Tourism receipts which were projected at USD 5 billion are now being projected at USD 3.7 billion. A reduction in arrivals from 2.6 million projected initially for this year will be down to about 2 million, Dr. Indrajit Coomaraswamy, Governor Central Bank said.Speaking at the orientation program organized by the Secretary for Foreign Affairs for Foreign Diplomats on June 7, he said, “The Easter Sunday bombings were carried out by a small group of people who did not have the support of their wider communities. When it came to the disruptions, the civil commotions a couple of weeks after the bombings, there was widespread condemnation. Investors were more concerned about those disruptions. They are quite used to bombings in different countries and they feel these are one-off things that countries can get over. Having a more generalized breakdown of law and order makes them nervous.”
