COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - Ua hoʻokipa ʻo Sri Lanka Tourism i kēia lā i ka hōʻea ʻana mai o ka mākaʻikaʻi Kelemania ʻo Torrance Jimmy ʻoiai ka 1.5 miliona mau mākaʻikaʻi i hōʻea i Sri Lanka no ka makahiki 2014.
Ua hōʻea ke kanaka Kelemānia a me kāna wahine i ke kahua mokulele honua ʻo Bandaranaike ma Katunayake ma kahi mokulele Sri Lankan Airlines UL 558 mai Kelemania.
Ua hoʻokipa maikaʻi ʻia nā luna mākaʻikaʻi o Sri Lanka me ka Luna Hoʻokele ʻo Rumy Jauffer a me nā ʻelele mai ka ʻoihana huakaʻi a me ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi i nā kāne e noho ana ma ka mokupuni ma kahi huakaʻi 21 lā.
ʻO kēia ka manawa mua ma ka moʻolelo o Sri Lanka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi 1.5 miliona mau mākaʻikaʻi i hōʻea i ka mokupuni.
Ua hoʻonoho ʻo Sri Lanka i ka pahuhopu o 1.5 miliona mau mākaʻikaʻi no kēia makahiki a ua loaʻa iā ia he US $ 1.6 biliona mai ka mākaʻikaʻi i nā mahina ʻeiwa mua o kēia makahiki.
Manaʻo ʻo Sri Lanka Tourism e huki i 2.5 miliona mau mākaʻikaʻi ma ka makahiki 2016.