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By Shelton Dharmaratne Changing global trends will continually pose challenges to economic theory and policy and the ways in which we analyse tourism activity. Sri Lanka Tourism’s public policies are trapped in a dynamic, ongoing process and it has become increasingly evident

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Around two weeks back when I was invited to address the business chambers of Pakistan in Karachi, I realised that the bond between the people of Pakistan and Sri Lanka was not due to business or commerce but the game of cricket. Whenever I mentioned cricket in my addresses, there was a round of applause ...

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The first Tourist Hotel built within the Kuchchaveli Tourism Zone in Trincomalee has been opened. Jungle Beach, the new state of the art Holiday Resort was opened by Minister Basil Rajapaksa this morning. Many programmes are being launched in the Trincomalee District to uplift the tourism industry after the complete elimination of terrorism. Accordingly action ...

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The Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA) has been given permission to set up 300 new hotels. Sources from the Authority say that 200 out of the 300 hotels have not yet carried out an environmental impact assessment (EIA).

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Brand Finance CEO/Founder David Haigh will deliver the keynote address at the fourth session on ‘Branding Sri Lanka’ at the Sri Lanka Economic Summit to be held from 10 to 12 July. Being a developing country with a small domestic market of 20 million people, it is imperative for Sri Lanka to look towards exports ...

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Officials of the Consular Corps London are touring Sri Lanka to have a glimpse of the real situation prevailing in the island. A group of members of the Consular Corps London spread throughout the United Kingdom are on a visit to the island to see to themselves the present situation since the liberation of the ...

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By Cassandra Mascarenhas Sri Lanka has won the bid to host the third Asian Youth Games in 2017 the President of the Asian Olympic Council and the President of the Association of National Olympic Committees Sheikh Ahmed Al-Sabah announced yesterday. Asian Olympic Council President National Olympic Committees Sheikh Ahmed Al-Sabah (centre) addresses the media in ...

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Creating opportunities to enhance diplomatic ties in promoting the destination, Sri Lanka Tourism promotion Bureau received a five member delegation from the Consular Corps of London at the Bandaranaike International Airport yesterday 11 June for a familiarisation tour in Sri Lanka. The executive

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‘The Business of Sports,’ the fortnightly column that appears every other Thursday returns after a festive break. This is Feature #22, continuing to seek a greater public engagement in our national sports and a sporting surveillance on what goes on away from the arenas and behind the scenes. Readers are invited to share their views ...

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Fresh push to woo Chinese tourists and tap greater share of two-way traffic, including to Maldives Upgrade brings total flights to four cities in China including Hong Kong to 21 per week By Nisthar Cassim in Beijing, China In a fresh push to woo more Chinese tourists as well as cater to growing two-way traffic, ...

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Jun 12, Colombo: Sri Lanka's tourist arrivals rose 17.5 percent in May this year compared to the same period last year, the data released by the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA) Tuesday showed.

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Club Hotel Dolphin, Waikkal, managed by Serendib Leisure Management Ltd., was granted the Halal-friendly ‘3 Crescent’ rating recently for Halal friendliness by the Singaporean based company Crescentrating, the global leader in facilitating Halal friendly travel.   Crescent Rating is a rating system established to provide confidence and a peace of mind to the Muslim travellers ...

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Whilst acknowledging progress, business tycoon Harry Jayawardena has renewed his call for a more enabling environment to boost private sector investments to a desired level, warning that rest of Asia was fast reaping benefits of such strategy. “The region offers many examples of how enabling environments have thrust their private sectors to the forefront of ...

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Bhashwara Senank     a Gunarathna yesterday assumed duties as the Chairman of the Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau. New Chairman of Tourism Promotion Bureau (SLTPB) Bhashwara Senanka Gunarathna (right) being congratulated after assuming duties by his predecessor Dr. Nalaka

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Sri Lanka has appointed Bhashwara Senanka Gunarathna to take charge of the country’s Tourism Promotion Bureau, starting from today. Gunarathna is currently working as a Director General of the Ministry of Economic Development and also function as the Director of the National Zoological Gardens. His prior experience with the tourism sector has been in his capacity as ...

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By Cheranka Mendis Supporting the rapid growth of tourism in the country, four professional institutions have come forward to link up with Sri Lanka Tourism and conduct voluntary projects aimed at creating awareness about the tourism product among people. Uniting towards the nationalistic cause

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– Yapa AbeywardaneBy Sulochana Ramiah MohanDeputy Minister of Economic Development Lakshman Yapa Abeywardane said he ‘does not know’ about the (three) new appointments of  chairmen to Sri Lanka Tourism (SLT) and that he will ‘discuss’ with Minister of Economic Development Basil Rajapaksa

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By our Travel Correspondent Tourism industry, or rather the administration, in the paradise isle has gone back to the 2006 era, where the stakeholder associations and the authorities were pulling in different directions. The whole mechanism had fallen to such low levels that it had come to a stage where the chairman of the Tourist ...

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Finance Ministry 2011 Annual Report lists key factors Raps promotional agencies BOI, Sri Lanka Tourism, EDB Tea Board and others for bureaucracy and lack of coordination Private investment needs to be increased to 30% of GDP from 24% in 2011 Despite the end of the war three years ago

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Earnings from tourism in the first quarter of this year grew at a healthy rate of 28.8 per cent to 268 million US Dollars. Tourist arrivals in the month of April this year rose 9.0 percent in comparison to the same period last year. Data released by the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority showed that ...

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By Shanuka Tissera The private sector of Sri Lanka and Singapore yesterday in Colombo spearheaded a fresh deal to boost bilateral business on the sidelines of a visit by the city-state’s Foreign Minister. The Singapore Business Federation (SBF), which has brought down a delegation, and the Sri Lanka Singapore Business Council (SLSBC) affiliated to the ...

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Q: Are new markets needed for growth in tourism? The Government’s key objectives with regard to tourism include: Achieve 2.0 million tourist arrivals by the year 2016 Target the upscale Free Independent Travellers (FITs), who are comparatively high spenders Make making tourism Sri Lanka’s third largest foreign exchange earner. Government Statistics show that the number ...

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Despite objections from several quarters, the Ministry of Economic Development is to go ahead with the revamping of several strategic bodies under its purview, including the Board of Investment (BoI) of Sri Lanka, and Sri Lanka Tourism, which had come under heavy criticism for inefficiency

- lankanewspapers.com - Category : Breaking News - Relavancy : 1.2982736

A wide publicity has been given to the events unfolding at the Sri Lanka Tourism regarding the resig..

- www.ft.lk - Category : Business - Relavancy : 0.26563263

Clears allegations against Dr. Jayasundera, Secretary to both Economic Development Ministry and Finance Ministry; says Secretary has no personal animosity but heads need to work together with the Minister and through Secretary Reveals Nalaka Godahewa was asked to resign as part of reconstituting the three tourism entities and not due to his inability to work ...

- www.ft.lk - Category : Business - Relavancy : 0.918018

Wide publicity has been given to the events unfolding at the Sri Lanka Tourism regarding the resignation of the Chairman from Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau, Sri Lanka Institute of Tourism and Hotel Management and Sri Lanka Convention Bureau and the performance of the Board of Investment

- www.ft.lk - Category : Business - Relavancy : 0.6491368

Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau MD post is a permanent position and comes under scheme of recruitment approved by Treasury Rumy Jauffer hired on one-year contract sans an application or a CV Not marking attendance, unlimited use of fuel among flags-off in Auditor General’s Department query

- www.ft.lk - Category : Business - Relavancy : 0.29098597

Last week’s resignation of Dr. Nalaka Godahewa from three tourism entities whilst remaining Tourism Development Authority Chairman as exclusively reported by the Daily FT is being linked by industry circles as a direct fallout with Treasury Secretary Dr. P.B. Jayasundera. The strained relationship between the Tourism Chief and subject Ministry Secretary (Treasury Chief Dr. Jayasundera ...

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With heads of three tourism entities falling vacant, speculation is rife about likely successors, who however have to be appointed by Economic Development Minister Basil Rajapaksa. For the resource-rich Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau, Bashara Guneratne is tipped. He currently serves

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To remain as Chairman of Tourism Development Authority Top professional Dr. Nalaka Godahewa yesterday resigned as Chairman of Sri Lanka Tourism and two other entities whilst continuing to serve as Head of Tourism Development Authority. “I have decided to resign from the Chairmanship

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