Tourists’ satisfaction level and

factors they highly concern on railway transportation

of Sri Lanka

Proposed Topic

What we already have about this topic

• Thousands of researches in the world about tourism• Thousands of researches in the world about transportation for tourists• Hundreds of researches in the Sri Lankan about tourism• Few of researches in the Sri Lanka about transportation for tourists

• Kandy • Anuradhapura

• Nilaveli • Passekudah

• Polonnaruwa • Pinnawala

• Nuwara Eliya • Arugam Bay

• Sigiriya • Colombo

• Negambo • Marawila

• Yala • Rathnapura

• Katharagama • Matara

• Hikkaduwa • Jaffna

• Reverstone • Kithulgala

Tourist Map of Sri Lanka

Objectives• Identify the satisfaction level

• Identify first five things they like

• Identify first five thing they dislike

• Identify most wanted five improvements

Population and SampleNumber of tourists comes to Sri LankaNumber of tourists comes to Sri Lanka by months

2010 2011 2012 20130

2000

4000

6000

8000

10000

12000

14000

16000

18000

number of foreign ticket issued

number of foreign ticket issued

Number of Foreign tickets issued by railway department

Population and Sample•Expected number of tourist 18000 tourists•10% of the population

•Sample size 600 ( 10% of 4 months )

1800

16200tickets10% 90%

Methods of Data Collection• Primary Data1. Interviews2. Questioners• Secondary Data1. Tourist Board2. Railway Department3. Expo Rail company4. Hem tours private (Ltd)

Methods of Data Analysis

• Analyzing the date by using standard sampling methods in statistics ( likert scale, regression models )

Time ScheduleObservation of Research area

( 1 weak )

Scientific research design

( 2 weeks )

Generation of hypotheses( 1 week )

Problem Definition( 1 week )Literature

survey( 2 weeks )

Data Interpretation

( 4 weeks)

Data Analysis( 3 weeks )

Data collection( 18 weeks )

Hypotheses Testing

( 2 weeks )

Report Writing( 10 weeks )

Report Presentation( 2 weeks )

Total Weeks

48