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By-Prabath K.P.K
by destinations in the world. It is
2016 and expands
tourism based
strategically located between West Asia and South East Asia. It has all requirements to be one of the best tourist destinations with absolute peace, political stability, and climatic changes within few hours of driving across beautiful waterfalls, sceneries, rivers tea estates. like that on behalf of srilanka has varies type of tourism side .as well as destination there for we have plan to achieve tourist arrival up to 2.5 in 2016.now we can see step by step it has been growing. The 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami and the past civil war have reduced tourist arrivals but Sri Lanka received over half a million tourists in 2006.The International media reports published about the improvements in industry of January 2008 by 0.6%,March 2008 by 8.6%when comparing to last year's 2007 figures. It was reported that in the year 2011, total revenue from the tourists' arrival to the country is $830.3 million from 850,000 tourists' inflow. Further, the tourism board expects over 1 million tourists in 2012 with revenue of more than $1 billion. In 2016 we have major targets are 1. Increase tourist arrivals from 650,000 in 2010 to 2.5 Million by 2016. 2. Attract USD 3, million as Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) to the country within 5 years. 3. Increase the tourism related employment from 125,000 in 2010 to 500,000
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ri Lanka is one of the most wonderful for tourist
industry and services all Islands .There for we have big challenge for achieve this target through this varies option we can go beyond the limit of our target. Beaches, heritage,
surrounded by the Indian Ocean
wildlife, scenic beauty, mind and body wellness, festivals, sports and adventure activities.