800,000th tourist here tomorrow

Tourism industry sources expect the 800,000th visitor to Sri Lanka this year to arrive in the country tomorrow.

Chairman, Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority Nalaka Godahewa said that the number of tourists to Sri Lanka this year exceeded the forecast of 780,000 by December 14. Tourism revenue rose 64.8 percent in 2010 to a record US$ 576 million.

This year the country expects US$ 800 million in tourism income and one billion US dollars next