Minister Fernando’s ‘Great Wall’ of expectations from Chinese tourists is too high
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If each Chinese tourist spent $5,000 that could raise a figure comparable to the recent International Monetary Fund bailout…If you really look at it, tourism can get Sri Lanka out of this mess.
themorning.lk | May 23, 2023
Posted on: 13 July, 2023
Partly True
Governor Cabraal’s claims on tourism, travels outside the data
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Tourism is a 10-billion-dollar industry, and for the last two years we have not been able to enjoy the fruits of that.
Bloomberg | February 18, 2022
Posted on: 16 March, 2022
False
Minister of Tourism Development right on tourism developments
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When he took office in 2015, there were 1.5 million tourist arrivals and in 2018, it increased to 2.3 million.
Daily News | March 27, 2019
Posted on: 17 May, 2019
True