13,466 12,461 12,175 10,451 11,697 11,823 12,354 12,497 11,324 8,839 12,089 12,022 141,198
Greater Colombo 10,874 9,209 12,115 10,989 13,173 11,303 13,346 14,866 14,127 13,467 11,898 14,298 149,665
1. North of Colombo 6,903 5,595 8,219 8,354 8,632 7,523 9,240 10,069 9,313 8,904 7,586 9,643 99,981
11. South of Colombo 3,971 3,614 3,896 2,635 4,541 3,780 4,106 4,797 4,814 4,563 4,312 4,655 49 A84
South Coast 6,825 7,723 12,537 15,327 16,635 17,702 22,014 27,078 19,962 19,226 16,607 21,480 203, it6
1. Upto Galle 2,772 3,892 8,095 8,866 11,550 12,880 15,913 21,594 14,995 14,352 12,624 16,194 143,727
11. Beyond Galle 4,053 3,831 4,442 6,461 5,085 4,822 6,101 5,484 4,967 4,874 3,983 5,286 59,389
East Coast 574 574 377 945 892 703 796 1,807 1,907 1,257 1,336 1,405 12,573
High Country 3,645 3,586 4,796 7,948 6,689 5,163 6,433 8,752 6,656 6,061 5,525 5,231 70,485
Ancient Cities 17,465 13,877 14,925 24,139 20,231 20,271 20,621 29,375 24,905 20,959 14,794 19,608 241,170
1. Kandy Area 6,832 5,508 5,835 9,177 10,130 8,846 9,397 11,029 12,366 9,949 5,538 8,596 103,203
11. Anuradhapura Area 2,247 1,741 2,064 3,128 2,298 3,154 3,186 3,620 2,727 2,281 2,044 3,317 31,807
111. Polonnaruwa / Giritale 1,422 1,029 1,498 3,270 3,081 2,900 3,013 3,409 3,238 2,999 2,366 3,093 31,318
1V. Habarana/Sig./Damb. 6,964 5,599 5,528 8,564 4,722 5,371 5,025 11,317 6.574 5,730 4,846 4.602 74,842
Northern Region
All Regions 52,849 47,430 56,925 69,799 69,317 66,965 75,564 94,375 78,881 69,809 62,249 74,044 818,207
SRI LANKA
Chart 15
Part D: Income & Employment
Value of Tourism - 1995 to 2005

In US$ Million
450
400
350
300 In Rs. Million

45,000
250
40,000
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Volume & Value of Tourism - 1997 to 2005 Table 17
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Tourist Arrivals 366,165 381,063 436,440 400,414 336,794 393,171 500,642 566,202 549,308
Excursionist Arrivals 18,265 27,629 28,335 44,518 60,084 63,560 82,066 115,09 119,618
Official Receipts
Rs. mn. 12,980.3 14,868.0 19,297.30 19,162.20 18,863.30 24,202.0 32,810.0 42,666.3* 36,377.3**
US$ mn. 216.7 230.5 274.9 252.8 211.1 253.0 340.0 416.8* 362.3**
SDR Units (mn.) 160.4 169.9 201 191.9 165.7 179.3 242.6 298.6* 244.6**
Receipt per Tourist per day

(in US$) 58.6 59.5 61.4 62.3 63.1 63.4 66.8 72.2* 74.6""
*Revised ** Provisional
Source: Sri Lanka Tourist Board
Department of Immigration & Emigration
SRI LANKA
Annual Statistical Report of 2005 TOURIST BOARD I itJ
Table 18
Foreign Exchange Earnings from Tourism - 2004 & 2005

In Rs. mn In US $ mn
Total Total
Source 2004* 2005** Change 2004* 2005** Change
Banks 15,430.5 14,426.4 -1004.1 146.5 143.7 -2.8
Travel Agencies 9,651.0 7,576.0 -2075.0 95.5 75.5 -20.0
Shops 9,760.2 8,535.0 -1225.2 96.5 85.0 -11.5
Hotels 5,888.1 4,623.0 -1265.1 58.2 46.0 -12.2
Gem Corporation 1,936.5 1,216.9 -719.6 20.1 12.1 -8.0
Total 42,666.3 36,377.3 6,289.0 416.8 362.3 -54.5
*Revised ** Provisional
Table (m)
Exchange Rates (Annual Average) - 1996 to 2005
Currency 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Deutsche Marks 36.8 34.1 36.8 38.4 35.8 40.9 46.4 - -
French Francs 10.8 10.1 11.0 11.5 10.7 12.9 13.8 - -
Japanese Yen 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.9
Sterling Pound 86.3 96.7 107.6 113.9 114.8 128.7 143.7 157.7 185.3 183.3
U.S. Dollar 55.3 59.0 64.6 70.4 75.8 89.4 95.7 96.5 101.1 100.4
S.D.R. Unit 80.2 81.2 87.6 96.3 99.9 113.8 123.9 135.2 140.9 148.7
Euro 69.9 79.9 90.4 109.2 125.8 125.5
Source: Central Bank of Sri Lanka
SRI LANKA
Chart 16
Direct Employment in the Tourist Industry - 2003 to 2005
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Table 19
Direct Employment in the Tourist Industry - 2003 to 2005
Managerial Technical
Category of No. of Scientific & Clerical Allied Manual & Total
Establishments Establishments Professional & Supervisory Operative
2003 2004 2005 2003 2004 2005 2003 2004 2005 2003 2004 2005 2003 2004 2005
Hotels &
Restaurants 1,010 1,077 1,041 3,958 4,774 4,247 17,755 19,153 17,891 8,432 10,427 11,359 30,145 34,354 33,497
Travel Agents &

Tour Operators 440 454 471 2,117 2,681 1,416 3,076 3,356 4,248 849 1,055 472 6,042 7,092 6,136
Airlines 21 26 22 730 983 734 2,100 2,688 3,857 805 942 1,316 3,635 4,613 5,907
Agencies Providing
Recreational Facilities 9 14 8 15 28 12 70 89 62 43 63 38 128 180 112
Tourist Shops 216 222 140 390 425 284 1,378 1,554 1,972 866 1,050 102 2,634 3,029 2,358
Guides 2,080 2,460 1,957 2,080 2,460 1,957
National Tourist
Organisation 1 1 1 115 64 88 122 94 113 170 121 97 407 279 298
State Sector 16 16 16 510 523 535 550 566 575 630 680 710 1,690 1,769 1,820
Total 1,713 1,810 1,699 7,835 9,478 7,316 27,131 29,960 30,675 11,795 14,338 14,094 46,761 53,776 52,085
SRI LANKA
Chart 17
Part E: Tourist Prices
Tourist Price Index* - 1996/97 to 2005/06

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1996/97 1997/98 1998/99 1999/00 2000/01 2001/02 2002/03 2003/04 2004/05 2005/06

Season *(1973/74 = 100)
Index of Tourist Prices - 1974/75 to 2005/06 Table 20
Accommodation All
Season City Beaches Circuits All Areas Food Transport Items
1974/75 105 199 106 107 104 110 107

1975/76 114 119 125 118 133 131 126
1976/77 154 140 143 146 152 146 148
1977/78 168 159 149 160 167 151 159
1978/79 262 254 188 243 199 198 219
1979/80 420 336 246 346 248 206 281
1980/81 555 453 367 462 354 233 369
1981/82 701 532 463 558 409 241 429
1982/83 741 595 526 578 487 262 464
1983/84 812 499 451 561 488 265 457
1984/85 759 448 449 516 452 279 431
1985/86 741 439 419 510 468 277 432
1986/87 740 440 427 514 497 281 442
1987/88 734 440 407 512 502 287 444
1988/89 832 474 430 577 521 306 484
1989/90 884 521 504 645 596 360 550
1990/91 1,176 753 665 851 790 491 731
1991/92 1,396 872 870 1,006 968 609 882 ii)
1992/93 1,464 1,080 965 1,144 1,170 656 1,009
1993/94 1,695 1,440 1,829 1,565 1,700 661 1,337
1994/95 1,497 1,801 1,908 1,755 1,744 631 1,427
1995/96 1,609 1,894 1,998 1,848 2,001 766 1,572
1996/97 1,702 1,842 1,963 1,837 2,068 822 1,600
1997/98 2,284 2,126 1,976 2,128 2,136 836 1,755
1998/99 2,454 2,148 2,472 2,259 2,470 910 1,920
1999/00 2,679 2,456 2,904 2,584 2,906 1,061 2,228
2000/01 2,992 2,725 3,562 2,927 3,101 1,160 2,458
2001/02 3,996 3,128 4,600 3,553 3,361 1,167 2,813
2002/03 4,928 4,363 6,431 4,962 5,462 835 3,890
2003/04 5,878 5,123 6,906 5,690 5,937 1,075 4,413
2004/05 6,465 5,835 7,566 6,327 6,240 1,438 4,761
2005/06 6,589 5,345 6,923 5,986 6,358 1,678 4,796
Avg. Annual
Growth Rates 13.8 10.3 14.0 13.4 13.7 8.9 12.6
SRI LANKA
Chart 18
Part F: Foreign Travel by Sri Lankans
Sri Lankan Departures - 1996 to 2005
Katunayake Colombo Harbour

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700,000
600,000
500,000
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200,000
100,000 tl
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1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Year
Table 21
Sri Lankan Departures - Growth Trends 1974 to 2005
Air Sea
Year Total Katunayake Others Talaimannar Colombo Harbour
1974 44,825 33,414 8,366 2,518 527

1975 53,848 39,817 10,833 2,472 726
1976 53,305 41,296 9,102 2,078 829
1977 66,900 55,734 7,494 2,833 839
1978 117,075 71,923 4,085 40,115 952
1979 122,197 86,492 34,606 1,099
1980 137,797 100,803 36,396 598
1981 185,035 147,402 36,903 730
1982 216,466 185,215 30,462 789
1983 244,955 220,289 24,088 578
1984 274,418 229,568 44,234 616
1985 239,272 238,577 695
1986 229,386 228,925 461
1987 257,760 257,207 553
1988 298,583 297,677 906
1989 285,510 284,765 745
1990 296,884 296,080 804
1991 310,373 309,588 785
1992 420,749 419,726 1,023
1993 416,246 415,434 812
1994 448,437 447,224 1,213
1995 504,420 502,059 2,361
1996 494,258 493,407 851
1997 530,712 529,908 804
1998 518,050 517,222 828
1999 496,963 496,045 918
2000 524,212 523,485 727
2001 505,341 504,503 838
2002 532,737 531,909 828
2003 591,126 590,039 1,087
2004 680,248 679,131 1,117
2005 727,301 725,956 1,345
SRI LANKA
4,- Tourist Growth Trends - 1966 to 2005 Table 22
Year Tourist Execur- Tourist Official Tourist Receipts Receipt Average Accommodation Annual Sri Lanka Nationals Employment
Arrivalss s Nights Er
Euro pe Duration Capacity Room
Arrivals '000 Rs.mn US$mn mn SDRmn Tourist (Nights) (Graded) Occupancy Arrivals Departures Direct Indirect
ct
per day Rooms Beds Rate
(in US $) (Graded)
1966 18,969 79,097 - 6.1 1.3 - - 720 1,440
, - - -
1967 23,666 59,052 268 5.9 1.2 - - 4.5 11.0 770 1,540 35.0 - - -
1968 28,272 41,407 296 10.5 1.8 - 6.0 10.3 903 1,806 40.7 -
1969 40,204 68,054 406 17.0 2.9 - - 7.1 10.0 986 1,978 44.3 - - - -
1970 46,247 68,529 489 21.5 3.6 3.6 7.4 10.5 1,408 2,816 42.8 - 5,138 6,940
1971 39,654 58,292 395 20.3 3.4 - 3.4 8.6 10.5 1,767 3,534 31.1 - - 6,397 8,640
1972 56,047 48,310 614 43.8 7.3 6.5 11.9 10.9 1,891 3,646 38.8 26,624 32,971 7,040 9,500
1973 77,888 27,920 804 79.5 12.8 - 10.4 15.9 10.3 2,468 4,801 42.4 35,188 42,305 7,134 10,780
1974 85,011 23,434 874 107.1 16.4 - 13.3 18.7 10.3 2,905 5,699 39.7 37,868 44,825 8,551 11,550
1975 103,204 25,490 1,015 157.1 22.4 - 18.6 22.0 9.8 3,632 7,142 36.8 46,999 53,848 10,148 13,700
1976 118,971 14,499 1,194 237.8 28.2 - 24.5 23.8 10.0 4,581 8,913 37.7 46,425 53,305 11,752 15,900
1977 153,665 7,672 1,645 363.1 40.0 - 34.8 24.3 10.7 4,851 9,447 42.0 58,992 66,900 13,716 18,520
1978 192,592 8,494 2,061 870.0 55.8 44.4 27.1 10.8 5,347 10,431 47.7 102,142 117,075 15,404 20,795
1979 250,164 5,565 2,777 1,209.4 77.7 60.1 28.0 11.1 5,599 11,212 52.8 100,603 122,197 18,472 24,937
1980 321,780 8,636 3,548 1,830.3 110.7 - 85.1 31.2 11.0 6,042 11,790 57.8 105,484 137,797 19,878 28,022
1981 370,742 7,737 3,907 2,546.5 132.4 112.3 33.9 10.5 6,891 13,773 54.5 142,426 185,035 23,023 32,232
1982 407,230 6,632 4,048 3,050.4 146.6 129.8 36.2 10.0 7,539 15,001 47.8 162,034 216,466 26,776 37,486
1983 337,530 7,208 3,179 2,896.1 125.8 - 115.1 39.6 9.6 8,852 17,605 35.9 180,729 244,955 22,374 31,234
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 18,46 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 48.4 237,42 310,373 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
2003 500,642 82,066 5,093 32,810.0 340.0 300.5 242.6 66.8 10.2 14,137 26,511 53.2 560,602 591,126 46,761 65,465
2004 566,202 110,000 5,742 42,666.3* 416.8* 298.6" 72.2* 10.1 14,322 26,854 59.3 646,990 680,248 53,766 75,272
2005 549,308 119,618 4,754 36,377.3 . . 362.3 ** 289.8**
334.3*
244.6 ** 74.6 ** 8.7 1V 24,740 45.4 683,169 727,301 52,085 72,919
*Revised **Provisioq
Table 23
Tourist Arrivals by Month - 1967 to 2005
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
Passenger Arrivals and Departures - 1973 to 2005 Table 24
Katunayake Kankasanturai Ratmalana Talaimannar Other Ports Total

Year Arr Dep Arr Dep Arr Dep Arr Dep Arr Dep Arr Dep
1973 97,057 107,719 5,458 7,659 438 439 19,932 17,775 725 993 123,610 134,585
1974 105,050 116,028 5,042 9,253 291 1,079 24,103 18,891 855 1,116 135,341 146,367
1975 125,988 139,554 4,500 11,961 12 35,220 21,542 1,005 1,313 166,725 174,370
1976 149,858 159,841 4,871 10,628 12 13 31,774 22,870 949 1,492 187,464 194,844
1977 187,537 206,188 5,057 8,777 44 19 31,125 22,388 1,162 1,470 224,925 238,842
1978 242,495 258,017 3,071 4,999 67,570 62,607 1,548 1,349 314,684 326,972
1979 302,280 325,710 69,181 66,610 3,267 3,626 374,728 395,946
1980 364,018 388,270 81,524 79,020 3,309 1,966 448,851 469,256
1981 493,619 562,421 82,003 72,800 2,599 2,456 578,221 637,677
1982 584,326 546,490 95,108 106,876 2,226 2,175 681,660 655,541
1983 559,276 534,217 70,402 93,168 1,862 2,277 631,540 629,662
1984 593,883 650,812 61,568 99,796 1,738 1,760 657,189 752,368
1985 543,397 585,213 1,927 1,735 545,324 586,948
1986 570,304 591,448 1,875 1,561 572,179 593,009
1987 512,289 548,408 1,797 1,533 514,086 549,941
1988 516,400 544,760 2,100 2,200 518,500 546,960
1989 552,189 563,027 1,493 1,286 553,682 564,313
1990 603,595 581,698 3,493 1,756 607,088 583,454
1991 646,869 712,073 2,706 2,366 649,575 714,439
1992 764,453 836,310 2,794 2,919 767,247 839,229
1993 813,535 823,841 3,551 3,134 817,086 826,975
1994 893,387 892,778 4,120 4,392 897,507 897,170
1995 912,877 946,109 5,897 8,105 918,774 954,214
1996 857,727 851,272 3,628 3,668 861,355 854,940
1997 904,712 916,397 3,793 3,578 908,505 919,975
1998 921,343 938,656 3,793 3,619 925,136 942,275
1999 970,311 977,066 3595 3114 973,906 980,180
2000 999,418 970,383 2,933 2,827 1,002,351 973,210
2001 971,621 962,586 2,942 2,682 974,563 965,268
2002 912,419 950,655 2,947 2,804 915,366 953,459
2003 1,140,687 1,102,864 1,532 1,729 1,142,219 1,104,593
2004 1,459,575 1,484,685 2,112 2,255 1,461,687 1,486,940
2005 1,360,217 1,396,227 1,930 1,560 1,362,147 1,397,787
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Table 25
Part H: Revenue from Tourism
Conference Held and Revenue Earned at Bandaranaike
Memorial International Conference Hall (B.M.I.C.H) - 1977 to 2005
Conference Status No. of Delegates Revenue
Year National International Local Foreign in Rs'000
1977 25 12 10,330 99
1978 39 24 33,697 1,971 773.5
1979 46 26 41,204 2,573 1,431.3
1980 86 29 57,519 1,940 1,459.1
1981 95 37 45,807 1,684 2,491.5
1982 121 26 2,356 3,086.6
1983 133 18 49,063 2,518 2,626.2
1984 141 10 51,012 3,645 3,511.2
1985 128 9 72,953 720 4,217.9
1986 114 8 72,446 2,461 3,009.2
1987 50 8 25,410 376 1,619.0
1988 42 4 13,850 156 1,264.3
1989 34 9 8,639 592 777.1
1990 31 7 12,145 2,011 1,201.3
1991 40 6 12,000 2,500 1,700.0
1992 127 33 69,601 5,248 13,939.3
1993 141 11 20,080 5,540 7,798.2
1994 105 9 35,080 1,730 4,906.7
1995 120 10 40,000 1,900 5,933.2
1996 152 16 58,000 1,300 5,411.2
1997 98 10 48,415 3,150 4,157.5
1998 101 5 49,475 1,550 6,039.4
1999 125 1 55,855 350 4,759.0
2000 134 4 54,110 600 6,685.5
2001 83 13 35,001 400 3,574.5
2002 577 6 285,545 1,005 46,244.7
2003 594 4 324,565 650 61,762.1
2004 642 4 432,510 1,550 70,700.0
2005 660 12 502,335 2,120 101,381.0
Number of Foreign Visitors Visiting the Museums and Table 26

Revenue from Sale of Tickets - 1981 to 2005
Total no. of Collection in
Year Visitors Rs. '000
1981 30,560 353.9
1982 30,050 269.9
1983 13,159 254.3
Foreign Tickets Local Tickets
1984 13,777 337.5
1985 8,813 217.6 No. of Revenue No. of-T Revenue
1986 15,088 352.9 Foreign (in Rs.) Domestic (in Rs.)
1987 5,538 138.5 Tourists Tourists
1988 12,315 254.0 Colombo National Museum 11,963 3,257,140 219,080 2,594,347
1989 20,354 479.3
1990 38,248 902.1 Natural History Museum 698 108,905 71.510 579,402
1991 22,159 821.4 Kandy National Museum 1,228 246,865 43,346 349,841
1992 26,920 1,005.8
1993 31,373 1,180.8 Ratnapura National Museum 86 12,140 9,731 67,114
1994 31,229 1,154.1 5. Galle National Museum 634 151,005 5,375 46,715
1995 24,997 1,171.0
1996 13,278 622.2 6 Anuradhapura Folk. Museum 40 6,240 2,583 27.970
1997 13,916 712.1 4,044 43,308
7. Dutch Museum 572 155,325
1998 14,417 738.7
1999 16,686 860.7 Total 15,281 3,937,620 355,669 3,678,697
2000 10,122 506.2
2001 11,157 620.4
2002 13,577 769.0
2003 19,213 1,181.1
2004 23,883 1,463.2
Source : Department of National Museum
2005 15,281 3,937.6 Foreign Ticket rates increased from Rs. 63 to 500/- w. e. f. June 2005
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Table 27
Number of Foreign Visitors Visiting the Cultural Triangle

and Revenue from Sale of Tickets - 1981 to 2005
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
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
2005 110,443 284.7
Source: Central Cultural Fund
Details of Foreign & Domestic Visitors - 2005

Foreign Visitors Domestic Visitors
No. of Visitors Revenue (in Rs.) No. of Visitors Revenue (in Rs.)
110,443 284,716,000 700,898 11,288,000
Details of Foreign Visitors by Location - 2005

Location No. of Foreign Visitors Revenue (in Rs.)
Round Tickets 37,325 145,288,000
Sigiriya 46,329 88,321,000
Polonnaruwa 22,638 43,318,000
Anuradhapura 4,142 7,787,000
Dambulla (Museum) 9 2,000
Total 110,443 284,716,000
Details of Domestic Visitors by Location - 2005

Location No. of Local Visitors Revenue (in Rs.)
Sigiriya 516,532 8,834,000
Alahana (Museum) 126,197 1,956,000
Jethavana (Museum) 17,369 153,000
Abeyagiriya (Museum) 38,365 320,000
Dambulla (Museum) 2,435 25,000
Total 700,898 11,288,000
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Table 28
Number of Foreign Visitors to the Zoological Gardens
and Revenue from Gate Fees - 1977 to 2005
No.of Collection
Year Tourists in Rs.'000
1977 58,190 520
1978 63,497 619
1979 79,946 1,063
1980 82,718 1,474
1981 83,912 2,416
1982 83,001 2,374
1983 66,185 1,873
1984 57,906 1,686
1985 46,309 1,349
1986 38,008 1,117
1987 16,863 661
1988 20,648 806
1989 23.898 941
1990 93,949 4,374
1991 110,458 6,361
1992 156,868 9,283
1993 173,628 10,274
1994 186,175 11,479
1995 189,043 11,448
1996 130,237 9,222
1997 175,984 15,128
1998 191,123 18,846
1999 233,968 23,068
2000 204,681 29,215
2001 150,353 22,249
2002 147,329 30,204
2003 217,930 42,29
2004 252,445 119,547
2005* 135,006 61,419
*Details are given below.
Revenue by Location - 2004 & 2005

Domestic Tourists Foreign Tourists* Total
Location Year Number Revenue Number Revenue Number Revenue
Dehiwela 2004 1,257,960 48,805,170 11,625 4,855,400 1,269,585 53,660,570
2005 1,318,277 51,439,075 10,156 3,893,875 1,328,433 55,332,950
Pinnawala 2004 401,365 15,406,620 240,820 114,691,500 642,185 130.098,120

2005 433,967 16,565,910 124,850 57,525,625 558,817 74,091,535
Total 2004 1,659,325 64,211,790 252,445 119,546,900 1,911,770 183,758,690

2005 1,752,244 68,004,985 135,006 61,419,500 1,887,250 129,424,485
Ticket Rates
Local Adults Rs. 50
Child Rs. 25
School Children Rs. 10
Foreigners SAARC region
Adults Rs. 250
Child Rs. 125
Other Foreigners
Adults Rs. 500
Child Rs. 250
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Table 29
Revenue from Foreign Visitors Visiting the
Botanical Gardens - 1977 to 2005
Total Revenue
Year Peradeniya Hakgala Gampaha in Rs.'000
1977 428.2 65.3 1.3 494.8
1978 509.6 82.6 1.3 593.5
1979 692.4 101.8 1.5 795.7
1980 1,517.7 188.7 3.0 1,709.4
1981 2,472.1 304.6 2.4 2,779.1
1982 2,525.9 329.2 2.1 2,857.2
1983 2,016.4 154.8 2.2 2,173.4
1984 2,000.3 122.2 2.5 2,125.0
1985 1,641.2 85.4 1.8 1,728.4
1986 1,468.1 97.0 1.4 1,566.5
1987 1,164.5 62.6 1.4 1,228.5
1988 1,019.1 58.0 1.2 1,078.3
1989 1,873.1 77.5 4.9 1,955.5
1990 4,068.3 209.0 5.7 4,283.0
1991 5,799.2 372.8 12.7 6,184.7
1992 8,981.2 584.0 19.3 9,584.5
1993 9,608.8 634.9 23.4 10,267.1
1994 18,477.5 1,037.4 36.0 19,550.9
1995 23,922.2 1,227.9 49.1 25,199.2
1996 16,082.6 689.1 28.1 16,799.8
1997 20,931.5 866.5 36.3 21,834.3
1998 25,481.6 1,211.1 5.3 26,698.0
1999 31,160.3 1,428.7 45.9 32,634.9
2000 28,066.6 1,357.0 37.2 29,460.8
2001 20,250.0 940.0 36.4 21,226.4
2002 25,348.2 962.9 34.4 26,345.5
2003 55,711.3 2,154.2 53.9 57,919.4
2004 68,010.3 2,613.3 80.4 70,704.0
2005* 104,272.0 6,136.0 23.1 32,605.2
*Details are given below.
Details by Location - 2005

Foreign Tickets Local Tickets
No. of Total
Location No. of Foreign Revenue Revenue
Domestic Revenue
Tourists (in Rs.) Tourists in Rs.) (in Rs.)
Peradeniya 104,272 30,768,800 915,619 14.747,540 45,516,340

Haggala 6,136 1,776,300 474,856 7,642,485 9,418,785
Gampaha 231 60,100 96,846 1,847,685 1,907,785
Total 110,639 32,605,200 1,487,321 24,237,710 56,842,910
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Annual Statistical Report of 2005 TOURIST BOARD JO
Table 30
Revenue from Foreign Visitors Visiting

the Wild Life Parks - 1982 to 2005
Yala Wilpattu Kumana Udawalawe Total
National National Bird National Revenue
Year Park Park Sanctuary Park Others* in Rs.'000
1982 962.7 525.7 1,488.4
1983 890.2 420.3 51.7 1.5 1,363.7
1984 956.4 2,117.9 89.1 1.7 3,165.1
1985 2,272.6 314.9 2.0 2,589.5
1986 641.1 641.1
1987 373.7 17.6 391.3
1988 226.7 11.0 49.4 287.1
1989 365.4 2.7 65.0 433.1
1990 1,151.6 3.6 1,155.2
1991 1,511.6 9.5 214.7 1,735.8
1992 2,700.9 207.3 456.2 3,364.4
1993 10,803.8 829.2 1,824.9 13,457.9
1994 21,613.4 5,529.1 2,224.0 29,366.5
1995 21,595.8 3,905.1 13,037.8 38,538.7
1996 15,196.9 2,928.7 9,776.1 27,901.7
1997 12,138.6 10,642.1 11,708.5 34,489.2
1998 8,918.7 13,626.4 18,681.0 41,226.1
1999 20,420.1 18,098.6 17,454.1 55,972.8
2000 25,417.8 15,876.9 18,857.8 60,152.5
2001 25,183.4 10,940.6 18,266.0 54,390.0
2002 25,802.4 14,813.7 17,920.4 58,536.5
2003 46,480.0 230.0 22,780.0 32,744.0 102,234.0
2004 48,413.9 522.3 274.6 29,647.2 34,944.0 113,802.0
2005** 23,945.8 734.9 75.9 16,205.3 21,729.9 62,691.8
* Includes Bundala, Horton Plains and Wasgamuwa National Parks

** Details are given below
Details by Location - 2005

Foreign Tickets Local Tickets Total No. Total
Location No. of Revenue No. of Revenue of Revenue
Visitors (in Rs.) Visitors (in. Rs) Visitors (in Rs.)
Yala National Park 17,614 23,945,760 93,656 2,057,235 111,270 26,002,995
Wilpattu National Park 1,105 734,940 14,554 316,086 15,659 1,051,026
Kumana National Park 112 75,920 1,295 29,780 1,407 105,705
Udawalawa National Park 11,912 16,205,340 55,507 1.201,561 67,419 17.406,901
Horton Plains National Park 11,272 15,391,140 183,413 3,753,063 194,685 19,144,203
Bundala National Park 2,351 1,607,910 4,821 104,491 7.172 1,712,401
Minneriya National Park 6,964 549,923 24,914 547,704 31,878 1,097,627
Kaudulla National Park 6.099 4,170,570 8,890 199,382 14,989 4,369,952
Lunugamvehera National Park 6 4140 489 11,247 495 15,387
Gal-Oya National Park 3 4140 181 4,115 184 8,255
11. Horagolla National Park 3 2070 1,242 20,153 1,245 22,223
Total 57,441 62,691,853 388,962 8,244,822 446,403 70,936,675
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Table 31
Revenue from Embarkation Tax
1973 to 2005
Total Amount
Year in Rs. '000
1973 778.9
1974 850.1
1975 1,032.0
1976 1,189.7
1977 3,170.5
1978 4,814.8
1979 9,588.3
1980 29,811.1
1981 34,577.1
1982 36,363.4
1983 29,742.1
1984 29,007.9
1985 25,745.6
1986 46,021.2
1987 36,421.2
1988 37,201.2
1989 53,861.0
1990 99,020.3
1991 130,943.1
1992 177,151.1
1993 196,125.0
1994 203,755.5
1995 201,550.5
1996 151,132.5
1997 183,082.5
1998 190,531.5
1999 218,220.0
2000 200,207.0
2001 269,268.0
2002 393,171.0
2003 500,646.0
2004 566,202.0
2005 549,308.0
Table 32
Public Sector Revenue from Tourism (In Rs. million)
Source of Revenue 2003 2004 2005
Tourism Embarkation Levy 780.4 674.2
Tourism Development Levy 0.1 300.6 172.5
Tourist Board Income 21.8 30.9 39.0
Embarkation Tax on ForeignTourists 500.6 566.2 549.3
Cultural Triangle 403.3 543.1 284.7
Botanical Gardens 57.9 70.7 32.6
Zoological Gardens 42.3 119.5 61.4
National Parks 102.2 113.8 62.7
Museums 1.2 1.5 3.9
Others 285.0
TOTAL 1,414.5 2,526.6 1,880.3
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SECTION III
Definitions of Terms and Sources of Information
establish residence in Sri Lanka irrespective of
1. DEFINITIONS OF TERMS
their length of stay.
2 Diplomatic personnel.
(a) Visitor/Tourist Excursionist:
3 Crews of ships and aircraft even if they stay for
one night or more.
In March 1993, the U.N.O. Statistical Commission
4. Dependents of temporary immigrants and
adopted a set of recommendations for tourism
children below 3 years.
statistics prepared by the World Tourism Organization
(W.T.0) as a follow-up to the Ottawa International
Conference for Travel and Tourism Statistics, held in In this report the term "Visitor", "Tourist" and
June 1991. These recommendations have been "Excursionist" are used for "International Visitor",
followed in this report for defining "International "International Tourist" and "International Excursionist"
Visitor", "International Tourist" and "International respectively. In Sri Lanka's tourism statistics,
Excursionist." The definitions are: excursionists consist almost exclusively of passengers
on sea cruises, who come on shore for purposes of
sightseeing, shopping, etc. while the ship is in harbour.
The term "International Visitor" refers to any
per-son who, travels to a country other than
that in which he/she has his/her usual Tourist Arrivals:
residence, but outside his/her usual

environment for a period not exceeding 12
Every single visit (or entry) of a tourist to the country
months and whose main purpose of visit is
either in the course of the same trip or in the course
other than the exercise of an activity
of different trips is counted as an arrival, provided the
remunerated from within the country visited.
visit (or entry) lasts at least one night in the country
(N.B. those who do not cross the frontiers are not
The term "International Tourist" (overnight regarded as visitors).
visitor) is an International Visitor who, stays at
least one night in a collective or private
Tourist Night:
accommodation in the country visited.
A night spent in Sri Lanka by a tourist in any type of

iii. The term "International Excursionist" (same day
immobile accommodation.
visitor) refers to an International Visitor, who
does not spend the night in a collective or
private accommodation in the country visited. (d) Guest Night:
To clarify further the following are excluded from the A night spent in a Tourist Hotel, Rest-House or
definition of "International Visitor": Guest-House approved by the Sri Lanka Tourist
Board, as being suitable for occupation by foreign
visitors.
All persons arriving with a specific purpose of
engaging themselves in gainful occupation or to
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Tourist Hotels (Graded Establishments): (d) Passenger Statistics:
All Tourist Hotels, which are reckoned to be up to Passenger arrival and departure reports compiled by
international standards of operation. the Immigration Department.
Supplementary Accommodation: (e) Air Traffic Statistics:
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:
Annual Surveys conducted by the Sri Lanka Tourist
2. SOURCES OF INFORMATION Board among all registered Tourist Establishments;

viz. Accommodation and Catering Establishments,
Tourist Statistics: Travel and Transport Agencies, Recreational Clubs,

Tourist Shops, Airlines and National Tourist
Embarkation and Disembarkation cards filled by the Organizations.
foreign visitors.
Statistics of Tourist Prices:
Excursionist Statistics
Price data collected from a sample of tourist
Passenger arrival reports compiled by the Immigration establishments.
Department.
Revenue Statistics:
(c) Accommodation Statistics:

Inland Revenue Department, Airport & Aviation
Monthly reports obtained by the Sri Lanka Tourist Services (Sri Lanka) Ltd., Ministry of Cultural Affairs,
Board from the registered accommodation Department of Wild Life, Department of Agriculture
establishments. and Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference
Hall.
SRI LANKA
LIST OF RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS OF THE
Title of the Report

I Year of Publication No. of Pages
I
Report on the Survey of Foreign Visitors (July 1967 to March 1968) Volume I 50
Volume II 30
Travel Industry Survey 1969 92
Quarterly Review of Tourism Statistics 1969
1-4 Quarter 74
Report of the Charter Tourist Survey Jan-Apr 1970 38
Ceylon Tourist Board Quarterly Review of Statistics-1 Quarter 1970 95
Ceylon Tourist Board Quarterly Review of Statistics - 1 Quarter 1971 85
Survey of Foreign Tourists to Sri Lanka 'Jan-Dec 1972 40
Ceylon Tourist Board Quarterly Review of Tourism Statistics-1 Quarter 1972 90
Ceylon Tourist Board Quarterly Review of Tourism Statistics
1 Quarter 1973 18
2 Quarter 1973 23
Ceylon Tourist Board Quarterly Review of Tourism Statistics-1 Quarter 1974 16
Report of the AD HOC committee on expansion Aug 1976 23

of tourist accommodation
Tourism in Sri Lanka - A Review of Performance 1977 15
Report of the Census of the Unauthorised Establishments

providing facilities to tourists in Sri Lanka 1983 37
The United Kingdom - A market profile Dec 1983 17
SRI LANKA

Title of the Report Year of Publication Nc. of Pages
Italy Market Study 1983 18
Market Intelligence News Release
No. 1 Jan 1983
No. 2 Feb 1983
No. 3 May 1983
No. 4 June 1983
No. 5 July 1983
No. 6 Aug 1983
No. 7 Sep/Oct 1983
No. 8 Nov/Dec 1983
Survey of Departing Foreign Tourists from Sri Lanka Feb-Apr 1983 54
The Middle East Region - A Market Profile Feb 1984 54
Market Intelligence News Release Vol. II (No. 1 to 10) Jan-Dec 1984 115
Airport Survey of German, French & UK Tourists Dec 1987 24
Japan Outbound - A Market Profile Nov 1988 29
Report of the Census of Unauthorised Establishments Apr/May 1988 39
providing tourist services in Hikkaduwa
Report of the Census of Unauthorised Establishments August 1988 21
providing tourist services in Negombo
The Federal Republic of Germany - A Market Profile May 1989 31
Korea Outbound - A Market Profile May 1989 21
Performance of the Hotel Sector in Winter 1990/91 Sep 1991 16
Survey of Foreign Tourists - 1991/92 March 1993 32
Korea Outbound 1995 June 1995 6
India Outbound 1995 July 1995 8
Survey of Departing Foreign Tourists from Sri Lanka July - November 2000 45
Tourism Update - Market Intelligence Report (Vol. I) Jan-Dec 2001 174
Hotel Industry Study 1999/2000 2001 42
Tourism Update-Market Intelligence Report (Vol. II) Jan-Dec 2002 104
Hotel Industry Study 2000/2001 2002 51
Report on Eco-tourism Seminar- 2002 September 2002 128
Seminar Report on "How Tourism could help to Reduce Poverty. Create September 2003 39
Jobs & Contribute to Social Harmony"
Survey of Departing Indian Foreign Tourists from Sri Lanka April-June 2003 60
Hotel Industry Survey 2002/2003 2003 51
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Performance of Tourism Sector - 2005

The total foreign guest nights recorded in registered accommodation establishments

Table A-1 E. Asia & Pacific 17.0 15.5 18.0 18.3

mainly USA and Canada) over the period 2003 to

the percentage change recorded for each year as

Middle East 1.1 1.8 1.9

Other 0.4 0.5 0.6

regions -20.1 per cent and -35.2 percent respectively

Table C-3 /December/January and the mini peak in July/August.

Market Total Percentage

visited for private and official business increased

to 16.9 per cent. Meetings and Conventions 2.3

per cent and 'other purposes' 2.2 per cent, consti-

and disembarking in the Europe region decreased

from Western Europe, 34.5 per cent from Asia, 7.9

per cent from North America, 5.9 per cent from

who came for business purposes were from Asian

European tourists travelled to Sri Lanka directly from

Pleasure, 32.0 per cent Business, 4.7 per cent Meet-

With the continued increase in tourist traffic since Other Purposes.

Part A: Trends and Structural Characteristics of Tourist Traffic

Tourist Arrivals by Year - 1966 to 2005

MIN Arrivals %Change

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

Tourist Arrivals by Country of Nationality - 1999 to 2005

NORTH AMERICA 18,534 17,352 16,304 20,004 25,099 30,654 46,727

Tourist Arrivals by Top Ten Markets - 2004 & 2005

India U.K Germany France Australia U. S. A Maldives Canada Japan Netherlands

Market Growth Trends by Residence - Growth Indices

Tourist Arrivals by Country of Residence - 1999 to 2005

Shares of Tourist Arrivals by Region - 1998 to 2005

2003 I E:=1 Australasia

Tourist Arrivals by Region - 2004 & 2005

1967 128 117 119 101 97 64 82 101 82 87 94 127 1.3 22

Tourist Arrivals by Country of Residence & Month - 2005

Mode of Transport and Port of Arrivals - 2004 & 2005

Relative Importance of Different Ports - Table (d)

Tourist Arrivals by Country of Residence &

Tourist Arrivals by Type of Carrier - 2004 & 2005

Carrier 2004 2005

Inter-Regional Flights 74.5% 77.3%

11111 Intra-Regional Flights 21.5% 21.6%

Charter Flights 3.9% 1.0%

aig Sea Carrier 0.1% 0.1%

Relative Importance of Different Carriers - Percentage Distribution Table (e)

Tourist Arrivals by Charter Carriers - 1996 to 2005

Regions of Embarkation & Disembarkation - 2005

Regions of Embarkation & Disembarkation - Table (f`

Tourist Arrivals by Country of Nationality, Region of

Indo-Pakis- Other Neigh- Other

NORTH AMERICA Dise 46,727 8,430 12,846 3,529 9,192 12,731

LATIN AMERICA & Dise 732 150 222 49 131 180

WESTERN EUROPE Dise 227,558 16,784 19,094 3,435 70,527 117,718

France Dise 26,641 1,613 1,251 216 9,453 14,109

Germany Dise 46,320 2,102 2,440 307 10.066 31,405

Scandinavia Dise 14,738 1,271 1,887 189 3,892 7,500

United Kingdom Dise 92.929 8,476 9.483 2,072 25,530 47,369

Others Dise 46,930 3,322 4,035 652 21,585 17,336

EASTERN EUROPE Dise 9,305 669 1,435 147 3,810 3,245