Tourism revenue targets US$ 3 billion

Monday, 25 May 2015 - 12:26

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Sri Lanka expects a revenue target of more than 3 billion dollars from tourism in 2015.

This is with the anticipation of 1.5 million to 1.8 million tourist arrivals this year.

Tourism the fourth largest foreign exchange revenue earner for the country, touched the 2.5 billion dollar revenue mark in 2014.

In addition the industry also for the first time in history passed the 1.5 million tourist arrivals for 2014.


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