Hon. Vijitha Herath

Jathika Jana balawegaya· Gampaha· 20 May 2026 ·Oral question: Oral Question: Tourism - Room Capacity and Occupancy Rates (Q.?)

Foreign Affairs

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Asked the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Employment and Tourism to provide data on Sri Lanka’s current hotel room capacity, regional occupancy rates, and the main source countries driving tourist arrivals, including the shares from India, Russia and the UK. He also sought details on targeted new tourism markets, approved tourism investments in 2024-2025, market diversification strategy, planned hotel room additions, their locations and timelines, and estimated investment values.

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¶ 01 Question to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Employment and Tourism:

¶ 02 Will he inform this House—

¶ 03 (a) (i) the current national room capacity and regional occupancy rates; (ii) the principal countries from which tourist arrivals are presently increasing; (iii) whether Sri Lanka remains dependent on a limited number of markets, such as India, Russia and the UK; (iv) the percentage share of tourist arrivals from each of the aforesaid countries, separately; and (ā) the new markets (e.g. Middle East, Eastern Europe and East Asia) that are being actively targeted?

¶ 04 (b) Will he also inform this House— (i) the number and value of new tourism investments approved during 2024-2025; (ii) whether a diversification strategy has been adopted to reduce market concentration risk; (iii) the number of hotel rooms planned to be added in the country; (iv) the locations where such hotels are to be established and the expected timelines for their implementation; and (v) the estimated investment value for these new developments?

¶ 05 (c) If not, why?

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Source: Hansard, Wednesday, 20 May 2026 ·No. 23618 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: Hon. Vijitha Herath. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 20 May 2026. No. 23618. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/19355