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Sri Lanka Tourism continues to expand its warm bilateral and cultural ties with its Indian counterparts by venturing into a series of Road Shows in key Indian cities from April 24 - 28, 2023. The first roadshow to be held in Chennai on April 24, followed by Cochin on April 26, and finally
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The tourist arrivals to Sri Lanka from January to April 20, 2023 have topped the 400,000 mark, indicating the island nation’s tourism industry is firmly on the path of recovery.The post Sri Lanka’s tourist arrivals top 400,000 mark in 2023 appeared first on Sri Lanka's Latest Breaking News and Top Stories - ONLANKA News.
- Sri Lanka recorded 143, 039 tourist arrivals in July, 2023 (Category: Breaking News)
- Over 80% of August tourist arrival target reached – SLTDA (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka recognized as one of top affordable vacation destinations (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka welcomes over 800,000 tourists in May (Category: Breaking News)
Tourist arrivals to Sri Lanka for the first 16 days of April topped 56,000, bringing the total number of international visitors entering Sri Lanka for the year closer to the 400,000 mark.The post Over 56,000 tourist arrivals to Sri Lanka in the first 16 days of April appeared first on Sri Lanka News - Latest Breaking News in Sri Lanka - ONLANKA News.
- Tourist arrivals in November first half top 27,000 (Category: Breaking News)
- Travel Trend (Category: Business)
- 101,362 tourist arrivals to Sri Lanka in the first 15 days of 2024 (Category: Breaking News)
- Tourist arrivals to Sri Lanka soar, surpassing 600,000 within 3 months (Category: Breaking News)
The Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA) has stated that it expects a total of 400,000 tourists to have arrived for 2023 by 20 April.
Sri Lanka is targeting Korean high-end travellers and those interested in visiting Buddhist attractions. The Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau, in collaboration with the Embassy of Sri Lanka in the Republic of Korea and SriLankan Airlines, hosted a Media familiarisation (FAM) tour for 7
- Colombo street vendor arrested for harassing tourist (Category: Breaking News)
- Colombo street vendor who threatened tourist granted bail (Category: Breaking News)
- Go Gota Gama at Galle Face marks 50 days (Category: Breaking News)
- Pulse Magazine and Galle Fort Hotel unveil Ropewalk, Sri Lanka’s first arrack-speciality bar (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka has been listed in the Forbes list as one of the 23 best places to visit in 2023, Sri Lanka Tourism said. US based international travel influencer Juliana Broste, a 12x Heartland Emmy Award-winning travel filmmaker and host, showcasing adventures and fun things to do around the world
- IGP among cops and politicians who met MR (Category: Breaking News)
- Indonesian Navy ship KRI Bima Suci arrives in Colombo (Category: Breaking News)
- World Bank and IMF discuss Sri Lanka’s reform agenda (Category: Breaking News)
- Scope Cinemas hosts John Wick: Chapter 4 premier (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka is targeting more tourists from Australia with over 10,000 arriving during the 1st quarter of 2023. According to Sri Lanka Tourism, Sri Lanka recorded 10,761 tourist arrivals from Australia during the 1st quarter of 2023. Sri Lanka Tourism said that Australia, as a key source market
- Sri Lanka records 624,874 tourist arrivals by end of June (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka Tourism looks for high spenders (Category: Breaking News)
- Tourism in 2012 (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka tourism receives boost in Belgium (Category: Breaking News)
The European Union (EU) is to support Sri Lanka’s efforts to become part of the global wellness map. As part of the EU response to support the revitalisation of the Tourism Industry in Sri Lanka, two Train the Trainer workshops were held in March to prepare for the launch of new wellness tourism courses followed […]
- Wellness Tourism Through Holistic Rejuvenation Programs (Category: Breaking News)
- EU pledges more support for Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- EU pledges more support for Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- EU pledges more support for Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
Tourism Minister Harin Fernando says his comments on the Maldives were misrepresented and taken out of context. Fernando tweeted saying Sri Lanka and the Maldives work together on tourism and apologized for any inconvenience caused. “My statement made in Berlin regarding the beautiful Maldive islands has been taken out of context and been misrepresented on […]
- Maldives angered by Sri Lanka Tourism Minister’s comments (Category: Breaking News)
- Soft liquor license to SLTDA approved tourist establishments (Category: Breaking News)
- New Maldives President to be “pro-many countries” (Category: Breaking News)
- World Bank to push for critical reforms in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
The Maldives has objected to the comments made by Tourism Minister Harin Fernando after he made a public statement saying Maldives has nothing much to offer tourists. Fernando had made the comments in Berlin during the ITB Berlin, the world’s largest tourism trade fair. The Minister told participants that Sri Lanka has a lot to […]
- Soft liquor license to SLTDA approved tourist establishments (Category: Breaking News)
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- Harin Fernando calls for a second “Aragalaya” (Category: Breaking News)
- Harin Fernando and Manusha Nanayakkara step down (Category: Breaking News)
Dr. Chandana (Chandi) Jayawardena DPhil President – Chandi J. Associates Inc. Consulting, Canada Founder & Administrator – Global Hospitality Forum chandij@sympatico.ca Struggling with Doctoral Studies By 1998, I was struggling with my doctoral research. By then I realized that doing a Ph.D. in the midst of a busy hotel career, at times demanding 16-hour work […]
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- CONFESSIONS OF A GLOBAL GYPSY (Category: Breaking News)
- Refreshing, Peaceful and Romantic (Category: Breaking News)
Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau (SLTPB), told […]
- Sri Lanka to carry out tourism promotion activities in nine markets (Category: Breaking News)
- Research and Markets: Sri Lanka Tourism Report Q1 2012 - It Is Clear That 2012 Will Be another B... (Category: Breaking News)
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Sri Lanka will carry out tourism promotion campaigns in nine markets to boost arrivals this year, Chairperson of Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau (SLTPB), Chalaka Gajabahu, told the media on Thursday. Addressing a press event on the campaign, he said that these campaigns will help the country
- Brisbane markets (Category: Australia, Queensland)
- Lanka to focus on nine key tourism markets (Category: Breaking News)
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Sri Lanka s tourism is trying to cater more to visitors from the Middle East countries, with special initiatives already underway, officials and industry players said on Thursday, as they seek to revive the crisis-hit country s hospitality sector.
Russia was the top source market for tourists in Sri Lanka in February. Airport and Aviation Services (Sri Lanka) (Private) (Limited) said that 29,084 tourists arrived in Sri Lanka from Russia in February. The top five source markets for Sri Lanka in February have been Russian Federation, 29,084 (27%), India, 13,714 (13%), United Kingdom 8,575 […]
- First group of post-pandemic Chinese tourists arrive in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- World’s largest passenger airline makes rare landing in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Thailand and Sri Lanka hold 5th Round of FTA talks (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s Kaffir community to be used to attract tourists (Category: Breaking News)
First group of Chinese tourists since the COVID-19 pandemic arrived in Sri Lanka last night (March 01).The post Chinese tourists visit Sri Lanka for the first time since COVID-19 appeared first on Sri Lanka News - Latest Breaking News in Sri Lanka - ONLANKA News.
- Sri Lanka lifts all COVID-19 restrictions imposed to enter the country (Category: Breaking News)
- First group of Chinese tourists arrive since COVID-19 (Category: Breaking News)
- COVID-19 TREATMENT CENTRES FOR TOURISTS (Category: Breaking News)
- COVID-19 TREATMENT CENTRES FOR TOURISTS (Category: Breaking News)
Tourist arrivals to Sri Lanka in January surpassed 102,000, the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority said. This was a 24.5% increase in comparison to January 2022.
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- India says it has supported the entirety of Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Another 4 Covid deaths reported in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
The Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA) has assured that there is no need to impose new COVID-19 protocols for those entering the country.
47,353 tourists have arrived in Sri Lanka so far this year, Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA) said.The post Sri Lanka recorded over 47,000 tourist arrivals so far in 2023 appeared first on Sri Lanka News - Latest Breaking News in Sri Lanka - ONLANKA News.
- Chinese tourists visit Sri Lanka for the first time since COVID-19 (Category: Breaking News)
- 101,362 tourist arrivals to Sri Lanka in the first 15 days of 2024 (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka welcomes over 800,000 tourists in May (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s tourist arrivals top 400,000 mark in 2023 (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA) says that 47,353 tourists have arrived in Sri Lanka so far this year.
Sri Lanka has decided to postpone the implementation of new COVID-19 protocols for tourists arriving in the island.The post Sri Lanka postponed implementation of new COVID-19 protocols for tourists appeared first on Sri Lanka News - Latest Breaking News in Sri Lanka - ONLANKA News.
- Implementation of new COVID-19 protocols for tourists postponed - SLTDA (Category: Breaking News)
- Chinese tourists visit Sri Lanka for the first time since COVID-19 (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka lifts all COVID-19 restrictions imposed to enter the country (Category: Breaking News)
- COVID-19 TREATMENT CENTRES FOR TOURISTS (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA) has decided to postpone the implementation of new Covid-19 protocols for tourists arriving in the island.
The new Covid-19 guidelines issued by the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority have been deferred till 20th January 2023. Sri Lanka Tourism said that the decision was taken as a number of tourists have already made plans to visit Sri Lanka. A review meeting with the relevant authorities
- Another 5 Covid related deaths reported (Category: Breaking News)
- Public urged to wear face masks as Covid cases rise in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Another nine Covid related deaths reported (Category: Breaking News)
- Fears raised of new Covid variant spreading in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
By Saman Indrajith Tourists were facing difficulties due to lack of coordination among institutions tasked with promoting tourism, Chairman of Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA), Priyantha Fernando said. Fernando said that Russians who arrived at Mattala airport on the Red Wings
- Country attracts more than 800,000 tourists by 8 August (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka targeting 1.5 million tourist arrivals next year (Category: Breaking News)
- SLTDA makes grand predictions (Category: Breaking News)
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A total of 719,978 tourists have arrived in Sri Lanka as of 31 December 2022, the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA) noted.The post Sri Lanka records nearly 720,000 tourist arrivals in 2022 appeared first on Sri Lanka News - Latest Breaking News in Sri Lanka - ONLANKA News.
- Sri Lanka lifts all COVID-19 restrictions imposed to enter the country (Category: Breaking News)
- Tourist arrivals to Sri Lanka cross 600,000 mark (Category: Breaking News)
- 101,362 tourist arrivals to Sri Lanka in the first 15 days of 2024 (Category: Breaking News)
- Tourist arrivals in November first half top 27,000 (Category: Breaking News)
A total of 719,978 tourists have arrived in Sri Lanka as of 31 December 2022, the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA) noted.
By Hiran H.Senewiratne ‘2023 would be one of the best recovery years for Sri Lanka and tourism will support rebuilding the economy. Aggressively promoting Indian tourism into Sri Lanka will serve that purpose to some extent, Minister of Tourism Harin Fernando said. “Sri Lanka is looking to its big brother India to support in these […]
- Miss World Tourism 2023 will connect a new audience to destination Sri Lanka : Diana Gamage (Category: Breaking News)
- Browns Hotels & Resorts celebrates World Tourism Day with an insightful forum (Category: Breaking News)
- India pledges wholehearted support for developing Ramayana Trail in SL (Category: Breaking News)
- Police procure much-needed vehicles through Indian credit line (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka crossed the billion dollar milestone in earnings from tourism in October when the country earned US$ 75.6 million from the trade, which is providing a glimmer of hope for the country’s economy beset by acute shortages of foreign currency since the middle of last year.The post Sri Lanka’s Tourism industry earnings surpass US$ 1 Billion mark appeared first on Sri Lanka News - Latest ...
- Sri Lanka expects to attract two million tourists in 2024 (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s Tourism earnings in first 8 months of 2022 nears USD 900 Million (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka s tourism earnings in first 8 months of 2022 nears USD 900mn (Category: Breaking News)
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The tourist arrivals to the country for the first 20 days of November totalled 37,490, resulting in the total number of international visitors entering the country crossing the 600,000 mark.The post Tourist arrivals to Sri Lanka cross 600,000 mark appeared first on Sri Lanka News - Latest Breaking News in Sri Lanka - ONLANKA News.
- Tourist arrivals in November first half top 27,000 (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka records nearly 720,000 tourist arrivals in 2022 (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka welcomes over 800,000 tourists in May (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s tourist arrivals top 400,000 mark in 2023 (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka is to be promoted as a new market for Chinese cruise ships, Vice President of the China Cruise and Yacht Industry Association (CCYIA) Zheng Weihang said. The Sri Lanka Embassy in Beijing said that it is actively exploring the possibility of Chinese cruise ships and yachts visiting Sri Lanka. The Embassy said that […]
- Two cruise ships to arrive at Hambantota Port (Category: Breaking News)
- Indian cruise ship to launch operations to Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Hambantota’s once ‘white elephant’ to have 13 cruise ships (Category: Breaking News)
- CAB on cruise (Category: Business)
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