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Hotel, room rates skyrocket due to increasing tourist arrivals: AASL head

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While reaching a total tourist count of 46,942 for today, the country shows an increase in the number of tourists, Civil Aviation Authority of Sri Lanka (AASL) Chairman Upul Dharmadasa said.

He told the Daily Mirror that nearly 3,000 tourists were arriving in the country daily as tourists, and nearly 22 airlines were currently operating to bring them.

Mr. Dharmadasa said several more airlines have agreed to bring tourists into the country this year.

In line with the tourist arrivals, the charges of tourist hotels and rooms have increased, and the room charges of certain hotels in Tangalle have increased to Rs. 50,000 per night, he said. 

"The hotel and room charges in the country have skyrocketed," Mr. Dharmadasa said.

He said the foreigners came mainly from five countries. The highest number of foreigners who have visited from  Russia with 9,866, 4,697 tourists from Britain, 4,241 from Ukraine, 3,784  from India and 3,737 tourists from the Netherlands. (Chaturanga Samarawickrama and T.K.G. Kapila)

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  • Colin Monday, 17 January 2022 11:31 PM

    The Tourist Board should organise campaigns in Middle East Capitals and try to woo back the Arab tourists to come to Sri Lanka like they did in the past pre Ramadan. It should be series of road shows and it is the duty of our Ambassadors to make the initiative. These are high end tourists who would love to flock to our hill country. Over to you Prasanna

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