Sri Lanka Tourist Board Annual Statistical Report 2006

ANNUAL STATISTICAL REPORT
OF SRI LANKA TOURISM - 2006
This is the thirty-eighth in the series of Annual Statistical Reports published by the Sri Lanka
Tourist Board and it provides a continuing review of the trends and development of the tourist industry.
Research & International Affairs Division,

Sri Lanka Tourist Board,
P.O. Box 1504,
80, Galle Road,
Colombo - 3.
Sri Lanka.
Tel/Fax: 2380943
e-mail: ria@srilanka.travel
www.sltbstatistics.org
The report is divided into three sections. Section i contains a summary of performance of the
tourist sector in 2006 and Section ii presents statistical tables and charts. Section iii comprises
the definitions of terms and sources of information.
The statistical analyses presented in this year’s report cover the following subject areas:
A. Trends and Structural Characteristics of Tourist Traffic
B. Scheduled Airline Operations & Passenger Movements
C. Accommodation Industry - Capacity and its Utilization
D. Income and Employment
E. Tourist Prices
F. Foreign Travel by Sri Lankans
G. Growth of Travel and Tourism
H. Revenue from Tourism
Copyright© 2006 Sri Lanka Tourist Board ASR

CONTENTS
SECTION I: Page
SUMMARY - PERFORMANCE OF SRI LANKA TOURISM - 2006 05
SECTION II:
STATISTICAL TABLES AND CHARTS......................................................................................................... 13
PART A: TRENDS AND STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS OF TOURIST TRAFFIC......................... 13
Chart 1 Tourist Arrivals by Year - 1966 to 2006................................................................................ 13

Table ( a ) Market Growth Trends by Nationality - Growth Indices...................................................... 13
Table 1 Tourist Arrivals by Country of Nationality - 2000 to 2006................................................... 14
Chart 2 Tourist Arrivals by Top Ten Markets - 2005 & 2006 ........................................................... 15
Table ( b ) Market Growth Trends by Residence - Growth Indices ....................................................... 15
Table 2 Tourist Arrivals by Country of Residence - 2000 to 2006 .................................................... 16
Chart 2 ( a ) Shares of Tourist Arrivals by Region - 1999 to 2006............................................................ 17
Chart 2 ( b ) Tourist Arrivals by Region - 2005 & 2006............................................................................ 17
Chart 3 Seasonality of Tourist Traffic - 2006 .................................................................................... 18
Table ( c ) Seasonal Variation in Traffic Flow - 1967 to 2006............................................................... 18
Table 3 Tourist Arrivals by Country of Residence and Month - 2006.............................................. 19
Chart 4 Mode of Transport and Port of Arrivals - 2005 & 2006 ...................................................... 20
Table ( d ) Relative Importance of Different Ports - Percentage Distribution of Arrivals - 1997 to 2006.... 20
Table 4 Tourist Arrivals by Country of Residence & Mode of Transport - 2006.............................. 21
Chart 5 Tourtst Arrivals by Type of Carrier - 2005 & 2006 ............................................................. 22
Table ( e ) Relative Importance of Different Carriers - Percentage Distribution of Arrivals - 1997 to 2006 22
Table 5 Tourist Arrivals by Country of Residence & Carrier - 2006 ............................................... 23
Table 5(a) Tourist Arrivals by Charter Carriers - 1997 to 2006 ........................................................... 24
Chart 6 Purpose of Visit - 2005 & 2006 ........................................................................................... 25
Table (f) Percentage Distribution of Tourists by Purpose of Visit - 1997 to 2006 ............................. 25
Table 6 Tourist Arrivals by Country of Residence & Purpose of Visit - 2006 ................................. 26
Chart 7(a) Period of Stay - 2005 & 2006............................................................................................... 27
Chart 7 ( b ) Average Duration of Stay & Region - 2005 & 2006 ........................................................... 27
Table ( g ) Period of Stay - Percentage Distribution - 1976 to 2006 .................................................... 27
Table 7 Average Duration of Stay and Tourist Nights by Country of Nationality - 2006 ............... 28
Chart 8 Tourist Arrivals by Age & Sex - 2005 & 2006.................................................................... 29
Table ( h ) Percentage Distribution by Sex & Age - 1997 to 2006 ....................................................... 29
Table 8 Tourist Arrivals by Country of Residence, Sex & Age - 2006 ............................................ 30
Chart 9 Occupational Categories - 2005 & 2006 ............................................................................. 31
Table (i) Percentage Distribution by Occupational Categories - 1997 to 2006 ................................. 31
Table 9 Tourist Arrivals by Country of Residence & Occupation - 2006 ........................................ 32
PART B: SCHEDULED AIRLINE OPERATIONS AND PASSENGER MOVEMENTS.............................. 33
Chart 10 Shares of Total Seating Capacity by Carrier - 2006 ............................................................ 33
Table 10 Scheduled Airline Operations & Seating Capacity - 2006 .................................................. 33
Chart 11 Growth of Passenger Arrivals & Departures - 1996 to 2006 .............................................. 34
Table 11 Passenger Arrivals and Departures by Port and Category of Travellers (1) - 2006 ............ 34
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Annual Statistical Report of 2006 3
PART C: ACCOMMODATION INDUSTRY - CAPACITY AND ITS UTILIZATION................................. 35
Chart 12 Shares of Accommodation Capacity (Rooms) by Resort Region - 1997 to 2006 ............... 35
Table (j) Accommodation Capacity (Rooms) in Graded Establishments and its Regional
Distribution - 1997 to 2006.................................................................................................. 35
Chart 13 Tourist Nights and Occupancy Rates by Month - 2006....................................................... 36
Table 12 Accommodation Capacity and Guest Nights in Graded and Supplementary Establishments
- 1998 to 2006... 36
Chart 13 ( a ) Occupancy Rates by Resort Region - 2005 & 2006 ............................................................ 37
Table ( k ) Occupancy Rates by Region - 1997 to 2006 ....................................................................... 37
Table 13 Monthly Occupancy Rates in Graded Establishments by Region - 2006 ........................... 38
Table 13 ( a ) Capacity and Nights in all Accommodation Establishments by Class ............................... 38
Table 14 Foreign Guest Nights in Graded Accommodation Establishments by Region and Month - 2006 39
Table 15 Local Guest Nights in Graded Accommodation Establishments by Region and Month - 2006 39
PART D: INCOME & EMPLOYMENT 40
Chart 14 Value of Tourism - 1996 to 2006 .......................................................................................... 40
Table 16 Volume & Value of Tourism - 1998 to 2006 ......................................................................... 40
Table 17 Foreign Exchange Earnings from Tourism - 2005 & 2006 ................................................... 41
Table (l) Exchange Rates (Annual Average) - 1996 to 2006 ............................................................... 41
Chart 15 Direct Employment in the Tourist Industry - 2004 to 2006 .................................................. 42
Table 18 Direct Employment in the Tourist Industry - 2004 to 2006 .................................................. 42
PART E: TOURIST PRICES ............................................................................................................................ 43
Chart 16 Tourist Price Index - 1997/98 to 2006/07.............................................................................. 43
Table 19 Index of Tourist Prices - 1974/75 to 2006/07........................................................................ 43
PART F: FOREIGN TRAVEL BY SRI LANKANS ........................................................................................ 44
Chart 17 Sri Lankan Departures - 1996 to 2006 ................................................................................. 44
Table 20 Sri Lankan Departures - Growth Trends - 1974 to 2006 ...................................................... 44
PART G: GROWTH OF TRAVEL & TOURISM............................................................................................. 45
Table 21 Tourism Growth Trends - 1966 to 2006 ............................................................................... 45
Table 22 Tourist Arrivals by Month - 1967 to 2006............................................................................. 46
Table 23 Passenger Arrivals and Departures - 1973 to 2006................................................................ 46
PART H: REVENUE FROM TOURISM ......................................................................................................... 47
Table 24 Conferences Held and Revenue Earned at BMICH - 1978 to 2006 ..................................... 47
Table 25 Number of Foreign Visitors Visiting the Museums and Revenue from Sale of Tickets - 1980 to 2006 47
Table 26 Number of Foreign Visitors Visiting the Cultural Triangle and
Revenue from Sale of Tickets - 1982 to 2006 ....................................................................... 48
Table 27 Number of Foreign Visitors to the Zoological Gardens and
Revenue from Gate Fees - 1978 to 2006 ............................................................................... 49
Table 28 Revenue from Foreign Visitors Visiting the Botanical Gardens - 1977 to 2006 ................... 50
Table 29 Revenue from Foreign Visitors Visiting the Wild Life Parks - 1982 to 2006 ....................... 51
Table 30 Revenue from Embarkation Tax - 1973 to 2006 ................................................................... 52
Table 31 Public Sector Revenue from Tourism (In Rs.million) ........................................................... 52
SECTION III:
DEFINITIONS OF TERMS AND SOURCES OF INFORMATION ............................................................... 53
LIST OF RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS OF THE SRI LANKA TOURIST BOARD..................................... 55

4 Annual Statistical Report of 2006
SECTION I - SUMMARY
PERFORMANCE OF TOURISM SECTOR 2006
HIGHLIGHTS

A - World Tourism Scene It is seen that European region still receives more
than one half of world tourism (54.4 per cent),
Preliminary results for the full year 2006 confirm while Europe and Americas taken together, the tra-
that tourism demand has again been highly resilient ditional scenes of international tourism, and receive
since the industry continues to enjoy an above aver- more than seven-tenths, (70.6 per cent) of world
age growth in international tourist arrivals of around tourism.
4.5 %.The world tourism continued to grow in 2006
reached a new height of 842 million arrivals as com- However, what is important to note is the gradual
pared to the previous year’s figure of 806 million. decline in the shares of world tourism received by
the European and the American regions and the
All regions of the world recorded growths in 2006, corresponding increases in the shares of all other re-
ranging from a low of 2.4 per cent in the American gions, during this period. Thus the combined share
region to a high of 11.4 per cent in the South Asian of the European and American regions declined
region. The table below gives statistics of world tour- from 74.8 per cent in 2003 to 70.6 per cent in 2006.
ist arrivals by major regions for the period 2003 to All other regions remained either relatively stable in
2006 along with percentage changes as compared to their shares or recorded slight increases over the base
the previous years. year 2003.
Table A-1
World Tourist Arrivals by Regions

in million (2003 to 2006) B - Tourism Demand - Volume and Value
% Change
Region 2003 2004 2005 2006
04/03 05/04 06/05
Africa 30.7 33.3 37.3 40.3 8.5 12.0 8.0
Americas 113.1 125.3 133.5 136.3 10.2 6.5 2.1 (B-1) Volume
E. Asia & Pacific 107.8 137.8 147.4 158.3 27.8 6.9 7.4
Europe 408.6 425.6 441.0 458.0 4.2 3.6 3.6
Middle East 30.0 35.9 39.2 40.8 19.7 9.2 4.1
South Asia 6.4 7.6 8.0 8.8 18.7 5.3 10.0 The overall arrivals for the year 2006 as a whole in-
World 697 766 806 842 10.0 5.2 4.5
creased only by 1.9 per cent to 559,603 as compared
Source - World Tourism Organization
(Note – Figures for 2006 are provisional estimates) to the figure of 549,308, registered in the previous
year, the year following the impact from the tsunami.
In absolute terms the highest increase of 17.0 In terms of tourist nights, which is another yard-
million arrivals was recorded in the European region stick in measuring the volume of tourist traffic, the
while the lowest increase in absolute terms of 0.8 number recorded in 2006, amounted to 5,793,588
million was recorded in the South Asian region. nights. This was an increase of 21.9% when com-
pared to 4,754,085 nights recorded in 2005 (See
Table A-2 below shows the relative shares of World Tables 7 & 12).
Tourism received by the six regions of the world
from 2003 – 2006. The average duration of stay increased from 8.7
Table A-2 nights in 2005, to 10.4 nights in 2006.
Regional Distribution of World Tourism Arrivals
(2003 to 2006)
Region Relative Share
2003 2004 2005 2006 (B-2) Value
Africa 4.4 4.4 4.6 4.8
Americas 16.2 16.4 16.6 16.2
E. Asia & Pacific 15.5 18.0 18.3 18.8 In 2006, earnings from tourism increased by 17.1
Europe 58.6 55.5 54.7 54.4
Middle East 4.3 4.7 4.8 4.8 per cent, to Rs. 42,585.5 million as compared to Rs.
South Asia 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
36,377.3 million recorded for the previous year.
Total 100 100 100 100
Source - World Tourism Organization
(Note - Figures for 2006 are provisional estimates) In terms of US Dollars, total earning in 2006

amounted to US$ 410.3 million, as against US$ compared with the previous year.
362.3 million recorded for the previous year, show- Table C-1
ing a slower increase in dollar terms of 13.2 per
Tourism Arrivals by Regions
cent.
(1999, 2004, 2005 & 2006)
Market Region 1999 2004 2005* 2006 % Change
The average spending per tourist increased to US 04/99 05/04 06/05
America-North 18,477 29,759 46,457 35,323 61.1 56.1 -24.0
$ 867.4 - an increase of 33.7 per cent when com- Asia-North East 27,723 36,705 36,661 41,299 32.4 -0.1 12.7
pared to US $ 649.0 in 2005. The average spending Asia-South East 23,646 27,831 33,337 30,701 17.7 19.8 -7.9
Asia-South 63,006 133,532 153,353 167,948 112.0 12.9 9.5
per tourist per day amounted to US $ 83.4, which Australasia 15,159 26,540 29,738 25,127 75.1 12.1 -15.5
showed an increase of 11.8 per cent as compared to Europe-West 275,796 284,440 227,191 228,445 3.1 -20.1 0.6
Europe-East 6,204 14,336 9,290 14,221 131.1 -35.2 53.1
US $ 74.6 in 2005. Middle East 4,821 10,463 10,236 10,345 117.0 -2.2 1.1
Others 1,608 2,596 3,045 6,194 61.4 17.3 103.4
The relative importance of tourism in 2006 as a FE World 436,440 566,202 549,308 559,603 29.7 -3.0 1.9
earner in the overall economy of Sri Lanka can be * Year following the impact of tsunami
seen from the figures given in Table B-1 below;

Table B-1
It can be seen that the largest drop in tourist arrivals
were recorded from North American and Austral-
Relative Importance of Tourism
as FE Earner asian regions - 24.0 per cent and - 15.5 per cent
2005 2006 respectively, as concerned to the previous year. South
Rank Sector FE % of Total FE % of Total
Earnings
Rs. Million
FE
Earnings
Earnings
Rs. Million
FE
Earnings
East Asian Market region also recorded a drop of
1
2
Textiles & Garments
Private Foreign Remittances
291,090
191,849
29.0
19.1
320,829
241,918
28.5
21.5
7.9 per cent in 2006, as against to the last year. All
3 Tea 81,481 8.1 91,667 8.2
4 Tourism 36,377 3.6 42,585 3.8 other market regions recorded increases during the
5 Other Agriculture 18,439 1.8 20,242 1.8
6 Precious Stones 12,088 1.2 12,385 1.1 year under review. East Europe by 53.1 per cent,
7 Petroleum Products 19,170 1.9 19,451 1.7
8
9
Coconut
Rubber
11,400
4,724
1.1
0.5
12,898
9,674
1.1
0.9
North East Asia by 12.7 per cent, South Asia by 9.5,
10 Others 337,432 33.6 352,951 31.4
Middle East by 1.1 per cent, Western Europe by 0.6
Total 1,004,050 100.0 1,124,600 100.0
Source - Central Bank of Sri Lanka per cent and other regions by 103.4 per cent.
Thus in 2006, tourism was able to maintain its posi- Table C-2 below gives the per cent shares of tourism
tion as the 4th largest earner of FE in the national received from the broad market regions for 2005 to
economy - behind Textiles and Garments, Foreign 2006 as compared for the year 1999.
Remittances and Tea. However, the contribution of Table C-2
tourism to the total FE earnings remained relatively Relative Importance of Market Regions
at small 3.8 per cent, which was a slight increase of (1999, 2005 & 2006)
0.2 percentage point in its share, as compared to the Market Region Percentage Share
1999 2005 2006
previous year. Tourism also fell far behind the top America-North 4.2 8.4 6.3
Asia-North East 6.4 6.7 7.4
three FE earners who accounted for 58.2 per cent Asia-South East 5.4 6.1 5.5
of the total, namely Textiles and Garments 28.5 per Asia-South 14.4 27.9 30.0
Australasia 3.5 5.4 4.5
cent, Foreign Remittances 21.5 per cent and Tea 8.2 Europe-West 63.2 41.3 40.8
Europe-East 1.4 1.7 2.5
per cent. Middle East 1.1 1.9 1.9
Others 0.4 0.6 1.1
100.0 100.0 100.0
C - Sources of Tourism Demand
Western Europe as the major market source for Sri
Table C-1 below shows Tourist Arrivals broken Lanka has dropped from 63.2 per cent in 1999 to
down into different source market regions for the 41.3 per cent in 2005 and to 40.8 per cent in 2006.
years 2004 - 2006 as compared to the base year 1999 Market share of South Asia has expanded from 14.4
and the percentage change recorded for each year as per cent in 1999 to 27.9 per cent in 2005 and to

30.0 per cent in 2006.
The Lowest number of arrivals in the past was re-
Table C-3 below shows a comparison of the Top-ten corded in May/June, but in 2006 the lowest arrivals
source markets for tourism to Sri Lanka in the years were recorded in November, with the seasonal index
2005 and 2006. falling to 81 (See Table c).
Table C-3
Top-Ten Source Markets (D-2) Mode of Transport and Port of Arrival
(2005 & 2006)
2005 2006
Market Total Percentage Market Total Percentage
Arrivals Share Arrivals Share Katunayake International Airport, the only air ac-
India 113,323 20.6 India 128,370 22.9
U.K. 92,629 16.9 U.K. 88,306 15.8 cess point to Sri Lanka, handled 99.9 per cent of the
Germany 46,350 8.4 Germany 47,402 8.5
France 26,653 4.9 Maldives 24,831 4.4 total tourist arrivals during the year under review.
Australia 25,986 4.7 France 22,693 4.1
U.S.A. 25,272 4.6 Australia 21,849 3.9 The balance 0.1 per cent used the Colombo Har-
Maldives 24,576 4.5 U. S.A 20,700 3.7
Canada 21,185 3.9 Netherlands 19,360 3.5 bour as the port of entry to the country
Japan 17,148 3.1 China (P.R) 16,274 2.9
Netherlands 15,156 2.8 Japan 16,189 2.9 (See Tables d & 4).
Total 408,278 74.4 Total 405,974 72.6
Source - Sri Lanka Tourist Board
(D-3) Arrivals by Carrier
The changes in the relative importance of major
source markets can be seen from this table. In- In 2006, altogether twenty three scheduled airlines
dia maintained its position as the top producer in operated regular services to Sri Lanka and accounted
2006 again, when arrivals from India increased from for 99.0 per cent of the total tourist traffic to the
113,323 in 2005 to 128,370 in 2006. UK contin- country. Charter flights (0.9 per cent) and arrivals
ued its second position with a drop in arrivals from by sea (0.1 per cent) accounted for the balance.
92,629 in 2005 to 88,306 in 2006.
The ten leading scheduled airlines (each carried more
The Maldives and the Netherlands, who occupied than 10,000 tourists in 2006) – Sri Lankan Airlines,
the seventh and the tenth positions respectively in Emirates, Singapore Airlines, Qatar Airways, Cathay
2005 moved up to fourth and the eighth positions, Pacific Airlines, Indian Airlines, Jet Air, LTU, Thai
with substantial increases in arrivals in absolute Airlines and Condor Airways accounted for 90.1 per
terms. It is a noteworthy that, the new source mar- cent of the total tourist traffic to the country (See
ket - China is featuring in the list for the first time. Table 5).
D - Profile Characteristics Inter-regional flights accounted for 76.1 per cent

of the total tourist arrivals, which was a decrease of
(D-1) Seasonality of Arrivals 1.2 percentage points when compared with 77.3 per
cent recorded for 2005 (See Table e). Correspond-
In the past, the peak months for arrivals fall during ingly, the share of intra-regional traffic increased to
November /December/January and the mini peak in 22.9 per cent, from 21.6 per cent in the previous
July/August. In 2006, the peak months for arrivals year.
were July/August and January to March. The high-
est number of arrivals was recorded in July, with the During the year under review, four European Char-
seasonal index moving up to 119, recording a 19 per ter Airlines operated flights to Sri Lanka, bringing a
cent increase above the monthly average. The seasonal- total of 5,116 tourists to the country, which was a
ity ratio in 2006 was 1.2, compared to 1.1 in 2005. decrease of 2.0 per cent, when compared with the
The coefficient of seasonal variation in 2006 was 15, total of 5,223 tourists in the previous year [Table
compared to 13 in 2005, indicating a small seasonal 5(a)]. In terms of market share, the proportion of
variation in arrivals in 2006 (See Tables c & 3). charter arrivals decreased from 1.0 per cent in the

previous year to 0.9 per cent in the current year. It is also interesting to note that, 28.3 per cent of
tourists stayed 3 nights or less, whilst 26.4 per
(D-4) Purpose of Visit cent stayed between 4-7 nights, 32.2 per cent stayed
between 8-14 nights and 13.1 per cent stayed for
In 2006, the proportion of pleasure tourists (namely more than two weeks.
those who visit the country for holiday, recreation
and site-seeing etc), decreased to 67.4 per cent - The total number of nights spent by the 559,603
from 85.4 per cent in 2002, 80.8 per cent in 2003, tourists who visited the country in 2006 amounted
78.2 per cent in 2004, 69.6 per cent in 2005. Cor- to 5,793,588 (See Table 7). This was an increase of
respondingly, in 2006, those who visited for Private 21.9 per cent when compared with the 4,754,085
and Official Business increased to 17.8 per cent. nights recorded for the previous year (See Table
Visiting Friends and Relations (VFR) 7.6 per cent, 12).
Convention and Meetings 3.0 per cent, Other Pur-
poses 2.5 per cent and Religious and Cultural 1.7 In 2006, the total number of tourist nights spent in
per cent, constituted the balance. It must be noted graded hotels was 3,134,243. This was an increase
that this change may be as a result of the number of of 9.7 per cent, when compared with the figure of
aid support personnel who visited Sri Lanka during 2,857,575 nights recorded in 2005 (See Table 12).
the post tsunami period.
However, the tourist nights spent in supplemen-
Of the total pleasure travellers, 47.3 per cent were tary establishments amounted to 680,604 in 2006,
from Western Europe, 35.5 per cent from Asia, 6.7 which was an increase of 73.8 per cent, as compared
per cent from North America, 5.3 per cent from to 391,520 nights recorded in 2005.
Australasia and the balance 5.2 per cent from other
countries (See Table 6). The largest proportion of It is interesting to note that in 2006, only 54.1 per
business tourists (private and official) came from cent of the tourist nights were spent in graded estab-
Asia with Western Europe taking the second place. It lishments (decreased by 6.0 per cent over last year),
is noteworthy that 63.8 per cent of those who came while another 11.7 per cent were spent in supple-
for business purposes were from Asian countries. mentary accommodation establishments. The bal-
ance 34.2 per cent of the tourist nights have been
It is interesting to note that the motivational pattern spent in unregistered accommodation units and
of tourists from the neighbouring market, India, private houses (See Table 12). This may also be the
which produced over one hundred and twenty eight result of the presence of aid support personnel in the
thousand tourists in 2006 (the largest) is significant- post tsunami period.
ly different from that of all other markets - namely
48.7 per cent Pleasure, 31.0 per cent Business, 8.5 (D-6) Age & Sex Distributions
per cent Visiting Friends and Relations (VFR), 6.2
per cent Convention and Meetings, 4.5 per cent Re- Of the total tourist arrivals in 2006, 63.0 per cent
ligious & Cultural and the balance 1.1 per cent for were male and the balance 37.0 per cent female (See
other purposes. Table h).
(D-5) Average Duration of Stay and Tourist Nights The age distribution showed that the largest pro-
portion of tourists were in the age bracket 30 - 39
The average duration of stay of tourists in the coun- years, accounting for 24.0 per cent of the total traffic
try increased significantly from 8.7 nights in the pre- - a decrease by 0.3 percentage points over 24.3 per
vious year, to 10.4 nights in 2006 (See Table g). cent recorded for 2005. Compared to 2005, fol-
lowing age groups such as 20-29, 40-49 and 60 &

Over showed increases while 3-19, 30-39 and 50-59 million. This represented an increase of 5.8 per cent
showed decreases in 2006. as compared to the two-way passenger traffic of 2.76
million recorded for the previous year (See Tables
(D-7) Occupation 11 & 23).
According to declarations made in the Immigration Analyses of the composition of this two-way pas-
Card, 73.3 per cent of the tourists were gainfully senger traffic revealed that as many as 51.1 per cent
occupied, in comparison to the 71.6 per cent re- of these passengers were Sri Lankans. The two-way
corded for 2005. Retired Persons constituted 5.2 Tourist Passengers accounted for 38.6 per cent of the
per cent while the balance 21.4 per cent declared total. The balance 10.3 per cent was Resident Visa
themselves as having no occupation. Those in the Holders and Other Foreign Travellers, who could
“No Occupation” category were mainly housewives not be classified as tourists (See Table 11).
and dependants (See Tables 9 & i).
Of the tourists who engaged in gainful occupations, G - Tourism Supply

23.2 per cent were engaged in “Other Occupations”
viz.: white-collar workers in the non-executive grades (G-1) Accommodation Capacity
and skilled/ semi-skilled workers. This may also re-
flect the number of social workers visiting as post In 2006, the number of registered tourist hotels
tsunami aid support personnel. increased to 250 with 14,478 rooms from 223 in
the previous year. Out of 250 registered hotels, 241
Others in gainful occupations were Executives (14.7 hotels were in operation with 14,218 rooms. [Table
per cent), Businessmen (15.1 per cent), Profession- 13(a)].
als (7.7 per cent), Scientists & Technicians (7.4 per
cent) and Educationists (5.3 per cent). However, the supply of supplementary accommoda-
tion units (namely guest-houses, motels, inns etc)
E- Scheduled Airline Operations increased substantially, by 93 additional units, from
415 in 2005 to 508 in 2006. The room capacity in
Twenty three scheduled airlines operated flights to these units increased by 1,027 from 3,962 to 4,989
Sri Lanka in 2006 (See Table 5). during the same period, also as a result of the post
tsunami reconstruction efforts.
During the summer season from May to October,
the number of flights operated per week amounted The capacity distribution was 36.0 per cent in the
to 257 with a seating capacity of 59,738 per week South Coast region, 22.6 per cent in the Colombo
(See Table 10). City region, 17.7 per cent in the Greater Colombo
region (including Negombo), and 17.4 per cent in
During the winter season from November 2005 to the Ancient Cities region and the balance 6.4 per
April 2006, the number of flights operated amount- cent in the High Country and the East Coast re-
ed to 273 per week, with a seating capacity of 62,791 gions ( See Table j ).
per week.
(G-2) Occupancy Rate
F- Passenger Movements
The overall annual room occupancy rate of tourist
In 2006, the two-way movement of passengers (in- hotels increased significantly to 47.8% per cent in
cludes arrivals and departures), through the Katu- 2006, from 45.4 per cent in the previous year – an
nayake International Airport, amounted to 2.92 increase by 2.4 percentage points indicating a recov-

ery from the impact of the tsunami of December the country as against to 68.3 per cent in 2005.
2004, that resulted in a dip in tourist arrivals in In 2006, the distribution of foreign guest nights
2005 (See Table k). in tourist hotels by resort regions shows that 33.2
per cent of the total foreign guest nights have been
All regions, except Colombo City and East Coast spent in the South Coast Region. The Colombo
have recorded increases in room occupancy in 2006, City Region accounted for 27.5 per cent, Greater
when compared with the corresponding figures for Colombo region 18.6 per cent, Ancient Cities re-
2005 (See Table k). gion 16.1 per cent, High Country 4.2 per cent and
East Coast region 0.4 per cent (See Table 14).
Region-wise, the highest occupancy level was record-
ed in the Colombo City (64.3 per cent), followed by H - Employment in the Tourist Industry
the Greater Colombo region (48.0 per cent) and the
Ancient Cities region (43.3 per cent). Tourism generates employment directly in tour-
ism related business establishments such as hotels
In 2006, the highest overall monthly occupancy rate and other accommodation units, restaurants, travel
of 64.8 per cent was recorded in February and the agents and tour operators, recreation and entertain-
lowest monthly occupancy rate of 31.4 per cent in ment businesses, souvenir, handicraft and other
November (See Table 13). shops etc. and also indirectly in those businesses,
which sell goods and services to the tourism sector.
(G-3) Guest Nights In general, it has been found that indirect employ-
ment generated as a result of tourism is much higher
In 2006, total foreign guest nights recorded in all than the direct employment. Research conducted in
tourist hotels amounted to 3,134,243 which was an Sri Lanka indicates that ratio of direct employment
increase of 9.7 per cent over the figure of 2,857,575 to indirect employment is 1:1.4. This means that for
nights recorded in the previous year (See Table 12). every 100 jobs created in the tourism sector there
The local guest nights recorded in these hotels de- will be 140 jobs generated in the supplying sectors.
creased at a slower rate of 1.5 per cent from 818,207
to 806,143 during the same period. The total number of persons employed directly in
the tourism sector at the end of 2006 amounted to
Notably, there was a significant increase in the num- 55,649 which was an increase of 6.8 per cent over
ber of foreign guest nights recorded in supplementa- the figure of 52,085 recorded in 2005 (See Table
ry accommodation establishments by 73.8 per cent, 18).
from 391,520 in 2005 to 680,604 in 2006.
Like in the previous years, the majority of direct em-
The local guest nights recorded in these establish- ployment amounting to 64.7 per cent of the total was
ments also increased substantially by 4.6 per cent, in the Accommodation and Catering sectors. Travel
from 474,095 in 2005 to 495,957 in 2006. How- Agents and Tour Operators accounted for 12.3 per
ever the local guest nights as a proportion of total cent while Airlines accounted for 10.9 per cent. It
guest nights in these establishments decreased from is noteworthy that the airlines sector increased their
54.8 per cent in 2005 to 42.2 per cent in 2006. employment capacity by 2.5 per cent while accom-
modation & catering, travel & tour agents, tourist
The total of foreign guest nights recorded in shops and agencies providing recreational facilities
all registered accommodation establishments (both showed increases (See Table 18).
tourist hotels and supplementary accommodation)
in 2006 amounted to 3,814,847 accounting for Of the total direct employment, 56.8 per cent were
65.8 per cent of the total tourist nights spent in in the Technical, Clerical and Supervisory grades,

28.0 per cent were in the Manual and Operative amounted to Rs 2,100.9 million as compared to
grades and the balance 15.2 per cent in the Manage- Rs.1,880.3 million collected from the same sources
rial grades. in the previous year. This was an increase by 11.7
per cent.
The total indirect employment in the supplying
sector in 2006 was estimated at 77,909 (See Table The main contributors to the total revenue collected
21). Thus the total of both direct and indirect em- in 2006 were; tourism embarkation levy – Rs.696.0
ployment as a result of tourism in 2006 adds up to million, embarkation tax – Rs.559.6 million, and
133,558. This was an increase of 6.8 per cent over the cultural triangle entrance fees – 400.9 million.
the figure of 125,004 recorded in 2005.
Another interesting comparison is the ratio of jobs

generated, both directly and indirectly, to the num-
ber of tourist arrivals. In 2006, this ratio was one job
for every 4.2 arrivals.
I - Tourist Prices
In 2006, the overall tourist price index showed a mar-

ginal increase of 4.4 per cent, when compared with
the previous year. In absolute terms, it increased by
only 210 points from 4,796 in the 2005/2006 sea-
son, to 5,006 in the 2006/2007 season (See Table
19). The category in which the highest rate of in-
crease in prices was recorded is the Transport sector
– 26.8 per cent, followed by Accommodation cat-
egory – 10.9 per cent while Food & Beverage sector
increased by 9.2 per cent. Within the accommoda-
tion sector, the price increase occurred in Beach area
- 12.0, City area - 4.3 and Circuit area - 4.2 per
cent.
J - Public Sector Revenue
Public sector institutions derive revenue from tour-

ism in a variety of ways, namely direct and indirect
taxes, fees and levies, profits from business undertak-
ings etc. However, statistics of revenue collections
are readily available only from a few sources, such
as embarkation levy, tourism development levy, em-
barkation tax, entrance fees to cultural triangle, na-
tional parks, museums, botanical gardens etc. The
revenue collections from some of these sources are
given in Tables 25 to 31.
The revenue collected from the listed sources in 2006

SECTION II: STATISTICAL TABLES AND CHARTS
PART A: TRENDS AND STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS OF TOURIST TRAFFIC
Chart 1
Tourist Arrivals by Year - 1966 to 2006
% Change
Arrivals
Year
Table (a)
Market Growth Trends by Nationality - Growth Indices
(Average 1963/1966 = 100)
Average
Annual
Growth
Market 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 Rates
Western Europe 2,764 3,073 3,519 3,330 2,609 2,560 3,255 3,640 2,903 2,917 9.4
Asia 1,802 1,615 1,900 1,525 1,486 2,371 2,950 3,260 3,706 4,024 10.5
North America 470 524 527 493 463 569 713 871 1,328 1,014 5.2
Australasia 1,443 1,489 1,795 2,162 1,533 1,579 2,363 3,314 3,508 2,954 8.1
Others 1,556 1,507 1,574 1,547 1,707 2,067 2,873 3,265 2,815 3,536 11.2
All Markets 1,926 2,004 2,295 2,106 1,771 2,068 2,633 2,978 2,889 2,943 9.2

Table 1
Tourist Arrivals by Country of Nationality - 2000 to 2006

Country of
2006
NORTH AMERICA 17,352 16,304 20,004 25,099 30,654 46,727 35,688
Canada 7,521 7,804 8,337 11,109 14,974 21,335 14,863
U.S.A. 9,831 8,500 11,667 13,990 15,680 25,392 20,825
LATIN AMERICA &
THE CARIBBEAN 342 400 549 636 715 732 805
WESTERN EUROPE 261,011 204,510 200,676 255,179 285,366 227,558 228,666
Austria 6,312 5,788 6,144 7,337 8,625 4,148 4,677
Belgium 10,230 5,226 4,731 4,268 5,718 3,891 6,373
Denmark 1,662 1,630 1,980 2,732 3,496 3,793 3,540
Finland 2,319 538 726 1,103 1,989 1,150 1,244
France 26,120 20,989 19,980 28,576 30,422 26,641 22,703
Germany 70,635 60,370 55,137 58,875 58,932 46,320 47,296
Italy 16,719 13,283 12,171 15,648 17,984 10,147 12,353
Netherlands 22,632 11,257 11,763 18,212 21,487 15,252 19,460
Norway 2,010 2,285 2,892 3,677 3,444 4,333 3,057
Spain 1,866 1,547 2,349 2,801 2,987 1,781 2,369
Sweden 4,338 4,318 2,523 3,916 8,140 5,462 5,579
Switzerland 8,493 6,227 9,312 11,177 10,687 8,339 7,729
U.K. 84,807 68,554 67,932 93,306 107,042 92,929 88,531
Others 2,868 2,498 3,036 3,551 4,413 3,372 3,755
EASTERN EUROPE 6,840 7,045 8,046 10,600 14,259 9,305 14,236
Russia 3,552 2,534 2,943 3,683 4,985 3,719 8,000
Others 3,288 4,511 5,103 6,917 9,274 5,586 6,236
MIDDLE EAST 4,347 5,364 6,462 6,759 9,486 10,230 10,191
AFRICA 891 902 1,545 1,925 1,759 2,337 3,163
ASIA 91,409 89,343 142,578 177,377 196,023 222,844 241,954
Bangladesh 1,218 1,738 1,518 1,851 1,760 2,325 2,466
China (P.R.) 2,220 3,789 4,350 7,380 9,424 9,818 16,364
Hong Kong, China 3,243 2,115 3,582 3,150 916 1,219 1,083
India 31,851 33,932 69,996 90,639 104,390 113,023 128,520
Indonesia 2,607 1,075 1,473 1,392 1,426 1,639 4,940
Japan 10,287 9,241 13,566 17,178 19,747 17,163 16,217
Korea (South) 2,615 2,795 2,607 2,700 4,597 6,023 5,318
Malaysia 4,830 3,917 9,603 9,283 9,939 11,668 9,823
Maldives 7,941 8,975 9,855 11,577 15,201 24,396 24,505
Nepal 528 512 786 977 890 1,077 1,152
Pakistan 10,017 8,522 6,726 9,674 9,629 11,056 11,165
Philippines 1,428 1,422 1,626 2,418 1,807 2,360 3,480
Singapore 5,010 4,505 7,578 8,423 7,866 10,796 6,662
Thailand 3,429 2,931 3,954 6,008 5,209 5,409 5,475
Taiwan (P.C.) 3,546 2,821 3,417 2,532 1,929 2,705 2,580
Others 639 1,053 1,941 2,195 1,293 2,167 2,204
AUSTRALASIA 18,222 12,926 13,311 23,067 27,940 29,575 24,900
Australia 16,476 11,330 11,334 20,075 24,471 25,836 21,665
New Zealand 1,722 1,533 1,920 2,858 3,331 3,608 3,127
Others 24 63 57 134 138 131 108
Total 400,414 336,794 393,171 500,642 566,202 549,308 559,603

Chart 2
Tourist Arrivals by Top Ten Markets - 2005 & 2006
Table (b)
Market Growth Trends by Residence - Growth Indices

(Average 1963/1966 = 100)
Average
Annual
Growth
Western Europe 2,262 2,866 3,230 3,727 3,525 2,757 2,707 3,449 3,844 3,071 3,088 9.3
Asia 1,450 1,605 1,409 1,617 1,294 1,268 2,022 2,507 2,800 3,157 3,423 10.0
North America 449 575 632 666 624 576 716 905 1,072 1,674 1,273 5.7
Australasia 1,245 1,664 1,727 2,153 2,589 1,862 1,876 3,262 3,770 4,224 3,569 8.5
Others 1,047 1,211 1,195 1,187 1,177 1,315 1,573 1,884 2,575 2,121 2,686 10.2
All Markets 1,590 1,926 2,004 2,295 2,106 1,771 2,068 2,633 2,978 2,889 2,943 9.2

Table 2
Tourist Arrivals by Country of Residence - 2000 to 2006

Country of
Residence 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
NORTH AMERICA 17,319 15,983 19,866 25,110 29,759 46,457 35,323
Canada 7,503 7,609 8,301 11,164 14,633 21,185 14,623
U.S.A. 9,816 8,374 11,565 13,946 15,126 25,272 20,700
LATIN AMERICA &
THE CARIBBEAN 447 429 555 634 741 705 775
WESTERN EUROPE 260,824 203,984 200,295 255,169 284,440 227,191 228,445
Austria 6,294 5,968 6,117 7,310 8,633 4,127 4,662
Belgium 10,224 5,250 4,767 4,304 5,582 3,855 6,333
Denmark 1,653 1,628 1,968 2,720 3,269 3,781 3,531
Finland 2,316 535 729 1,106 1,989 1,150 1,244
France 25,992 20,949 19,989 28,585 29,996 26,653 22,693
Germany 70,584 60,405 55,170 58,908 58,258 46,350 47,402
Italy 16,833 12,074 12,177 15,654 18,862 10,192 12,424
The Netherlands 22,618 12,569 11,748 18,197 21,455 15,156 19,360
Norway 2,010 2,261 2,889 3,674 3,477 4,330 3,054
Spain 1,848 1,529 2,328 2,780 3,010 1,781 2,367
Sweden 4,344 4,265 2,487 3,880 7,979 5,402 5,524
Switzerland 8,490 6,228 9,375 11,240 10,610 8,399 7,727
U.K. 84,693 67,830 67,533 93,278 106,645 92,629 88,306
Others 2,925 2,493 3,018 3,533 4,675 3,386 3,818
EASTERN EUROPE 6,840 7,065 8,079 10,633 14,336 9,290 14,221
Russia 3,552 2,542 2,946 3,686 5,000 3,704 7,985
Others 3,288 4,523 5,133 6,947 9,336 5,586 6,236
MIDDLE EAST 4,341 5,544 6,492 6,789 10,463 10,236 10,345
AFRICA 894 952 1,611 1,991 1,855 2,340 3,235
South Africa 372 341 660 980 987 1,107 1,116
Others 522 611 951 1,011 868 1,233 2,119
ASIA 91,521 89,732 143,064 177,351 198,068 223,351 242,132
Bangladesh 1,218 1,745 1,521 1,830 1,721 2,316 2,456
China (P.R.) 2,208 3,721 4,338 7,251 9,088 9,668 16,274
Hong Kong, China 3,348 2,319 3,759 3,075 1,538 1,069 973
India 31,860 33,924 69,960 90,603 105,151 113,323 128,370
Indonesia 2,604 1,081 1,476 1,395 1,466 1,669 5,042
Japan 10,266 9,237 13,602 17,115 19,641 17,148 16,189
Korea (South) 2,613 2,778 2,616 2,709 4,531 6,056 5,298
Malaysia 4,833 3,910 9,651 9,331 10,132 11,578 9,713
Maldives 7,935 9,019 9,861 11,583 15,013 24,576 24,831
Nepal 534 508 789 980 883 1,071 1,146
Pakistan 10,005 8,562 6,756 9,704 9,638 11,029 11,145
Philippines 1,428 1,427 1,641 2,433 1,808 2,366 3,474
Singapore 5,019 4,641 7,599 8,444 8,546 11,156 7,012
Thailand 3,408 2,956 3,945 5,999 5,035 5,424 5,460
Taiwan (P.C) 3,543 2,834 3,432 2,547 1,907 2,720 2,565
Others 699 1,070 2,118 2,352 1,970 2,182 2,184
AUSTRALASIA 18,228 13,105 13,209 22,965 26,540 29,738 25,127
Australia 16,443 11,457 11,217 19,958 23,247 25,986 21,849
New Zealand 1,737 1,528 1,920 2,858 3,184 3,617 3,147
Others 48 120 72 149 109 135 131
Total 400,414 336,794 393,171 500,642 566,202 549,308 559,603

Chart 2 (a)
Shares of Tourist Arrivals by Region - 1999 to 2006
2006 Western Europe

2005 Asia
2004
North America
2003
Year
Australasia
2002
Eastern Europe
2001
2000 Others
1999
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

Share
Chart 2 (b)
Tourist Arrivals by Region - 2005 & 2006
2005 2006
46,457
North America 35,323
705
Latin America 775
227,191
Western Europe 228,445
9,290
Region
Eastern Europe 14,221
10,236
Middle East 10,345
2,340
Africa 3,235
223,351
Asia 242,132
29,738
Australasia 25,127
0 50,000 100,000 150,000 200,000 250,000 300,000
Tourist Arrivals

Seasonality of Tourist Traffic - 2006 Chart 3
Arrivals Index
60,000 130
54,746 55,354
Tourist Arrivals (Thousands)
52,103 52,687 52,931

49,776 120
50,000
43,824 44,066 110
38,485 38,815 39,224

40,000 37,591 100
Index
90
30,000
80
20,000 70
60
10,000
50
0 40
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Month Table (c)
Seasonal Variation in Traffic Flow - 1967 to 2006

(Seasonal Indices) (1)
Seasona- Coefficient
lity ratio of Seasonal
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec (2) Variation(3)
1967 128 117 119 101 97 64 82 101 82 87 94 127 1.3 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
2006 112 113 117 107 94 94 119 114 83 83 81 84 1.2 15
(1) Seasonal indices are compiled by taking average arrivals per month as 100
SRI LANKA TOURIST BOARD (2) Seasonality ratio = Highest Monthly Arrival / Average Arrival per month
(3) Coefficient of Seasonal Variation is obtained by calculating the standard
18 Annual Statistical Report of 2006 deviation of the Seasonal Indices.
Table 3
Tourist Arrivals by Country of Residence & Month - 2006

Season
Country of -ality
Residence Total Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ratio
NORTH AMERICA 35,323 3,935 3,112 4,705 2,739 2,534 3,415 3,739 2,995 1,684 2,046 1,886 2,533 1.6
Canada 14,623 1,556 1,296 1,552 1,257 1,244 1,391 1,601 1,329 750 797 784 1,065 1.3
U.S.A. 20,700 2,379 1,816 3,153 1,482 1,290 2,024 2,138 1,666 934 1,249 1,102 1,468 1.8
LATIN AMERICA &
THE CARIBBEAN 775 60 41 59 51 61 59 73 84 60 85 110 32 0.9
WESTERN EUROPE 228,445 22,612 25,376 22,803 20,362 16,071 15,214 24,667 21,651 15,895 15,955 12,789 15,052 1.3
Austria 4,662 561 775 574 352 237 214 419 308 204 281 272 465 1.9
Belgium 6,333 474 535 575 593 394 353 870 616 647 611 326 338 1.2
Denmark 3,531 422 583 506 298 187 301 303 190 143 174 206 218 1.9
Finland 1,244 286 217 115 101 64 65 58 53 42 68 63 112 2.7
France 22,693 2,106 3,052 2,911 2,655 1,908 1,086 2,590 2,461 1,270 1,018 807 828 1.6
Germany 47,402 5,412 5,223 5,130 4,703 3,335 2,456 3,897 3,274 3,180 4,218 3,229 3,345 1.3
Netherlands 19,360 1,989 2,154 1,386 1,360 1,138 1,495 3,071 1,765 1,753 1,406 838 1,006 1.9
Italy 12,424 1,196 1,261 1,127 658 775 898 1,194 1,691 1,235 913 612 864 1.2
Norway 3,054 414 386 317 355 198 272 287 190 124 184 153 174 1.6
Spain 2,367 147 130 157 177 158 112 282 505 207 238 124 130 2.5
Sweden 5,524 890 955 794 548 275 369 291 227 167 235 294 479 2.0
Switzerland 7,727 939 935 786 888 506 510 866 410 417 531 445 493 1.4
U.K. 88,306 7,365 8,759 8,178 7,488 6,630 6,798 10,134 9,425 6,261 5,837 5,180 6,251 1.4
Others 3,818 411 411 247 186 266 285 405 536 245 241 240 349 1.7
EASTERN EUROPE 14,221 2,243 1,373 1,111 1,238 946 489 704 924 914 1,463 1,429 1,354 1.9
Russia 7,985 1,332 632 571 617 530 190 312 520 575 934 901 871 2.0
Others 6,236 911 741 540 621 416 299 392 404 339 529 528 483 1.8
AFRICA 3,235 510 146 290 350 301 224 332 156 269 258 265 261 1.8
South Africa 1,116 244 71 110 152 95 64 125 64 62 115 79 73 2.3
Others 2,119 266 75 180 198 206 160 207 92 207 143 186 188 1.5
MIDDLE EAST 10,345 521 744 642 675 391 706 1,805 2,434 601 509 507 810 2.8
ASIA 242,132 19,860 19,867 23,216 21,716 21,592 21,657 21,785 22,730 17,314 16,957 18,579 16,761 1.0
China (P.R.) 16,274 1,498 1,761 1,160 1,068 1,547 1,150 1,615 932 1,410 1,302 1,699 1,131 1.3
Hong Kong, China 973 120 5 29 117 53 84 63 84 38 170 120 90 2.0
India 128,370 10,065 10,480 13,159 11,775 11,593 11,833 10,870 11,689 9,506 9,483 9,302 8,615 1.2
Indonesia 5,042 219 156 651 748 681 390 453 405 343 383 310 303 1.8
Japan 16,189 1,396 1,661 1,494 1,258 1,402 1,176 1,361 2,058 1,172 1,020 1,066 1,126 1.5
Korea (South) 5,298 660 451 482 322 375 361 581 637 411 232 441 345 1.5
Malaysia 9,713 930 773 1,019 810 922 977 590 719 525 699 904 844 1.0
Maldives 24,831 2,340 1,733 1,816 2,618 1,762 1,970 2,757 2,117 1,747 1,440 2,286 2,245 1.3
Pakistan 11,145 882 824 1,227 791 699 1,027 1,601 1,408 699 594 852 541 1.7
Philippines 3,474 240 218 189 255 599 544 321 247 203 232 230 195 2.1
Singapore 7,012 551 572 684 542 645 862 529 553 434 561 477 601 1.5
Thailand 5,460 351 388 473 847 736 612 311 502 285 386 294 275 1.8
Taiwan (P.C.) 2,565 292 252 222 203 174 280 230 210 148 196 214 144 1.3
Others 5,786 316 593 611 362 404 391 503 1,169 393 259 384 306 2.5
AUSTRALASIA 25,127 2,362 2,028 1,920 2,645 1,929 2,302 2,249 1,957 1,748 1,542 2,026 2,421 1.2
Australia 21,849 2,027 1,795 1,688 2,328 1,659 2,037 1,969 1,703 1,519 1,359 1,770 1,994 1.3
New Zealand 3,147 326 224 226 310 253 259 267 243 201 174 246 418 1.2
Others 131 9 9 6 7 17 6 13 11 28 9 10 9 2.5
Total 559,603 52,103 52,687 54,746 49,776 43,825 44,066 55,354 52,931 38,485 38,815 37,591 39,224 1.2

Chart 4
Mode of Transport and Port of Arrivals - 2005 & 2006
Katunayake 99.9 %
Colombo 0.1 %
Table (d)
Relative Importance of Different Ports -

Percentage Distribution of Arrivals - 1997 to 2006
Port 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Katunayake (BIA) 99.9 99.9 99.9 99.9 99.9 99.9 99.9 99.9 99.9 99.9
Kankasanturai - - - - - - - - - -
TOTAL AIR 99.9 99.9 99.9 99.9 99.9 99.9 99.9 99.9 99.9 99.9
Talaimannar - - - - - - - - - -
Colombo Harbour 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
TOTAL SEA 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.1 100.0

Table 4
Tourist Arrivals by Country of Residence & Mode of Transport - 2006

Country of By Air Sea
Residence Total Katunayake Colombo
NORTH AMERICA 35,323 35,306 17
Canada 14,623 14,623 0
USA 20,700 20,683 17
LATIN AMERICAN & -
THE CARIBBEAN 775 775 0
WESTERN EUROPE 228,445 228,322 123
Austria 4,622 4,622 0
Belgium 6,373 6,373 0
Denmark 3,531 3,520 11
Finland 1,244 1,244 0
France 22,693 22,693 0
Germany 47,402 47,354 48
Italy 12,424 12,417 7
Netherlands 19,360 19,344 16
Norway 3,054 3,032 22
Spain 2,367 2,367 0
Sweden 5,524 5,524 0
Switzerland 7,727 7,727 0
UK 88,306 88,287 19
Others 3,818 3,818 0
EASTERN EUROPE 14,221 14,204 17
Russia 7,985 7,968 17
Others 6,236 6,236 0
AFRICA 3,235 3,235 0
MIDDLE EAST 10,345 10,345 0
ASIA 242,132 241,929 203
China (PR) 16,274 16,254 20
Hong Kong, China 973 973 0
India 128,370 128,301 69
Indonesia 5,042 5,033 9
Japan 16,189 16,189 0
Korea (South) 5,298 5,298 0
Malaysia 9,713 9,713 0
Maldives 24,831 24,831 0
Pakistan 11,145 11,120 25
Philippines 3,474 3,460 14
Singapore 7,012 6,988 24
Thailand 5,460 5,460 0
Taiwan (P.C.) 2,565 2,544 21
Others 5,786 5,765 21
AUSTRALASIA 25,127 25,127 0
Australia 21,849 21,849 0
New Zealand 3,147 3,147 0
Others 131 131 0
Total 559,603 559,243 360

Chart 5
Tourist Arrivals by Type of Carrier - 2005 & 2006
Carrier 2005 2006
Inter-Regional Flights 77.3% 76.1%
Intra-Regional Flights 21.6% 22.9%
Charter Flights 1.0% 0.9%
Sea Carrier 0.1% 0.1%
Table (e)
Relative Importance of Different Carriers - Percentage

Distribution of Arrivals - 1997 to 2006
Carrier 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Inter-Regional
Flights 69.8 69.0 69.9 74.1 78.0 79.6 77.8 74.5 77.3 76.1
Intra-Regional
Flights 24.7 19.7 19.6 18.8 18.6 18.0 18.9 21.5 21.6 22.9
Charter Flights 5.4 11.2 10.4 7.1 3.3 2.3 3.2 3.9 1.0 0.9
TOTAL AIR 99.9 99.9 99.9 99.9 99.9 99.9 99.9 99.9 99.9 99.9
Passenger Ships
(CBO) 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
TOTAL SEA 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Table 5
Tourist Arrivals by Country of Residence & Carrier - 2006

Country of SriLankan Aero Thai Malaysian Air Emi- Kuwait Royal Austrian Qatar CSA Martin Blue Air Ethihad Sea Charter
Residence Total A/L Float SIA PIA Saudia A/L A/L IAC Sahara Jet Air rates A/W LTU J'danian CX A/W Condor A/W Czech Air Panorama Arabia Airways Carrier Carrier
NORTH AMERICA 35,323 20,394 31 2,850 88 105 825 496 517 467 225 3,512 859 50 149 2,862 75 90 1,086 72 3 0 80 393 13 81
Canada 14,623 8,336 6 715 23 71 210 175 209 211 225 1,298 735 15 25 917 3 19 971 48 2 0 24 351 0 34
USA 20,700 12,058 25 2,135 65 34 615 321 308 256 0 2,214 124 35 124 1,945 72 71 115 24 1 0 56 42 13 47
LATIN AMERICAN &
THE CARIBBEAN 775 302 0 42 0 3 24 0 20 0 3 67 0 2 3 65 12 21 60 124 10 0 0 3 0 14
WESTERN EUROPE 228,445 117,258 39 2,541 114 259 1,811 483 791 624 878 32,733 2,070 10,901 2,196 4,646 2,591 10,367 20,347 3,977 3,119 0 503 5,190 141 4,866
Austria 4,662 1,821 0 84 0 5 78 15 18 0 9 930 0 550 69 34 956 87 318 28 123 0 2 32 0 43
Belgium 6,333 2,050 0 39 0 3 51 9 15 6 18 240 21 41 99 41 72 54 144 64 214 0 1 33 0 345
Denmark 3,531 1,275 0 57 0 0 54 24 24 31 39 240 30 82 3 60 48 102 912 647 5 0 19 50 12 178
Finland 1,244 475 7 51 3 0 30 6 9 3 21 78 3 6 6 27 72 45 31 185 13 0 9 8 0 55
France 22,693 15,585 3 186 3 45 125 45 105 66 153 3,485 725 110 288 282 45 165 3,765 289 33 0 31 204 0 107
Germany 47,402 18,250 6 245 31 21 342 36 126 63 145 5,615 30 9,325 111 264 354 9,178 2,814 654 610 0 45 1,032 48 489
Italy 12,424 4,675 8 33 0 33 96 20 30 125 27 2,815 550 103 228 120 147 125 1,018 285 23 0 35 31 5 752
Netherlands 19,360 3,567 0 168 11 0 115 30 24 36 69 1,317 78 475 633 234 144 264 725 176 1,826 0 31 45 17 1,685
Norway 3,054 1,555 0 84 3 0 60 21 44 12 38 222 3 14 18 63 66 21 987 895 14 0 0 87 25 46
Spain 2,367 1,435 0 21 3 6 25 0 24 9 30 177 12 21 120 78 45 54 228 99 16 0 14 20 0 23
Sweden 5,524 2,256 0 64 9 3 211 65 21 21 24 315 21 30 0 96 165 63 578 471 21 0 9 16 0 812
Switzerland 7,727 3,425 0 117 0 17 60 15 30 6 48 2,163 21 68 99 72 302 129 1,258 59 135 0 6 96 0 187
UK 88,306 58,779 15 1,392 48 117 521 197 310 231 245 14,500 555 45 471 3,197 175 80 7,569 125 86 0 265 3,460 34 113
Others 3,818 2,110 0 0 3 9 43 0 11 15 12 636 21 31 51 78 0 0 0 0 0 0 36 76 0 31
EASTERN EUROPE 14,221 5,995 13 84 3 3 32 12 18 24 20 1,584 14 119 108 102 246 246 3,731 1,490 0 23 148 54 21 131
Russia 7,985 2,341 10 21 3 3 4 12 18 12 0 672 2 5 18 15 11 70 2,856 165 0 23 103 16 21 131
Others 6,236 3,654 3 63 0 0 28 0 0 12 20 912 12 183 90 87 235 176 875 1,325 0 0 45 38 0 0
MIDDLE EAST 10,345 3,222 0 156 18 1,178 244 27 120 27 92 1,302 815 79 1,656 165 18 75 664 15 0 0 772 275 0 2
AFRICA 3,235 1,850 3 94 12 36 56 15 44 15 18 312 12 7 12 87 25 36 220 0 10 0 330 28 0 13
ASIA 242,132 151,579 181 15,296 1,583 156 7,141 5,152 15,097 7,837 10,640 9,230 224 67 108 14,181 18 61 1,389 274 6 191 653 306 762 0
China (P.R.) 16,274 9,455 15 687 11 0 675 60 3 15 33 102 0 3 0 2,632 0 0 115 9 4 0 55 26 175 0
Hong Kong 973 445 6 132 0 0 21 0 0 15 9 6 0 0 0 355 0 3 5 0 0 0 3 0 0 0
India 128,370 86,303 0 540 47 45 515 123 14,550 7,325 10,235 1,512 35 15 33 555 0 10 401 45 0 3 312 187 442 0
Indonesia 5,042 2,800 6 218 3 3 114 48 0 6 9 412 6 0 0 69 0 6 18 0 0 0 36 0 19 0
Japan 16,189 10,335 41 3,171 15 0 1,690 840 36 213 48 318 6 6 6 3,912 9 3 45 26 2 0 12 5 0 0
Korea (South) 5,298 1,050 15 2,445 3 0 325 45 48 21 60 430 3 0 3 925 3 0 36 3 0 0 3 2 0 0
Malaysia 9,713 4,266 40 1,915 9 6 75 2,965 39 23 55 129 9 9 3 271 6 30 11 36 0 0 9 2 0 0
Maldives 24,831 19,785 4 123 13 45 57 933 65 39 45 3,666 9 4 45 195 0 3 75 32 0 178 0 17 0 0
Pakistan 11,145 7,128 0 36 1,465 42 39 30 3 3 6 816 63 0 6 60 0 0 556 95 0 0 185 22 45 0
Philippines 3,474 566 6 1,026 0 9 162 15 6 6 12 421 6 0 9 327 0 6 78 2 0 0 6 7 14 0
Singapore 7,012 3,415 39 3,725 14 0 147 42 12 24 47 1,025 36 18 3 1,915 0 0 14 26 0 0 6 14 26 0
Thailand 5,460 2,050 0 84 0 6 1,674 18 30 6 21 33 15 12 0 1,145 0 0 27 0 0 10 12 0 0 0
Taiwan (P.C.) 2,565 1,156 9 876 3 0 195 21 3 9 13 27 0 0 0 1,010 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 18 0
Others 5,786 2,825 0 318 0 0 1,452 12 302 132 47 333 36 0 0 810 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 24 23 0
Annual Statistical Report of 2006

AUSTRALASIA 25,127 10,960 42 7,764 25 26 840 932 138 79 171 1,656 74 32 39 1,918 12 20 177 17 5 0 100 91 0 9
Australia 21,849 9,754 40 6,250 25 26 687 856 87 75 147 1,415 65 28 36 1,678 0 20 111 17 5 0 85 65 0 9
New Zealand 3,147 1,140 2 1,478 0 0 153 64 45 4 24 235 6 4 3 234 12 0 66 0 0 0 15 26 0 0
Others 131 66 0 36 0 0 0 12 6 0 0 6 3 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 559,603 311,560 309 28,827 1,843 1,766 10,973 7,117 16,745 9,073 12,047 50,396 4,068 11,257 4,271 24,026 2,997 10,916 27,674 5,969 3,153 214 2,586 6,340 360 5,116
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Table 5 (a)
Tourist Arrivals by Charter Carriers - 1997 to 2006
Charter Carrier 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Condor - - - - - - - - - -
Balair 4,218 4,293 3,117 3,624 976 - - - - -
Sterling Airways - - - - - - - - - -
Fin Air - - 594 1,623 - - 703 1,181 12 -
Montana - - - - - - - - - -
Hapag Lloyd - - - - - - - - - -
Scan Air - - - - - - - - - -
Lauda 1,527 1,737 3,771 246 715 567 277 1,374 908 -
Air Europe 4,197 4,983 6,282 3,747 1,360 3,645 5,275 3,712 - -
U.T.A.(Charter) - - - - - - - - -
Air Solvika - - - - - - 840 978 - -
Air Holland 3,199 12,831 13,584 - - - 430 - - -
Austrian Airlines 414 2,499 1,734 2,121 1,728 1,806 - - - -
Air Liberty - - - - - - - - - -
Caledonian 2,736 4,449 - - - - - - - -
Sobel Air - - - 3,369 - - - - - -
Britannia - - - - - - - - - -
Air Monarach 2,781 9,893 15,606 11,607 5,586 - 4,083 4,117 -
Air Charter 219 1875 - - - - - - - -
Edelweiss Air - - - - - 600 1,935 1,536 478 1,070
CSA Czech Airline - - - - - 1,302 - - -
Tvansavia Airline - - - - - 774 2,235 657
Aeroflot - - - - - 642 - - -
My Travel - - - - - - 320 2,925 1,278 -
First Choice 578
Arkeyfly - - - - - - - - - 983
Holand Excel 3,828 237 -
Euro Fly 1,476 1,848 2,086
Others 264 195 834 1,923 871 - 348 447 462 399
Total 19,555 42,755 45,522 28,260 11,236 9,336 16,446 22,231 5,223 5,116

Chart 6
Purpose of Visit - 2005 & 2006
Table (f)
Percentage Distribution of Tourists by Purpose of Visit

1997 to 2006

Table 6
Tourist Arrivals by Country of Residence & Purpose of Visit - 2006

Private & Convention Visiting Religious
Country of Total Pleasure Official & Friends & &
Residence Business Meetings Relations Cultural Others
NORTH AMERICA 35,323 25,385 3,601 586 3,934 202 1,615

Canada 14,623 10,477 423 174 2,607 77 865
U.S.A. 20,700 14,908 3,178 412 1,327 125 750
LATIN AMERICA &
THE CARIBBEAN 775 515 175 46 25 0 14
WESTERN EUROPE 228,445 178,412 25,190 1,935 18,586 406 3,916
Austria 4,662 3,689 799 24 105 10 35
Belgium 6,333 3,822 1,856 212 163 136 144
Denmark 3,531 2,718 446 43 281 14 29
Finland 1,244 974 145 14 31 12 68
France 22,693 20,187 1,109 114 1,165 15 103
Germany 47,402 37,869 4,948 324 3,732 27 502
Italy 12,424 7,856 2,161 81 1,653 51 622
Netherlands 19,360 13,343 3,554 111 1,539 6 807
Norway 3,054 2,097 412 36 388 9 112
Spain 2,367 1,517 165 33 33 12 607
Sweden 5,524 3,956 591 57 777 9 134
Switzerland 7,727 5,966 499 67 1,113 18 64
U.K. 88,306 71,721 8,067 759 7,543 84 132
Others 3,818 2,697 438 60 63 3 557
EASTERN EUROPE 14,221 9,196 3,376 712 668 75 194
Russia 7,985 4,180 1,322 716 765 780 222
Others 6,236 4,824 600 120 6 6 680
AFRICA 3,235 1,584 492 204 57 3 895
MIDDLE EAST 10,345 8,025 1,572 324 129 183 112
ASIA 242,132 133,860 63,404 12,800 17,204 8,653 6,211
China (PR) 16,274 6,928 4,312 1,455 2,867 277 435
Hong Kong, China 973 713 244 1 6 0 9
India 128,370 62,477 39,754 7,943 10,888 5,876 1,432
Indonesia 5,042 2,577 1,908 326 129 12 90
Japan 16,189 10,797 3,496 174 315 957 450
Korea (South) 5,298 2,278 2,136 144 273 60 407
Malaysia 9,713 7,545 1,103 515 476 57 17
Maldives 24,831 20,212 2,189 300 1,089 276 765
Pakistan 11,145 5,611 3,822 1,104 354 15 239
Philippines 3,474 1,550 429 201 186 0 1,108
Singapore 7,012 4,567 1,279 112 378 13 663
Thailand 5,460 3,003 831 240 87 1,005 294
Taiwan (P.C.) 2,565 1,623 665 75 57 78 67
Others 5,786 3,979 1,236 210 99 27 235
AUSTRALASIA 25,127 20,116 1,594 402 2,014 39 962
Australia 21,849 17,568 1,278 348 1,790 24 841
New Zealand 3,147 2,456 301 45 221 6 118
Others 131 92 15 9 3 9 3
Total 559,603 377,093 99,404 17,009 42,617 9,561 13,919

Period of Stay - 2005 & 2006 Chart 7 (a)
Period 2005 2006
1-3 nights 38.5% 28.3%
4-7 nights 24.3% 26.4%
8-14 nights 25.3% 32.2%
15-21 nights 8.1% 10.2%
22-30 nights 2.6% 1.8%

Chart 7 (b)
31 nights & Over 1.2% 1.1%
Average Duration of Stay & Region - 2005 & 2006

2005 2006
North America 11.9
& The Caribbean 10.8
11.9
Latin America 13.2
12
Western Europe 9.4
Region
11.7
Eastern Europe 9.3
8.1
Middle East 6.9
9.9
Africa 7.3
8.5
Asia 7.3
12.4
Australasia 10.5
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14
Number of Nights Table (g)
Period of Stay - Percentage Distribution - 1976 to 2006

Nights Average
Year 1-3 4-7 8 - 14 15 - 21 22 - 30 31 & Over Total Stay
1976 22.0 31.5 28.6 9.7 4.7 3.5 100.0 10.0
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
2006 28.3 26.4 32.2 10.2 1.8 1.1 100.0 10.4

Table 7
Average Duration of Stay and Tourist Nights by Country of Nationality - 2006
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 35,545 10.9 388,921 143 13.5 1,926 35,688 11.0 390,847
Canada 14,805 11.0 162,855 58 14.3 829 14,863 11.0 163,684
U.S.A. 20,740 10.9 226,066 85 12.9 1,097 20,825 10.9 227,163
LATIN AMERICA &
THE CARIBBEAN 767 11.8 9,051 38 14.7 559 805 11.9 9,609
WESTERN EUROPE 224,399 12.1 2,712,884 4,267 14.9 60,189 228,666 12.1 2,773,207
Austria 4,488 12.3 55,202 189 14.5 2,741 4,677 12.4 57,994
Belgium 5,966 11.5 68,609 407 14.7 5,983 6,373 11.7 74,592
Denmark 3,234 11.3 36,544 306 14.5 4,437 3,540 11.6 41,064
Finland 945 10.2 9,639 299 12.4 3,708 1,244 10.7 13,347
France 22,397 10.9 244,127 306 10.9 3,335 22,703 10.9 247,463
Germany 46,907 13.8 647,317 389 14.9 5,796 47,296 13.8 653,113
Italy 11,852 11.3 133,928 501 14.1 7,064 12,353 11.4 140,992
Netherlands 19,039 13.6 258,930 421 14.9 6,273 19,460 13.6 265,203
Norway 2,849 11.5 32,764 208 13.8 2,870 3,057 11.7 35,634
Spain 2,080 9.6 19,968 289 13.8 3,988 2,369 10.1 23,956
Sweden 5,078 10.2 51,796 501 14.8 7,415 5,579 10.6 59,210
Switzerland 7,372 12.4 91,413 357 14.7 5,248 7,729 12.5 96,661
U. K . 88,495 11.5 1,017,693 36 14.1 508 88,531 11.5 1,018,200
Others 3,697 12.2 44,956 58 14.2 824 3,755 12.2 45,779
EASTERN EUROPE 13,857 11.6 160,838 379 13.8 5,212 14,236 11.7 166,050
Russia 7,646 12.1 92,517 354 13.7 4,850 8,000 12.2 97,366
Others 6,211 11.0 68,321 25 14.5 363 6,236 11.0 68,684
MIDDLE EAST 10,163 8.1 82,320 28 16.0 448 10,191 8.1 82,768
AFRICA 3,126 9.8 30,635 37 14.4 533 3,163 9.9 31,168
ASIA 241,954 8.5 2,047,608 0 0.0 0 241,954 8.5 2,047,608
China (P.R.) 16,364 8.9 145,640 0 0.0 0 16,364 8.9 145,640
Hong Kong, China 1,083 9.5 10,289 0 0.0 0 1,083 9.5 10,289
India 128,520 7.9 1,015,308 0 0.0 0 128,520 7.9 1,015,308
Indonesia 4,940 9.3 45,942 0 0.0 0 4,940 9.3 45,942
Japan 16,217 9.9 160,548 0 0.0 0 16,217 9.9 160,548
Korea (South) 5,318 9.4 49,989 0 0.0 0 5,318 9.4 49,989
Malaysia 9,823 8.9 87,425 0 0.0 0 9,823 8.9 87,425
Maldives 24,505 9.4 230,347 0 0.0 0 24,505 9.4 230,347
Pakistan 11,165 8.2 91,553 0 0.0 0 11,165 8.2 91,553
Philippines 3,480 8.6 29,928 0 0.0 0 3,480 8.6 29,928
Singapore 6,662 7.5 49,965 0 0.0 0 6,662 7.5 49,965
Taiwan (P.C) 5,475 7.8 42,705 0 0.0 0 5,475 7.8 42,705
Thailand 2,580 9.5 24,510 0 0.0 0 2,580 9.5 24,510
Others 5,822 10.9 63,460 0 0.0 0 5,822 10.9 63,460
AUSTRALASIA 24,676 11.7 289,840 224 11.2 2,491 24,900 11.7 292,331
Australia 21,581 11.8 254,656 84 14.0 1,177 21,665 11.8 255,833
New Zealand 3,037 11.4 34,622 90 14.6 1,314 3,127 11.5 35,936
Others 58 9.7 563 50 0.0 0 108 5.2 562.6
Total 554,487 10.3 5,722,097 5,116 13.9 71,357 559,603 10.4 5,793,588

Chart 8
Tourist Arrivals by Age & Sex - 2005 & 2006
By Age
2005 2006
(60 & Over)
(50-59)
Age Group
(40-49)
(30-39)
(20-29)
(3-19)
0.0% 5.0% 10.0% 15.0% 20.0% 25.0% 30.0%

% in Arrivals
By Sex
Sex 2005 2006
Male 62.5% 63.0%
Female 37.5% 37.0%
Table (h)
Percentage Distribution by Sex & Age - 1997 to 2006
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Sex Male 60.3 59.1 58.3 58.7 58.5 59.2 58.7 58.9 62.5 63.0
Female 39.7 40.9 41.7 41.3 41.5 40.8 41.3 41.1 37.5 37.0
Age Group 3-19 6.4 5.8 6.5 6.8 7.8 7.6 7.9 9.0 9.8 9.6
20-29 34.6 33.8 33.5 38.4 32.6 31.6 30.1 23.1 18.3 18.9
30-39 27.6 26.0 30.8 29.0 31.5 30.4 28.7 26.4 24.3 24.0
40-49 17.5 19.8 15.9 12.9 16.2 16.8 17.5 20.6 23.0 23.6
50-59 5.1 5.5 3.0 3.3 5.5 7.1 8.9 12.8 15.4 14.5
60 & Over 8.8 9.1 10.3 9.6 6.4 6.6 6.9 8.1 9.3 9.4

Table 8
Tourist Arrivals by Country of Residence, Sex & Age - 2006

Country of Total Sex Age Groups
Residence Male Female (3-19) (20-29) (30-39) (40-49) (50-59) (60&Over)
NORTH AMERICA 35,323 21,646 13,677 4,058 5,239 8,638 7,952 5,594 3,842
Canada 14,623 9,235 5,388 2,057 2,541 3,951 3,100 2,047 927
U.S.A. 20,700 12,411 8,289 2,001 2,698 4,687 4,852 3,547 2,915
LATIN AMERICA &
THE CARIBBEAN 775 541 234 63 186 268 147 98 13
WESTERN EUROPE 228,445 131,465 96,980 22,536 43,716 47,329 46,626 39,947 28,291
Austria 4,662 2,390 2,272 287 819 958 1,124 621 853
Belgium 6,333 3,451 2,882 267 621 813 870 828 2,934
Denmark 3,531 2,070 1,461 601 541 711 691 479 508
Finland 1,244 634 610 109 156 297 275 219 188
France 22,693 13,397 9,296 2,587 3,981 4,988 5,231 5,048 858
Germany 47,402 25,398 22,004 3,991 7,125 10,871 10,957 8,009 6,449
Italy 12,424 7,676 4,748 817 3,147 3,358 2,741 1,457 904
Netherlands 19,360 10,630 8,730 1,598 4,987 3,259 3,367 3,594 2,555
Norway 3,054 1,870 1,184 321 410 857 801 413 252
Spain 2,367 1,434 933 119 584 981 415 183 85
Sweden 5,524 3,397 2,127 654 1,485 1,107 974 741 563
Switzerland 7,727 4,269 3,458 921 1,625 1,420 1,745 1,147 869
U.K. 88,306 52,765 35,541 9,412 17,524 17,258 16,854 16,587 10,671
Others 3,818 2,084 1,734 852 711 451 581 621 602
EASTERN EUROPE 14,221 7,657 6,564 1,125 3,871 3,859 2,999 1,615 752
Russia 7,985 4,329 3,656 710 2,087 2,214 1,745 814 415
Others 6,236 3,328 2,908 415 1,784 1,645 1,254 801 337
AFRICA 3,235 1,906 1,329 210 845 789 687 309 395
MIDDLE EAST 10,345 6,409 3,936 1,587 2,597 2,610 1,998 984 569
ASIA 242,132 167,835 74,297 20,309 46,256 66,105 65,931 27,480 16,051
China (P.R.) 16,274 9,079 7,195 1,541 3,475 5,478 4,215 1,421 144
India 128,370 96,874 31,496 10,214 22,451 34,517 38,741 13,254 9,193
Indonesia 5,042 2,728 2,314 180 1,054 1,654 1,754 120 280
Japan 16,189 9,815 6,374 851 2,584 4,129 3,745 3,124 1,756
Korea (South) 5,298 3,459 1,839 567 1,024 1,545 1,204 741 217
Malaysia 9,713 6,661 3,052 814 1,874 2,451 2,541 1,452 581
Maldives 24,831 15,016 9,815 3,601 6,651 6,412 4,587 2,058 1,522
Pakistan 11,145 8,346 2,799 1,087 3,124 3,387 2,214 1,088 245
Philippines 3,474 1,766 1,708 351 601 874 1,045 511 92
Singapore 7,012 4,831 2,181 310 874 2,014 1,874 1,024 916
Thailand 5,460 3,472 1,988 230 758 1,256 1,547 1,054 615
Taiwan (P.C) 2,565 1,580 985 42 314 587 758 611 253
Others 5,786 3,516 2,270 459 1,163 1,619 1,407 941 197
AUSTRALASIA 25,127 15,221 9,906 3,624 3,293 4,653 5,815 4,842 2,900
Australia 21,849 13,132 8,717 3,358 2,874 3,984 5,140 4,321 2,172
New Zealand 3,147 2,013 1,134 247 387 654 658 514 687
Others 131 76 55 19 32 15 17 7 41
Total 559,603 352,680 206,923 53,512 106,003 134,251 132,155 80,869 52,813

Chart 9
Occupational Categories - 2005 & 2006
Table (i)
Percentage Distribution by Occupational Categories - 1997 to 2006

Table 9
Tourist Arrivals by Country of Residence & Occupation - 2006

Scientists Other No
Country of Total Business- Profess- Execu- & Tech- Educa- Occupa- Occupa- Retired
Residence men ionals tives nicians tionists tion tion Persons
NORTH AMERICA 35,323 3,079 3,163 6,246 3,015 3,376 7,553 7,269 1,622
Canada 14,623 1,425 989 2,132 985 1,273 4,178 3,166 475
U.S.A. 20,700 1,654 2,174 4,114 2,030 2,103 3,375 4,103 1,147
LATIN AMERICA &
THE CARIBBEAN 775 44 95 125 65 20 145 236 45
WESTERN EUROPE 228,445 19,606 21,063 37,978 17,336 14,077 51,573 47,169 19,644
Austria 4,662 114 732 789 378 204 1,406 835 204
Belgium 6,333 412 813 775 815 735 1,088 1,029 666
Denmark 3,531 107 266 322 345 187 835 1,367 101
Finland 1,244 44 110 356 111 125 221 205 72
France 22,693 1,725 1,864 3,176 1,685 846 4,157 6,296 2,945
Germany 47,402 3,412 3,608 5,202 3,567 2,250 15,312 11,056 2,995
Italy 12,424 915 821 1,622 912 515 4,935 2,039 665
Netherlands 19,360 996 1,756 3,955 1,122 645 3,998 5,933 955
Norway 3,054 216 289 311 135 110 800 1,165 28
Spain 2,367 155 119 222 189 238 845 512 87
Sweden 5,524 265 379 966 813 302 1,123 1,325 351
Switzerland 7,727 925 1,136 717 835 874 1,253 1,175 812
U.K. 88,306 9,831 8,745 19,262 6,021 6,425 14,888 13,566 9,568
Others 3,818 489 425 303 408 621 711 666 195
EASTERN EUROPE 14,221 1,508 2,066 1,691 1,784 1,786 1,912 3,122 352
Russia 7,985 1,095 940 976 658 1,357 836 1,967 156
Others 6,236 413 1,126 715 1,126 429 1,076 1,155 196
AFRICA 3,235 216 220 795 465 197 865 421 55
MIDDLE EAST 10,345 962 650 1,447 2,133 395 1,759 2,834 165
ASIA 242,132 55,594 13,119 28,620 12,621 8,466 61,616 55,962 6,134
China(P.R) 16,274 1,474 958 2,965 1,711 401 2,912 4,826 1,027
Hong Kong, China 973 142 22 125 45 35 265 274 65
India 128,370 35,513 6,722 13,889 5,702 4,799 32,323 27,444 1,978
Indonesia 5,042 715 190 765 612 225 1,489 921 125
Japan 16,189 1,138 682 2,135 1,135 905 6,255 3,852 87
Korea(South) 5,298 1,325 350 284 127 506 1,023 1,378 305
Malaysia 9,713 1,126 1,546 2,416 1,395 108 1,114 1,913 95
Maldives 24,831 3,635 563 2,370 321 739 9,810 7,135 258
Pakistan 11,145 3,919 760 450 240 165 1,533 3,956 123
Philippines 3,474 139 195 280 275 108 957 730 789
Singapore 7,012 2,119 425 1,168 515 214 1,115 1,215 241
Thailand 5,460 1,174 220 519 203 96 1,501 995 752
Taiwan (P.C) 2,565 1,194 91 876 84 36 84 125 75
Others 5,786 1,981 395 378 256 129 1,235 1,198 214
AUSTRALASIA 25,127 3,459 2,721 5,156 4,007 1,635 3,958 2,915 1,276
Australia 21,849 3,142 2,065 4,312 3,578 1,255 3,721 2,666 1,110
New Zealand 3,147 276 644 807 408 375 233 245 159
Others 131 41 12 37 21 5 4 4 7
Total 559,603 84,468 43,098 82,059 41,425 29,952 129,381 119,927 29,293

PART B: SCHEDULED AIRLINE OPERATIONS AND PASSENGER MOVEMENTS
Chart 10
Shares of Total Seating Capacity by Carrier - 2006
Table 10
Scheduled Airline Operations & Seating Capacity - 2006

Chart 11
Growth of Passenger Arrivals & Departures - 1996 to 2006
1,600,000
1,400,000
Arrivals Departures
Passenger Arrivals & Departures
1,200,000
1,000,000
800,000
600,000
400,000
200,000
0
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Year
Table 11
Passenger Arrivals and Departures by

Port and Category of Travellers(1) - 2006
Total Sri Lankan Residents Foreign Tourists(1) Other Foreigners(2)
Port Arrivals Departures Arrivals Departures Arrivals Departures Arrivals Departures
Katunayake 1,444,408 1,474,559 734,421 756,735 559,243 567,214 150,744 150,610
TOTAL AIR 1,444,408 1,474,559 734,421 756,735 559,243 567,214 150,744 150,610
Colombo Harbour 360 401 - - 360 401 - -
TOTAL SEA 360 401 - - 360 401 - -
Grand Total 1,444,768 1,474,960 734,421 756,735 559,603 567,615 150,744 150,610
(1) Excluding Indians who are repatriated under Indo-Sri Lanka Agreement
(2) Consists of resident visa holders and other foreign travellers who cannot be classified as tourists
Source: Sri Lanka Tourist Board

Department of Immigration & Emigration

PART C: ACCOMMODATION INDUSTRY - CAPACITY AND ITS UTILIZATION
Chart 12
Shares of Accomadation Capacity (Rooms)

by Resort Region - 1997 to 2006
Table (j)
Accommodation Capacity (Rooms) in Graded Establishments and

Its Regional Distribution - 1997 to 2006

Chart 13
Tourist Nights and Occupancy Rates by Month - 2006
400,000 FGN 80
OCC Rates
342,119 75
350,000 331,097 327,535
Foreign Guest Nights (FGN)
327,878
300,146 70
294,453
300,000
Avg. Occ. Rates

65
250,000
221,768 222,658 60
200,374 204,075 196,795
200,000 55
165,345
50
150,000 47.8 %
45
100,000
40
50,000
35
0 30
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Month
Table 12
Accommodation Capacity and Guest Nights in Graded and Supplementary

Establishments - 1998 to 2006
Description 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
A. Accommodation Capacity -
Graded Establishments
(a). No. of Units 164 173 207 211 222 233 240 223 241
(b). No. of Rooms 12,772 12,918 13,311 13,626 13,818 14,137 14,322 13,162 14,218
(c). No. of Beds 23,373 24,216 24,953 25,134 25,968 26,511 26,938 24,740 27,117
B. Accommodation Capacity -
Supplementary Establishments
(a). No. of Units 224 230 222 199 230 265 345 415 508
(b). No. of Rooms 2,640 2,700 2,549 2,011 2,500 2,836 3,318 3,962 4,989
(c). No. of Beds 4,592 4,671 4,410 3,479 4,250 4,820 5,640 6,537 8,232
C. Guest Nights - Graded

Establishments
(a). Foreign 3,263,137 3,836,618 3,610,889 2,767,187 3,045,368 3,964,234 4,394,404 2,857,575 3,134,243
(b). Local 598,984 610,175 716,430 770,848 940,228 968,315 969,343 818,207 806,143
D. Guest Nights -
Supplementary Establishments
(a). Foreign 191,702 210,872 124,589 109,037 135,068 220,510 349,510 391,520 680,604
(b). Local 258,345 263,425 235,187 294,233 302,456 358,211 402,477 474,095 495,957
E. Tourist Nights (Total) 3,944,406 4,478,761 4,056,305 3,342,233 3,989,058 5,092,783 5,742,425 4,754,085 5,793,588
(a). Graded Establishments 3,263,137 3,836,618 3,610,889 2,767,187 3,045,368 3,964,234 4,394,404 2,857,575 3,134,243
(b). Supplementary Establishments 191,702 210,872 124,589 109,037 135,068 220,510 349,510 391,520 680,604
(c). Others 489,567 431,271 320,827 466,009 808,622 908,039 998,511 1,504,990 1,978,741

Chart 13 (a)
Occupancy Rates by Resort Region - 2005 & 2006
Resort Room Occ. Rate

Region 2005 2006
Ancient Cities 39.5% 43.3%
East Coast 29.1% 16.9%
High Country 36.6% 39.9%
South Coast 31.5% 41.2%
Greater
Colombo 44.8% 48.0%
Colombo City 76.3% 64.3%
Table (k)
Occupancy Rates by Region - 1997 to 2006

Table 13
Monthly Occupancy Rates in Graded Establishments by Region - 2006
Table 13 (a)
Capacity and Nights in all Accommodation Establishments by Class

Table 14
Foreign Guest Nights in Graded Accommodation Establishments
by Region and Month - 2006
Annual
Total
Colombo City 86,910 80,586 81,192 76,061 71,976 67,828 76,121 89,625 56,320 57,327 56,499 61,115 861,560
Greater Colombo 64,166 51,022 59,692 54,090 41,667 40,540 61,840 64,221 39,678 36,804 29,703 38,809 582,232
1. North of Colombo 50,854 48,122 48,799 44,001 35,268 33,888 51,444 53,290 34,934 30,154 23,760 32,082 486,596
11. South of Colombo 13,312 2,900 10,893 10,089 6,399 6,652 10,396 10,931 4,744 6,650 5,943 6,727 95,636
South Coast 120,368 122,295 119,890 101,134 61,225 57,306 94,779 101,336 81,537 69,235 50,467 61,132 1,040,704
1. Upto Galle 96,901 98,608 96,241 81,342 48,096 47,003 77,434 81,146 69,180 58,984 40,578 49,849 845,362
11. Beyond Galle 23,467 23,687 23,649 19,792 13,129 10,303 17,345 20,190 12,357 10,251 9,889 11,283 195,342
East Coast 867 1,215 1,230 1,420 821 936 1,967 1,960 909 883 512 853 13,573
High Country 14,446 15,804 13,593 11,916 8,259 6,290 14,951 15,621 9,532 8,613 5,947 6,724 131,696
Ancient Cities 55,362 60,175 51,938 49,832 37,820 27,474 50,488 55,115 34,682 31,213 22,217 28,162 504,478
1. Kandy Area 26,869 27,999 23,210 23,704 17,060 14,499 24,205 27,427 17,542 16,003 11,969 15,608 246,095
11. Anuradhapura Area 3,656 3,785 3,750 3,711 1,692 1,337 2,787 2,911 1,496 1,255 827 1,261 28,468
111. Polonnaruwa / Giritale 20,638 24,001 20,447 18,476 16,091 9,447 19,178 20,250 13,094 12,274 7,878 9,750 191,524
1V. Habarana/Sig/Dam 4,199 4,390 4,531 3,941 2,977 2,191 4,318 4,527 2,550 1,681 1,543 1,543 38,391
Northern Region - - - - - - - - - - - - -
All Region 342,119 331,097 327,535 294,453 221,768 200,374 300,146 327,878 222,658 204,075 165,345 196,795 3,134,243
Table 15
Local Guest Nights in Graded Accommodation Establishments
by Region and Month - 2006
Annual
Total
Colombo City 12,277 11,938 12,826 12,473 11,964 12,436 11,522 15,401 12,305 11,071 10,488 13,149 147,850
Greater Colombo 14,781 13,430 11,270 13,300 10,030 10,635 12,250 15,872 13,989 10,600 10,276 13,057 149,490
1. North of Colombo 9,591 9,948 7,813 9,850 6,723 6,505 7,776 9,422 8,583 8,470 7,225 9,381 101,287
11. South of Colombo 5,190 3,482 3,457 3,450 3,307 4,130 4,474 6,450 5,406 2,130 3,051 3,676 48,203
South Coast 21,850 17,953 17,114 26,445 17,885 16,041 28,508 27,603 18,165 19,167 16,394 23,621 250,746
1. Upto Galle 15,543 12,423 12,114 20,081 13,303 12,104 20,820 19,663 13,796 14,260 12,364 16,386 182,857
11. Beyond Galle 6,307 5,530 5,000 6,364 4,582 3,937 7,688 7,940 4,369 4,907 4,030 7,235 67,889
East Coast 177 313 335 367 499 273 448 444 329 311 224 329 4,049
High Country 5,531 3,668 3,968 7,734 4,207 5,169 4,507 5,550 4,744 4,437 2,994 4,131 56,640
Ancient Cities 17,920 14,044 14,416 22,634 16,181 14,199 19,356 18,270 15,810 15,590 9,288 19,660 197,368
1. Kandy Area 8,792 5,531 6,428 9,447 6,918 6,882 10,588 9,788 8,050 9,165 4,982 8,792 95,363
11. Anuradhapura Area 2,563 2,260 2,477 2,156 2,663 1,863 2,235 2,296 1,816 2,552 1,436 2,822 27,139
111. Polonnaruwa / Giritale 4,605 4,351 4,087 8,501 5,112 4,334 4,511 4,216 4,713 2,932 2,124 6,150 55,636
1V. Habarana/Sig./Damb. 1,960 1,902 1,424 2,530 1,488 1,120 2,022 1,970 1,231 941 746 1,896 19,230
Northern Region - - - - - - - - - - - - -
All Regions 72,536 61,346 59,929 82,953 60,766 58,753 76,591 83,140 65,342 61,176 49,664 73,947 806,143

PART D: INCOME & EMPLOYMENT
Chart 14
Value of Tourism - 1996 to 2006
Table 16
Volume & Value of Tourism - 1998 to 2006

Table 17
Foreign Exchange Earnings from Tourism - 2005 & 2006
In Rs. mn. In US $ mn.

* ** Total * ** Total
Source 2005 2006 Change 2005 2006 Change
Banks 14,426.4 15,429.5 1,003.1 143.7 148.4 4.7
Travel Agencies 7,576.0 9,634.7 2,058.7 75.5 92.6 17.1
Shops 8,535.0 9,744.9 1,209.9 85.0 93.7 8.7
Hotels 4,623.0 5,881.9 1,258.9 46.0 56.6 10.6
Gem Corporation 1,216.9 1,894.5 677.6 12.1 19 6.9
Total 36,377.3 42,585.5 6,208.2 362.3 410.3 48.0
* Revised ** Provisional
Table (l)
Exchange Rates (Annual Average) - 1996 to 2006
Currency 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Deutsche Marks 36.8 34.1 36.8 38.4 35.8 40.9 46.4 - - - -
French Francs 10.8 10.1 11.0 11.5 10.7 12.9 13.8 - - - -
Japanese Yen 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.9
Sterling Pound 86.3 96.7 107.6 113.9 114.8 128.7 143.7 157.7 185.3 183.3 191.5
U.S. Dollar 55.3 59.0 64.6 70.4 75.8 89.4 95.7 96.5 101.1 100.4 104.0
S.D.R. Unit 80.2 81.2 87.6 96.3 99.9 113.8 123.9 135.2 140.9 148.7 153.0
Euro - - - - 69.9 79.9 90.4 109.2 125.8 125.5 130.6
Source: Central Bank of Sri Lanka

Chart 15
Direct Employment in the Tourist Industry - 2004 to 2006
Table 18
Direct Employment in the Tourist Industry - 2004 to 2006

PART E: TOURIST PRICES
Chart 16
Tourist Price Index *- 1997/98 to 2006/07
Accommodation Food Transport All Items

Index of Tourist Prices
8000
7000
6000
5000
4000
3000
2000
1000
0
8
7
/9
/9
/0
/0
/0
/0
/0
/0
/0
/0
97
98
99
00
01
02
03
04
05
06
19
19
19
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
Season
* (1973/74 = 100)
Table 19
Index of Tourist Prices - 1974/75 to 2006/07
Accommodation
Bea- Cir- All Trans- All
Season City ches cuits Areas Food port Items
1974/75 105 199 106 107 104 110 107

1975/76 114 119 125 118 133 131 126
1776/77 154 140 143 146 152 146 148
1977/78 168 159 149 160 167 151 159
1978/79 262 254 188 243 199 198 219
1979/80 420 336 246 346 248 206 281
1980/81 555 453 367 462 354 233 369
1981/82 701 532 463 558 409 241 429
1982/83 741 595 526 578 487 262 464
1983/84 812 499 451 561 488 265 457
1984/85 759 448 449 516 452 279 431
1985/86 741 439 419 510 468 277 432
1986/87 740 440 427 514 497 281 442
1987/88 734 440 407 512 502 287 444
1988/89 832 474 430 577 521 306 484
1989/90 884 521 504 645 596 360 550
1990/91 1,176 753 665 851 790 491 731
1991/92 1,396 872 870 1,006 968 609 882
1992/93 1,464 1,080 965 1,144 1,170 656 1,009
1993/94 1,695 1,440 1,829 1,565 1,700 661 1,337
1994/95 1,497 1,801 1,908 1,755 1,744 631 1,427
1995/96 1,609 1,894 1,998 1,848 2,001 766 1,572
1996/97 1,702 1,842 1,963 1,837 2,068 822 1,600
1997/98 2,284 2,126 1,976 2,128 2,136 836 1,755
1998/99 2,454 2,148 2,472 2,259 2,470 910 1,920
1999/00 2,679 2,456 2,904 2,584 2,906 1,061 2,228
2000/01 2,992 2,725 3,562 2,927 3,101 1,160 2,458
2001/02 3,996 3,128 4,600 3,553 3,361 1,167 2,813
2002/03 4,928 4,363 6,431 4,962 5,462 835 3,890
2003/04 5,878 5,123 6,906 5,690 5,937 1,075 4,413
2004/05 6,465 5,835 7,566 6,327 6,240 1,438 4,761
2005/06 6,589 5,345 6,923 5,986 6,358 1,678 4,796
2006/07 6,874 5,987 7,215 6,636 6,941 2,128 5,006
Avg. Annual
Growth Rates 14.4 11.5 16.2 14.3 14.9 11.2 13.1

PART F: FOREIGN TRAVEL BY SRI LANKANS Chart 17
Sri Lankan Departures - 1996 to 2006
Table 20
Sri Lankan Departures - Growth Trends - 1974 to 2006

Table 21
Tourism Growth Trends - 1966 to 2006
Year Tourist Excur- Tourist Official Tourist Receipts Receipt Average Accommodation Annual Sri Lanka Nationals Employment
Arrivals sionist Nights per Duration Capacity(Graded) Room
Arrivals '000 Rs. mn US$ mn Euro SDR mn Tourist (Nights) Occupancy Arrivals Departures Indirect
mn per day Rooms Beds Rate Direct (Estd)
(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
PART G : GROWTH OF TRAVEL & TOURISM
1984 317,734 8,638 2,818 2,669.5 104.9 102.4 37.2 8.9 9,627 18,970 35.6 212,365 274,418 24,541 34,357
1985 257,456 9,882 2,365 2,233.3 82.2 80.8 34.8 9.2 9,826 19,352 32.7 220,094 239,272 22,723 31,810
1986 230,106 6,266 2,513 2,300.1 82.1 69.9 32.7 10.9 9,794 19,301 32.9 220,614 229,386 22,285 31,199
1987 182,620 2,417 2,414 2,415.2 82.0 63.4 34.0 13.2 9,921 19,322 31.5 217,127 257,760 20,338 28,473
1988 182,662 6,108 2,305 2,438.3 76.6 57.0 33.3 12.6 9,977 19,432 32.1 245,065 298,583 19,960 27,944
1989 184,732 4,064 1,970 2,739.7 76.0 59.3 38.6 10.7 9,459 18,464 31.0 258,950 285,510 21,958 30,741
1990 297,888 3,954 3,225 5,303.3 132.0 97.5 41.1 10.8 9,556 18,669 47.2 306,367 296,884 24,964 34,950
1991 317,703 2,665 3,633 6,485.8 156.8 114.6 42.8 11.4 9,679 18,947 48.4 237,424 310,373 26,878 37,629
1992 393,669 5,651 4,055 8,825.6 201.4 142.9 49.7 10.3 10,214 19,907 55.3 339,109 420,749 28,790 40,306
1993 392,250 6,093 4,148 10,036.8 208.0 149.0 50.1 10.6 10,365 20,242 57.0 375,740 416,246 30,710 42,994
1994 407,511 8,413 4,251 11,401.6 230.7 161.1 54.2 10.4 10,742 20,929 56.6 422,367 448,437 33,956 47,538
1995 403,101 10,556 4,024 11,551.6 225.4 148.6 56.1 10.0 11,255 21,680 52.6 459,441 504,420 35,068 49,095
1996 302,265 12,863 2,947 9,559.1 173.0 119.1 57.9 9.8 11,600 22,040 40.3 488,055 494,258 31,963 44,748
1997 366,165 18,265 3,680 12,980.3 216.7 160.4 58.6 10.1 12,370 22,944 49.1 482,850 530,712 34,006 47,608
1998 381,063 27,629 3,944 14,868.0 230.5 169.9 59.5 10.4 12,770 23,373 52.8 481,793 518,050 34,780 48,692
1999 436,440 28,335 4,479 19,297.3 274.9 201.0 61.4 10.3 12,918 24,216 57.6 521,073 496,963 36,560 51,184
2000 400,414 44,518 4,056 19,162.2 252.8 274.1 191.9 62.3 10.1 13,311 24,953 52.3 514,448 524,212 37,943 53,120
2001 336,794 60,084 3,342 18,863.3 211.1 236.1 165.7 63.1 9.9 13,626 25,595 42.1 487,356 505,341 33,710 47,194
2002 393,171 63,560 3,989 24,202.0 253.0 267.7 179.3 63.4 10.1 13,818 25,956 43.1 493,947 533,565 38,821 54,349
Annual Statistical Report of 2006

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 42,666.3 416.8 334.3 298.6 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* 244.6* 74.6* 8.7 13,162 24,740 45.4 683,169 727,301 52,085 72,919
2006 559,603 128,719 5,793 42,585.5** 410.3** 326.1** 278.3** 83.4** 10.4 14,218 27,117 47.8 734,421 756,735 55,649 77,909
* Revised ** Provisional
45
Tourist Arrivals by Month - 1967 to 2006 Table 22
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Total
1967 2,532 2,315 2,345 1,984 1,919 1,271 1,620 1,988 1,608 1,714 1,856 2,514 23,666
1968 2,674 2,746 2,648 2,066 1,970 1,391 1,973 2,082 2,056 2,568 2,315 3,783 28,272
1969 4,438 4,123 3,757 2,720 2,645 1,943 2,417 2,822 2,597 3,593 4,030 5,119 40,204
1970 5,158 5,436 4,814 3,284 3,754 2,121 2,596 3,352 3,074 3,408 3,663 5,587 46,247
1971 5,931 6,570 5,166 1,539 952 961 1,897 2,467 1,881 2,585 4,003 5,702 39,654
1972 5,762 5,848 5,564 3,091 3,282 2,302 3,703 4,634 3,402 4,476 6,155 7,828 56,047
1973 9,386 8,343 7,875 5,468 4,168 3,246 5,919 6,680 4,184 5,977 7,137 9,505 77,888
1974 10,915 9,648 9,847 6,400 3,241 3,303 5,404 6,147 4,986 6,199 8,338 10,583 85,011
1975 11,740 10,388 11,158 5,890 5,587 4,787 5,925 8,565 5,287 7,622 11,271 14,984 103,204
1976 15,627 15,214 13,431 8,886 6,097 4,550 4,278 3,481 6,707 10,636 13,600 16,464 118,971
1977 17,569 18,064 18,216 9,891 7,602 5,536 9,881 11,129 7,594 11,541 17,106 19,536 153,665
1978 23,114 22,427 20,497 11,545 8,803 7,134 13,252 15,542 10,245 14,340 20,759 24,934 192,592
1979 28,366 25,226 25,472 18,847 13,042 10,674 16,801 20,203 14,798 19,376 25,743 31,616 250,164
1980 36,108 33,896 34,416 21,806 19,468 15,082 22,986 27,440 19,962 23,646 23,988 37,982 316,780
1981 45,168 39,384 38,376 28,568 21,642 16,836 28,266 32,788 24,086 27,030 29,512 39,086 370,742
1982 40,932 40,148 42,178 29,606 28,972 25,772 30,942 34,332 29,754 30,296 33,748 40,550 407,230
1983 49,104 44,018 44,710 32,556 32,850 24,350 25,132 8,430 10,050 16,410 20,570 29,350 337,530
1984 33,546 32,406 32,628 23,684 18,224 17,866 26,694 27,626 21,764 25,800 27,906 29,590 317,734
1985 28,814 27,012 29,886 19,778 14,014 11,092 18,362 20,138 15,242 18,176 23,218 31,724 257,456
1986 32,890 30,512 28,932 19,262 13,100 9,536 12,330 15,190 12,398 12,732 18,114 25,110 230,106
1987 25,446 23,714 22,838 16,238 8,204 7,650 10,200 11,408 10,072 12,146 14,188 20,516 182,620
1988 20,400 19,150 19,430 13,834 11,124 11,540 17,660 18,670 14,980 16,742 10,560 8,572 182,662
1989 12,962 12,344 16,032 12,312 12,750 11,630 15,194 17,220 14,264 15,050 18,948 26,026 184,732
1990 26,592 26,368 26,946 22,788 18,286 18,050 26,410 26,786 22,438 23,060 24,596 35,568 297,888
1991 28,932 28,080 27,153 20,541 17,745 17,394 30,645 28,824 24,762 25,173 28,272 40,182 317,703
1992 35,730 38,859 33,399 28,410 21,024 23,157 33,771 40,143 29,838 32,079 35,967 41,292 393,669
1993 42,726 40,116 37,953 29,589 22,368 20,412 32,904 32,796 27,495 30,621 35,103 40,167 392,250
1994 45,402 41,067 41,277 28,080 21,777 21,399 35,370 32,817 31,062 33,216 33,306 42,738 407,511
1995 45,987 42,591 40,074 33,756 24,672 22,416 35,994 35,814 30,828 30,603 28,365 32,001 403,101
1996 30,957 29,550 26,442 20,376 17,655 19,668 25,380 24,765 23,211 23,511 24,921 35,829 302,265
1997 32,652 35,010 34,098 26,907 22,407 23,160 30,867 32,034 29,793 28,314 31,995 38,928 366,165
1998 37,224 35,283 32,256 25,578 20,394 22,410 29,529 31,446 31,653 31,767 38,421 45,102 381,063
1999 44,379 41,526 41,022 34,443 25,212 26,184 33,288 39,081 33,915 35,112 41,952 40,326 436,440
2000 43,311 43,287 40,110 33,642 23,404 21,825 33,267 34,422 31,035 26,658 32,469 36,984 400,414
2001 44,187 46,575 44,290 36,906 26,924 28,323 28,566 15,717 11,758 12,904 17,344 23,300 336,794
2002 28,296 31,683 33,084 27,057 26,661 26,355 35,742 35,475 32,982 36,258 37,395 42,183 393,171
2003 40,647 39,081 40,818 33,714 30,048 31,836 43,743 42,111 36,054 49,922 54,946 57,722 500,642
2004 49,950 43,584 38,418 30,672 30,162 32,119 50,525 48,675 51,525 59,442 64,971 66,159 566,202
2005 38,187 36,645 50,418 42,261 40,878 45,699 56,745 51,216 43,536 44,095 48,457 51,171 549,308
2006 52,103 52,687
Table 23
Passenger Arrivals and Departures - 1973 to 2006

PART H : REVENUE FROM TOURISM
Table 24
Table 25
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Source : Department of National Museum

Table 26
Source : Central Cultural Fund
Details of Foreign & Domestic Visitors - 2006
Location
Museum
Museum
Museum
Museum

Table 27

Table 28
Revenue from Foreign Visitors Visiting the

Botanical Gardens - 1977 to 2006
* Details are given below
Details by Location - 2006

Table 29
Revenue from Foreign Visitors Visiting the Wild Life Parks

1982 to 2006
Details by Location - 2006

Revenue from Embarkation Tax Table 30
1973 to 2006
Total Amount
Year in Rs'ooo
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
2006 559,603.0
Table 31
Public Sector Revenue from Tourism (In Rs. million)
Source of Revenue 2004 2005 2006
Tourism Embarkation Levy 780.4 674.2 696.0

Tourism Development Levy 300.6 172.5 177.5
Tourist Board Income 30.9 39.0 34.0
Embarkation Tax on Foreign Tourists 566.2 549.3 559.6
Cultural Triangle 543.1 284.7 400.9
Botanical Gardens 70.7 32.6 44.2
Zoological Gardens 119.5 61.4 82.6
National Parks 113.8 62.7 99.6
Museums 1.5 3.9 6.5
Others - - -
Total 2,526.6 1,880.3 2,100.9

SECTION III 3. Crews of ships and aircraft even if they stay for
one night or more.
Definitions of Terms and Sources of 4. Dependents of temporary immigrants and
Information children below 3 years.
1. DEFINITIONS OF TERMS In this report the term “Visitor”, “Tourist” and

“Excursionist” are used for “International Visi-
(a) Visitor/Tourist Excursionist: tor”, “International Tourist” and “International
Excursionist” respectively. In Sri Lanka’s tourism
In March 1993, the U.N.O. Statistical Commis- statistics, excursionists consist almost exclusively
sion adopted a set of recommendations for tour- of passengers on sea cruises, who come on shore
ism statistics prepared by the World Tourism Or- for purposes of sightseeing, shopping, etc. while
ganization (W.T.O) as a follow-up to the Ottawa the ship is in harbour.
International Conference for Travel and Tourism
Statistics, held in June 1991. These recommenda- (b) Tourist Arrivals:
tions have been followed in this report for defin- Every single visit (or entry) of a tourist to the
ing “International Visitor”, “International Tour- country either in the course of the same trip or
ist” and “International Excursionist.” in the course of different trips is counted as an
arrival, provided the visit (or entry) lasts at least
The definitions are: one night in the country (N.B. those who do not
cross the frontiers are not regarded as visitors).
i. The term “International Visitor” refers to any
person who, travels to a country other than that (c) Tourist Night:
in which he/she has his/her usual residence, but
outside his/her usual environment for a period A night spent in Sri Lanka by a tourist in any type
not exceeding 12 months and whose main pur- of immobile accommodation.
pose of visit is other than the exercise of an activ-
ity remunerated from within the country visited. (d) Guest Night:
ii. The term “International Tourist” (overnight A night spent in a Tourist Hotel, Rest-House or
visitor) is an International Visitor who, stays at Guest-House approved by the Sri Lanka Tourist
least one night in a collective or private accom- Board, as being suitable for occupation by for-
modation in the country visited. eign visitors.
iii. The term “International Excursionist” (same (e) Tourist Hotels (Graded Establishments):
day visitor) refers to an International Visitor, who
does not spend the night in a collective or private All Tourist Hotels, which are reckoned to be up to
accommodation in the country visited. international standards of operation.
To clarify further the following are excluded from
the definition of “International Visitor”: (f ) Supplementary Accommodation:
1. All persons arriving with a specific All Guest-Houses, Rest-Houses, Inns, Youth Hos-
purpose of engaging themselves in gainful occu- tels etc., which are approved by the Sri Lanka
pation or to establish residence in Sri Lanka ir- Tourist Board as being suitable for occupation by
respective of their length of stay. foreign visitors.
2. Diplomatic personnel.

(g) Official Receipts: (h) Statistics of Tourist Prices:
Official Receipts constitute the foreign exchange Price data collected from a sample of tourist es-
purchases and acceptances by authorized dealers tablishments.
and commercial banks from foreign visitors ei-
ther directly or indirectly. (i) Revenue Statistics:
2. SOURCES OF INFORMATION Inland Revenue Department, Airport & Aviation

Services (Sri Lanka) Ltd., Ministry of Cultural
(a) Tourist Statistics: Affairs, Department of Wild Life, Department of
Embarkation and Disembarkation cards filled by Agriculture and Bandaranaike Memorial Interna-
the foreign visitors. tional Conference Hall.
(b) Excursionist Statistics

Passenger arrival reports compiled by the Immi-
gration Department.
(c) Accommodation Statistics:

Monthly reports obtained by the Sri Lanka Tour-
ist Board from the registered accommodation es-
tablishments.
(d) Passenger Statistics:

Passenger arrival and departure reports compiled
by the Immigration Department.
(e) Air Traffic Statistics:

Quarterly returns obtained by the Sri Lanka
Tourist Board from the scheduled airlines, which
operate flights to Sri Lanka.
(f ) Statistics on Official Tourist Receipts:

Monthly returns on foreign exchange purchases
and acceptances obtained from the authorized
dealers and the commercial banks.
(g) Employment Statistics:
Annual Surveys conducted by the Sri Lanka

Tourist Board among all registered Tourist Es-
tablishments; viz. Accommodation and Catering
Establishments, Travel and Transport Agencies,
Recreational Clubs, Tourist Shops, Airlines and
National Tourist Organizations.


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ANNUAL STATISTICAL REPORT

OF SRI LANKA TOURISM - 2006

Research & International Affairs Division,

A. Trends and Structural Characteristics of Tourist Traffic

B. Scheduled Airline Operations & Passenger Movements

C. Accommodation Industry - Capacity and its Utilization

D. Income and Employment

F. Foreign Travel by Sri Lankans

G. Growth of Travel and Tourism

H. Revenue from Tourism

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Chart 1 Tourist Arrivals by Year - 1966 to 2006................................................................................ 13

SRI LANKA TOURIST BOARD

SRI LANKA TOURIST BOARD

SRI LANKA TOURIST BOARD

World Tourist Arrivals by Regions

SRI LANKA TOURIST BOARD

seen from the ﬁgures given in Table B-1 below;

SRI LANKA TOURIST BOARD

D - Proﬁle Characteristics Inter-regional ﬂights accounted for 76.1 per cent

SRI LANKA TOURIST BOARD

SRI LANKA TOURIST BOARD

Of the tourists who engaged in gainful occupations, G - Tourism Supply

SRI LANKA TOURIST BOARD

SRI LANKA TOURIST BOARD

Another interesting comparison is the ratio of jobs

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

J - Public Sector Revenue

Public sector institutions derive revenue from tour-

The revenue collected from the listed sources in 2006

SRI LANKA TOURIST BOARD

PART A: TRENDS AND STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS OF TOURIST TRAFFIC

SRI LANKA TOURIST BOARD

Tourist Arrivals by Country of Nationality - 2000 to 2006

SRI LANKA TOURIST BOARD

Tourist Arrivals by Top Ten Markets - 2005 & 2006

Market Growth Trends by Residence - Growth Indices

SRI LANKA TOURIST BOARD

Tourist Arrivals by Country of Residence - 2000 to 2006

Total 400,414 336,794 393,171 500,642 566,202 549,308 559,603

SRI LANKA TOURIST BOARD

Shares of Tourist Arrivals by Region - 1999 to 2006

2006 Western Europe

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

Tourist Arrivals by Region - 2005 & 2006

Eastern Europe 14,221

0 50,000 100,000 150,000 200,000 250,000 300,000

SRI LANKA TOURIST BOARD

52,103 52,687 52,931

38,485 38,815 39,224

Seasonal Variation in Traffic Flow - 1967 to 2006

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

Tourist Arrivals by Country of Residence & Month - 2006

SRI LANKA TOURIST BOARD

Relative Importance of Different Ports -

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Tourist Arrivals by Country of Residence & Mode of Transport - 2006

SRI LANKA TOURIST BOARD

Tourist Arrivals by Type of Carrier - 2005 & 2006

Carrier 2005 2006

Inter-Regional Flights 77.3% 76.1%

Intra-Regional Flights 21.6% 22.9%

Charter Flights 1.0% 0.9%