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Tourist Numbers Rise, But Sri Lanka’s Tourism Value Keeps Falling

Source: Lanka News
Category: Politics
Region: Sri Lanka
Published: August 31, 2026 at 04:36

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Sri Lanka’s tourism recovery is increasingly exposing a structural weakness: the country is attracting substantial numbers of visitors, but failing to convert those arrivals into proportionate economic value. The warning from Hotel Association of Sri Lanka (THASL) President Asoka Hettigoda comes at a critical point. He has urged policymakers to move away from an obsession […] The post Tourist Numbers Rise, But Sri Lanka’s Tourism Value Keeps Falling appeared first on Lankanews.lk .

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