Sri Lanka, Feb. 15 -- Sri Lanka Tourism is set to obtain over Rs. 7 billion from tourism receipts this year, said Director General Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA) Nalin Perera yesterday. He said that out of this around Rs. 5.18 billion will be from embarkation fees and a further Rs. 2, 087 billion will be received from the Tourism Development Levy. He said that from this 70% will go towards the Sri Lanka Tourism Promotions Bureau, (SLTPB) 14% for Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA) and 12% to Sri Lanka Institute of Tourism & Hotel Management (SLITHM) and the rest to the Conventions Bureau.

Sri Lanka Tourism, the second highest foreign exchange earner to the country is seeing a continuous growth in tourism arri...