The need of the hour is good infrastructure that supports Hospitality industry. Subash Hotel management is working 24/7 to fill in the crucial gap at the moment to address this need.
As per Reuters news the below statistics will throw more light on the tourism growth:
COLOMBO, June 12 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's tourist arrivals in May jumped 17.5 percent from a year earlier, government data showed on Tuesday. The number of visitors has risen every month since a 25-year civil war ended in May 2009.
The following table shows tourist arrivals in Sri Lanka:
2012 2011 Change
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(in %)
May 57,506 48,943 17.5
Jan-May 387,622 327,902 18.2
Jan-Dec 855,975
The island nation's tourism board expects over one million tourists in 2012 with revenue of more than $1 billion, 20 percent higher than last year's $830.3 million. Revenue from tourism has risen 26 percent to $340 million in the first four months of 2012 from the same period last year.
Tourism is one of the main foreign exchange earners for Sri Lanka's $59 billion economy, along with remittances from expatriate workers, garments and tea. ($1 = 132.0000 Sri Lanka rupees)
Early bird Tourists have already made a visit to this great historical place called Jaffna. The details of their visits are documented in the section of "Sri Lanka tourism websites".
The tourist hotel has a 30 year old legacy. It started as a Hotel , was used as a Military headquarters and now its getting ready again to perform the rightful role as a hospitality concern contributing to the economy and tourism of Jaffna. The url gives details of hotel history as appeared in a leading Indian news paper : Indian Newspaper Article
The re-launch will happen in 2 months time from now. Godspeed and Godbless.
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