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| Table 394 (Pro., Serv., Sight.,) | |||||||||||||||
| Tourist frowth srends (1993- 2004j | |||||||||||||||
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| Year | Tourist | Excursionist | Tourist night | Official tourist receipts | Average duration of stay | Receipts / tourist / day | Accommodation capacity | Employment | |||||||
| Rs.Mn | US$ Mn. | SDR* units | Rooms | Beds | Annual room occupancy | Direct | Indirect | ||||||||
| @ | arrivals | arrivals | (x1,000) | Mn. | Nights | US$ | rate(%) | @ | (Estimated) | ||||||
| 1993 | 392,250 | 6,093 | 4,148 | 10036.8 | 208.0 | 149.0 | 10.6 | 50.1 | 10,365 | 20,242 | 57.0 | 30,710 | 42,994 | ||
| 1994 | 407,511 | 8,413 | 4,251 | 11401.6 | 230.7 | 161.1 | 10.4 | 54.2 | 10,742 | 20,929 | 56.6 | 33,956 | 47,538 | ||
| 1995 | 403,101 | 10,556 | 4,024 | 11551.6 | 225.4 | 148.6 | 10.0 | 56.1 | 11,255 | 21,680 | 52.6 | 35,068 | 49,095 | ||
| 1996 | 302,265 | 12,863 | 2,947 | 9559.1 | 173.0 | 119.1 | 9.8 | 57.9 | 11,600 | 22,040 | 40.3 | 31,963 | 44,748 | ||
| 1997 | 366,165 | 18,265 | 3,680 | 12980.3 | 216.7 | 160.4 | 10.1 | 58.6 | 12,370 | 22,944 | 49.1 | 34,006 | 47,608 | ||
| 1998 | 381,063 | 27,629 | 3,944 | 14868.0 | 230.5 | 169.9 | 10.4 | 59.5 | 12,770 | 23,373 | 52.8 | 34,780 | 48,692 | ||
| 1999 | 436,440 | 28,335 | 4,479 | 19297.3 | 274.9 | 201.0 | 10.3 | 61.4 | 12,918 | 24,216 | 57.6 | 36,560 | 51,184 | ||
| 2000 | 400,414 | 44,518 | 4,056 | 19162.2 | 252.8 | 191.9 | 10.1 | 62.3 | 13,311 | 24,953 | 52.3 | 37,943 | 53,120 | ||
| 2001 | 336,794 | 60,084 | 3,342 | 18863.3 | 211.1 | 165.7 | 9.9 | 63.1 | 13,626 | 25,595 | 42.1 | 33,710 | 47,194 | ||
| 2002 | 393,171 | 63,560 | 3,989 | 24202.0 | 253.0 | 179.3 | 10.1 | 63.4 | 13,818 | 25,956 | 43.1 | 38,821 | 54,349 | ||
| 2003 | 500,642 | 82,066 | 5,093 | 32,810.0** | 340.0** | 242.6** | 10.2 | 66.8** | 14,137 | 26,511 | 53.2 | 46,761 | 65,465 | ||
| 2004 | 556,202 | 115,095 | 5,742 | 42666.0 | 416.0** | 298.6** | 10.1 | 72.2** | 14,322 | 26,938 | 59.3 | 53,766 | 75,272 | ||
| 2005 | 549,308 | .. | 4,400 | 36377.0 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 43.9 | 52,085 | 72,919 | ||
| © QOOXC KRI (Kusaka Research Institute) | |||||||||||||||
| Source: | |||||||||||||||
| Ceylon Tourist Board | |||||||||||||||
| Key: | |||||||||||||||
| GProvisional | |||||||||||||||
| GSDR: Special Drawing Rights@ | |||||||||||||||
| Revised: 2009(y)/01(m)/20(d) | |||||||||||||||
| Chief Editor: | |||||||||||||||
| @@ Dr. Milton Rajaratne (B.Com., M.Sc., Ph.D.) | |||||||||||||||
| The Head, Department of Management Studies | |||||||||||||||
| University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||