
Tourism Development, Wildlife and Christian Affairs Minister John Amaratunga said in Parliament yesterday that there will be 3 million tourists arrivals and USD 5 million income from tourism by the end of this year.He added that when he took office in 2015, there was only 1.5 million tourist arriving in the country while in 2018, it increased to 2.3 million and by end of this year it will increase to 3 million. In a matter of four years, the number of tourist arrivals has doubled.