ʻO ka huina nui o nā mākaʻikaʻi e like me ka mea i hoʻopaʻa ʻia e ka ʻOihana Emigration a paʻi ʻia e ka Sri Lanka Tourist Development Authority (SLTDA) no 2016 he 2,050,832. ʻO nā Nū malihini malihini (FGN) ma nā hōkele maʻamau o ka hōkū no 2016 he 1,595,118 e like me ka SLTDA, a ʻo ka awelika noho no kēlā me kēia mākaʻikaʻi i 10.2 mau lā. No laila, ma ka hoʻokaʻawale ʻana i ka FGN ma ka awelika o ka noho ʻana, loaʻa ka huina nui o nā mākaʻikaʻi e noho ana i nā hōkele maʻamau.
Hōʻike kēia i nā poʻe mākaʻikaʻi "maoli" e noho nei i nā hōkele māka (maʻamau) ma Sri Lanka he 1,025,416, aia ma kahi o 50% wale nō o ka hōʻea ʻana mai.
ʻO ka nui FGN i hoʻokumu ʻia e ka ʻāpana hoʻohui no 2016 ʻo 5,404,602. E like me ma mua, ka hoʻokaʻawale ʻana i kēia ma ka awelika noho o 10.2 e hōʻike ana i ka noho ʻana o kekahi mau mākaʻikaʻi 529,863 i loko o kēia mau hale kākoʻo, ʻo ia ka 26% o nā poʻe i hiki mai.
ʻO ke kaulike o 24% ka helu "leakage factor" i hōʻike ʻole ʻia. ʻO kēia leakage kekahi mau mākaʻikaʻi e noho ʻole ma nā hōkele, e like me ka diaspora element. ʻO ka ʻāpana ʻē aʻe o kēia leakage ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi e noho i ka ʻāpana informal maoli ʻole i hoʻopaʻa inoa ʻia. ʻO kēia ka helu nui o nā keʻena moe liʻiliʻi a me nā ʻaina kakahiaka ʻole i ulu aʻe i nā kūlanakauhale mākaʻikaʻi āpau ma ke kaapuni huakaʻi, "ʻaʻole i loaʻa nā helu helu i nā moʻolelo SLTDA.
ʻO kēia ke kumu o ka hoʻomau ʻana o nā hōkele papa hōkū i ka paʻakikī e mālama i nā pae noho kiʻekiʻe a me nā loaʻa, ʻoiai nā helu hōʻea holoʻokoʻa e hōʻike ana i nā piʻi nui.
I ke kūkākūkā ʻana me kēia me nā hoa hana ʻoihana ʻē aʻe, ʻo ka ʻae kuʻikahi ma muli o nā manaʻo i hiki i kekahi o nā helu STDA, ʻo ka helu maoli e kākoʻo ana i nā hōkele maʻamau hiki ke emi ma lalo o 50%.
ʻO ka mea kākau o kēia ʻatikala, ʻo Srilal Miththapala, he Pelekikena i hala o ka The Hotels Association o Sri Lanka, a ua kālailai ʻo ia i nā helu i hiki mai ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi e hana i nā hopena i ʻōlelo ʻia ma luna.
