Tourism is a top foreign exchange earner for Sri Lanka's $59 billion economy, with garments and tea, and remittances from expatriate workers being ahead.
Sri Lanka's tourism industry has been booming since a three-decade war ended in 2009. Sri Lanka Tourism has set a target for 1.5 million arrivals in 2014 and a revenue target of $1.8 billion. The island hopes to reach 2.5 million arrivals and earn $3.5 billion by 2016.
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