COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - Ua ʻoi aku ka mākaʻikaʻi o Sri Lanka i ka pahuhopu aupuni no 2013 a hiki i ka 1.27 miliona mau hōʻea ma hope o ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i nā ʻano helu helu.
ʻO ka pahuhopu mua o ka makahiki he 1.25 miliona mau mākaʻikaʻi.
Hōʻike ka ʻikepili hou loa mai ka Sri Lanka Tourism Board i ka piʻi ʻana he 26 pakeneka a ke manaʻo nei e piʻi hou kēia helu i kēia makahiki pū kekahi.
A hiki i Nowemapa, ua hoʻokipa ʻo Sri Lanka i ka 1,016,228 miliona mau mākaʻikaʻi, a pono e loaʻa iā 200,000 mau mākaʻikaʻi i ka mahina ʻo Kekemapa e loaʻa ai kāna pahuhopu, ʻo ia hoʻi ua aneane pālua ʻia ka 122,000 i hōʻea mai i Dekemaba.
Wahi a ke keʻena, ua hōʻoia ʻo Sri Lanka Tourism i nā helu hōʻea i kēlā me kēia mahina o 2013 a e like me ka hōʻoia hou loa; Ua loaʻa iā Sri Lanka he 1,274,593 mau mākaʻikaʻi i ka makahiki 2013.
"Ua hoʻokō ʻia ka hōʻoia hou ma muli o nā ʻikepili i hāʻawi ʻia e ke ʻano hōʻiliʻili ʻikepili kamepiula o ka Immigration and Emigration Department o Sri Lanka," i ʻōlelo ʻia ai ka ʻōlelo.
Ua hōʻike ʻia nā helu helu hou ʻaʻole i loaʻa iā Sri Lanka he 153,918 mau mākaʻikaʻi, ʻoi aku ka 26.7 pakeneka mai ka makahiki i hala aku nei, akā ua loaʻa hou nā mākaʻikaʻi i nā mahina i hala.
Ua piʻi ka hōʻea ʻana i Ianuali 2013 i ka 28.7 pakeneka i ka 110,543 ma kahi o ka 13.4 pākēneka i hala a me ka hōʻea ʻana o Pepeluali i 36.4 pakeneka i ka 113,968 ma mua o ka 11.6 pakeneka.
ʻOiai e hāʻawi ana i ka hana no nā miliona o ka poʻe, hana ka ʻoihana ma ke ʻano he hale kiaʻi ikaika i nā SME a me ka ʻoihana hale.
Ua hōʻike ʻia kahi hōʻike Central Bank e piʻi ana ka loaʻa ʻana mai ka mākaʻikaʻi mai 4.9 pakeneka i $ 120.4 miliona makahiki i ka makahiki ma Nowemapa a me 26.8 pakeneka i $ 169.3 miliona i Dekemaba.
No laila, ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia nā loaʻa mai ka mākaʻikaʻi i ka makahiki 2013 i ka piʻi ʻana o ka makahiki ma ka makahiki he 35 pakeneka i ka $1.4 biliona, ke kaupaona nei me ka ulu ʻana o $1 biliona ma 2012.
Ua puka mai ʻo Sri Lanka mai kāna kaua 26-makahiki e hoʻomohala i hoʻokahi o nā ʻoihana ulu wikiwiki loa o ka honua.
He ʻāpana koʻikoʻi o ka loaʻa kālā o ka ʻāina.
Manaʻo ka World Tourism Organization he 10 pakeneka ka nui o nā huahana kūloko o ka honua, e lilo ia i ʻoihana nui loa ma ka honua.
ʻO kona hiki ke hāʻawi nui i ka ulu ʻana o ka hoʻokele waiwai a me ka hāpai ʻana i ke kaiāulu holoʻokoʻa.
Ua ulu ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi o ka mokupuni mai ka pau ʻana o ke kaua kīwila ʻekolu makahiki i ka makahiki 2009.
Ua hōʻike ʻia e ka media kūloko ua hoʻonohonoho ke aupuni i ka pahuhopu no 1.5 miliona i hōʻea mai i ka makahiki 2014 a me kahi pahuhopu kālā he $1.8 biliona.
Manaʻo ka mokupuni e hōʻea i ka 2.5 miliona i hōʻea mai a loaʻa $ 3.5 biliona i ka makahiki 2016.
