{"id":110480,"date":"2023-03-16T16:15:24","date_gmt":"2023-03-16T16:15:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=110480"},"modified":"2023-03-16T16:15:50","modified_gmt":"2023-03-16T16:15:50","slug":"earnings-from-tourism-up-in-february","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/earnings-from-tourism-up-in-february\/","title":{"rendered":"Earnings from tourism up in February"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"mvp-post-title left entry-title\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Earnings from tourism up in February<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/island.lk\/earnings-from-tourism-up-in-february\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-49618 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/island.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/tourism-in-sri-lanka.jpg\" alt=\"elanka\" width=\"600\" height=\"341\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #800080;\">Source:<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\" href=\"https:\/\/island.lk\/earnings-from-tourism-up-in-february\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Island<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Sri Lanka had earned USD 169.9 million from foreign holidaymakers in February, Tourism Minister Harin Fernando said, adding that the earnings have increased from 169.4 million dollars recorded in the corresponding month in 2022.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Over 210,000 tourists arrived in Sri Lanka in the first two months of 2023.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">The minister said USD\u2008331.7 million had been earned in the first two months with 102,545 arrivals in January and 107,639 in February.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Tourist arrivals for the year until March 08 stood at 234,547; that was an increase of 9.6 percent compared to last year, he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">The Russian Federation, India and Germany are Sri Lanka\u2019s top three source markets for tourists so far in March, according to the Tourism Development Authority (TDA) data.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">China is the eighth biggest source market for March so far and that this is a very heartening development, the TDA has said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Tourism, one of Sri Lanka\u2019s leading foreign exchange earners, suffered a severe setback due to the COVID-19 pandemic and economic and political crises in the country.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">The country plans to attract around 1.5 million tourists in 2023 and three million in 2024.<i><b>\u00a0(RK)<\/b><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earnings from tourism up in February &nbsp; Source:Island Sri Lanka had earned USD 169.9 million from foreign holidaymakers in February, Tourism Minister Harin Fernando said, adding that the earnings have increased from 169.4 million dollars recorded in the corresponding month in 2022. 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