[UOT 0 - INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL STATISTICS Page 2 SRI LANKA
Vumber of foreign tourist arrivals at frontiers and hotel nights by month
Frontier Arrivals
1972 1973

Hotel Nights
Months 1972 1973
January 48 763
february 45 363
March 45 496
April 22 366
May 2 609
June H 929
July L8 615
August 28 L86
September 19 039
Jetober 23 269
November 43 853
December 55 TO4
Totals 369 L492 527 589
Sumber of foreign tourist arrivals by main purpose of visit

T62
848
564
091
282
302
703
634
Lo2
+ 476
6 155
7 828
56 OL7

9 386
8 343
7 875
3 468
4 168
3 246
&gt; 919
6 680
L 184
5 977
7 137
3 505

T7 888

1972 1973 1972 1973
Holiday/Recreation 46 898 TO 036 Family or friends 1 323 1 185
Religion/Culture 2 094 1 846 Mission/Meeting 684 881
Business 3 565 3 179 - Others (2) 1 483 761
Breakdown of total foreign tourist spending in Sri Lanka (%) (3)

1972/1973
Accommodation/Meals 43.3 %
Local Transport 14.8 %
Entertainment 8.4 3
International Tourist Receipts and Expenditures
Source of Information :
Method of Collection : Exchange records
Total receipts and expenditures from foreign tourism in millions of US dollars
1972 1973 1972 1973
Total Receipts 7.30 12.87 Total Expenditures n.a. n.a.

1972/1973
Shopping 29.9 %
thers 3.6 %

International International
; : n.a. n.a. n.a.
rare Receipts Fare Payments

n.a.

lotal receipts and expenditures from foreign tourism in millions of units of local
currency

1972 1973
Total Receipts 43.81 79.79 Total Expenditures n.a.
n.a International n.a
e n.a. Fare Pavments ha

1972

International
are Rereipts

1973
n.a.

n.g.

(2) Others include : Health, Study, Sports, etc...
(3) Estimates derived from sample survey of visitor expenditure conducted in 1972.
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