ʻAʻole i hōʻea ʻo Sri Lanka i kāna pahuhopu 2018 i ka hōʻea ʻana mai o ka mākaʻikaʻi ʻo Sri Lanka Tourism Development Minister John Amaratunga i hoʻopiʻi i ka hoʻokūkū politika i ʻOkakopa.
Ua komo ʻo Sri Lanka i loko o ka haunaele i ka wā i hoʻololi ʻia ai kona kuhina nui me kahi pelekikena mua i pili pū me ka uhaki pono kanaka. Hiki i ka hoʻololi koke ʻana o ke kiaʻi ke hoʻopili i ka hana kulekele a me ka hilinaʻi ʻoihana i ka manawa pilikia o ka hoʻokele waiwai, e koi ana i ka ʻāina ʻo ʻAsia Hema i hoʻopaʻa ʻia i ke kālā a kokoke i Beijing.
Ua haʻi ke kuhina i ka nūhou kūloko: "Ua hāʻule iki mākou i ka 2.5 miliona mau mākaʻikaʻi i hōʻea i ka makahiki i hala, ʻoiai ua hoʻonui mākou i ka nui o nā malihini i nā pule i hala o Dekemaba. Ua hala ka pahuhopu o kēia makahiki ma muli o ke kūlana politika a mākou i ʻike ai ma hope o 26 ʻOkakopa. Eia naʻe, ke manaʻo nei au e pili ana i ka loaʻa kālā ua hōʻea mākou i ka pahuhopu $ 3.5 biliona.
Manaʻo ʻia ka ʻikepili piha 2018 i loko o kēia pule, ua piʻi ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi i nā mahina 11 mua ma 11% i 2.08 miliona. Ua piʻi ka loaʻa kālā mai ka mākaʻikaʻi ma Sepatemaba i 2.8% a i $ 276 miliona makahiki ma ka makahiki, me ka loaʻa kālā cumulative he $ 3.2 biliona, e hōʻike ana i ka ulu ʻana o 11.2% i nā mahina ʻeiwa mua o 2018, ua ʻōlelo ka Central Bank i kāna hōʻike hou loa.
I ka makahiki 2017, ua hoʻopaʻa ʻo Sri Lanka i kona kiʻekiʻe o 2,116,407 i ka makahiki 2017, e hoʻolaha ana i ka ulu ʻana o ka marginal o 3.2%, ʻoiai ua piʻi ka loaʻa kālā o ka mākaʻikaʻi ma kahi pākēneka like i kahi kiʻekiʻe o $ 3.63 biliona.
Ua ʻōlelo ke Kuhina inā ʻaʻole no ka haunaele politika, ua hōʻea ʻo Sri Lanka i kāna pahuhopu hōʻea i ka wā kiʻekiʻe, me ka helu ʻana o ka ʻāina i ka helu ʻekahi wahi mākaʻikaʻi ma 2019 e Lonely Planet.
ʻOiai ʻo ka nalo pinepine ʻana i ka 2.5 miliona ka hōʻea ʻana mai ka makahiki 2016, ua manaʻo nui ʻo Amaratunga e loaʻa iā Sri Lanka ʻehā miliona mau mākaʻikaʻi a loaʻa ka loaʻa kālā ma mua o $5 biliona ma ka hopena o kēia makahiki.
