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The country is expected to welcome its one-millionth visitor this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Sri Lanka.- Vijitha Herath<\/strong>, the minister of tourism, has said that Sri Lanka should achieve its target of $5bn in revenue<\/strong> from tourism this year amid a rise in visitor arrivals. He was speaking at the Sri Lanka Travel Fair 2025 <\/strong>closing ceremony.\u00a0The first quarter of 2025 saw $1.2bn<\/strong> in tourism revenue. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Herath said: “Sri Lanka has achieved political stability and is now gradually improving its economy. That is the best message that can be conveyed to the international community. The number of tourists arriving in Sri Lanka is increasing rapidly now. With that, the country’s revenue will also increase.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He added: “As the tourism industry develops, all those who are involved in the sector will be able to strengthen their economies. Additionally, it will develop the country and the state of living of all people in the country.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority<\/strong>, the country received 91,785 tourists in the first 21 days of May<\/strong>, taking arrivals for the year so far to 988,669<\/strong>. It expect its one millionth visitor<\/strong> this week. The sector should get a further boost with the upcoming launch of Melco’s City of Dreams casino<\/a> in the third quarter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The country is expected to welcome its one-millionth visitor this week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2395,"featured_media":777027001,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Sri Lanka is on track to achieve its $5bn tourism revenue target for the year, buoyed by robust visitor arrivals and enhanced economic stability. This growth trajectory is significantly augmented by the anticipated Q3 launch of Melco's City of Dreams integrated resort, representing a substantial foreign direct investment and a key expansion within the region's gaming verticals.","focusai_entities":"Vijitha Herath, Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority, Melco, City of Dreams","focusai_location":"Sri Lanka","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.85), compliance_legal (0.8), operator_casino (0.9), payments_fraud_aml (0.75), investor_analyst (0.95), supplier_vendor (0.8), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Melco GGR Projections","query":"What are the projected Gross Gaming Revenue (GGR) contributions from Melco's City of Dreams casino to Sri Lanka's economy, and how will this impact the overall tourism revenue target and national NGR?"},{"label":"Regulatory Framework Evolution","query":"How will the launch of a major integrated resort like City of Dreams influence the evolution of Sri Lanka's gaming regulatory compliance and governance frameworks, particularly concerning B2C licensing and responsible gambling?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[157,16334],"tags":[29,24619,1897],"class_list":["post-777026998","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-news","category-south-asia-news","tag-casino","tag-finance","tag-igaming"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777026998","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2395"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777026998"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777026998\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777027008,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777026998\/revisions\/777027008"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777027001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777026998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777026998"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777026998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}