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INVESTMENT LANDSCAPE

& INFRASTRUCTURE

Figure 18 : Traded Hotel Stock Appreciation
Despite recent challenges, Sri Lanka's economic in Sri Lanka’s Share Market
fundamentals remain resilient and promising. The
government is implementing structural reforms to AHPL 50%
SHOT.X 39%
strengthen fiscal stability, improve the business TAJ 36%
31%
KHL
climate, and attract foreign direct investment (FDI). NEH 30%
The economy is diversified across sectors such as AHUN 29%
tourism, IT and software development, agriculture, SERV 25%
25%
PEG
education, healthcare, manufacturing, and servic- CONN 24%
es. With a focus on export-driven growth, recent STAF 21% 23%
KHC
18%
policies aim to boost competitiveness, simplify RHTL 16%
GHLL
regulations, and upgrade infrastructure. EDEN 15%
RCH 14%
RFL 14%
Post-Pandemic, the share prices of publicly traded HSIG 13%
hotel and leisure companies in Sri Lanka have SHOT 9%
TRAN 5%
seen continuous year-on-year increases in value, BRR 3%
from 2022 until August 2024. Figure 18 depicts REEF 3%
how over 65% of Sri Lanka’s hotel sector has seen 0% CITW
0%
BERU
healthy appreciation of value post Pandemic. -1% BBH
-2% CITH
-4% RPBH
-4% CHOT
-6% LHL
-7% MRH
-7% RENU
-11% JETS
-11% MARA
-12% SIGV
-12% TANG
-30% PALM

Source: First Capital Research, 2023

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