The Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority has revised its targets for tourist arrivals in 2013 downwards.
The authrority initially forecast a figure of 1.25 million arrivals, but has now revised it to 1.1 million.
SLTDA director general D.S. Jayaweera said: "Tourist arrivals have increased drastically over the past four years,
"Last year, the country recorded just over one million arrivals whereas during the last six months we have attracted almost 500,000. My own forecast is 1.1 million for the year."
Earnings from tourism are projected to hit $1.5 billion this year, up from $1 billion last year.