Sri Lanka - Travel services

Travel services (% of service imports, BoP)

Travel services (% of service imports, BoP) in Sri Lanka was 20.25 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 45 years was 36.20 in 2016, while its lowest value was 1.58 in 1975.

Definition: Travel covers goods and services acquired from an economy by travelers for their own use during visits of less than one year in that economy for either business or personal purposes. Travel includes local transport (i.e., transport within the economy being visited and provided by a resident of that economy), but excludes international transport (which is included in passenger transport. Travel also excludes goods for resale, which are included in general merchandise.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.

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Year Value
1975 1.58
1976 2.76
1977 3.33
1978 15.69
1979 12.63
1980 9.52
1981 10.20
1982 10.34
1983 9.52
1984 12.28
1985 10.14
1986 11.05
1987 11.75
1988 12.39
1989 12.18
1990 11.53
1991 12.75
1992 13.47
1993 13.76
1994 16.12
1995 15.54
1996 14.59
1997 13.79
1998 14.84
1999 15.42
2000 14.82
2001 14.32
2002 16.59
2003 16.61
2004 15.51
2005 15.06
2006 15.59
2007 15.10
2008 14.23
2009 16.29
2010 14.54
2011 12.50
2012 27.99
2013 33.90
2014 33.89
2015 34.86
2016 36.20
2017 36.16
2018 36.03
2019 35.42
2020 20.25

Travel services (% of service exports, BoP)

Travel services (% of service exports, BoP) in Sri Lanka was 22.48 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 45 years was 52.31 in 2018, while its lowest value was 15.68 in 2001.

Definition: Travel covers goods and services acquired from an economy by travelers for their own use during visits of less than one year in that economy for either business or personal purposes. Travel includes local transport (i.e., transport within the economy being visited and provided by a resident of that economy), but excludes international transport (which is included in passenger transport. Travel also excludes goods for resale, which are included in general merchandise.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.

See also:

Year Value
1975 24.08
1976 32.46
1977 35.79
1978 46.08
1979 44.28
1980 42.85
1981 41.85
1982 44.30
1983 34.74
1984 36.82
1985 33.58
1986 26.97
1987 21.83
1988 19.35
1989 22.01
1990 29.19
1991 28.97
1992 31.43
1993 32.00
1994 30.53
1995 27.57
1996 21.72
1997 23.85
1998 25.11
1999 28.33
2000 26.40
2001 15.68
2002 28.64
2003 31.27
2004 33.60
2005 27.86
2006 25.25
2007 21.71
2008 17.08
2009 18.47
2010 23.28
2011 26.92
2012 27.34
2013 36.62
2014 43.37
2015 46.60
2016 49.29
2017 50.82
2018 52.31
2019 48.26
2020 22.48

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: Balance of payments