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I like to be an optimist. No matter what may happen around us, I would like to retain feelings of hope I have for all human-kind and on a more intimate level for you, for me, the newborn and the to-be-born. Yet, what has already happened around me, happening now and may happen in the ...
- IMF MD calls for anchoring stability to sustain higher and better growth (Category: Business)
- Asia sees red over ‘green economy’ (Category: Business)
- Achieving economic goals amidst global challenges (Category: Business)
The World Tourism Day was celebrated in grand style at a special ceremony held in Colombo yesterday with the participation of all stake holders related to travel and tourism industry. The main event took place at the tourism zone near Beira Lake, called “Road to Paradise” with the participation of Minister Basil Rajapaksa – the ...
- Sri lanka celebrates World Tourism Day in the southern coast (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka - Yapahuwa Host City (Category: Travel)
- Programmes launched to mark Tourism Day (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka to mark World Tourism Day with programmes around the Beira Lake (Category: Breaking News)
Economic Development Minister Basil Rajapaksa met high level business delegations led by the French Ambassador and the British High Commissioner in Sri Lanka respectively with a view to promoting investments from France and the United Kingdom. Addressing the business community that included some of the leading enterprises in the fields of insurance, garments, tourism and ...
- France appreciates economic development in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- France to upgrade Lankan investment profile (Category: Business)
- “Embassy will support French investments in Sri Lanka”: Envoy (Category: Business)
- Basil woos for more from Japanese investors in Sri Lanka (Category: Business)
Last week I received an invite for an ‘Inventors Day Celebration’ in one of the leading schools in the country and the master in charge shared a thought that I felt was a cutting edge idea. Apparently, every one of us is an inventor in some part of our daily life. The issue is that ...
- Wimbledon 2012 pick-ups for Lanka (Category: Business)
- Global Commerce Excellence awards next week (Category: Business)
- For tourism, after BRICs, Lanka-included SLIMMA is the best (Category: Business)
By Cheranka Mendis Tapping into the high-end tourism market Russia would help boost tourism numbers in large volumes and drive the industry to surpass the expected arrivals of 750,000 by the end of the year to over 800,000. SriLankan Airlines yesterday made its first direct flight to Moscow, the financial and political centre of Russia. ...
- Russia to construct hotel in Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Guidebook on Sri Lanka in Russian published (Category: Business)
- Guide book on Sri Lanka in Russian language debuts (Category: Business)
- Tourist guide book on Sri Lanka published in Russian language (Category: Breaking News)
Stock Broking firm Capital Alliance suggests that the 2.6 million tourist arrivals target isn’t a pipedream but achievable though it will be only by 2020, which is 4 years later than the Government and industry set timeline of 2016. “The Government projects 2.5m arrivals in 2016, but the industry will lack the rooms and trained ...
- Think tourism (Category: Business)
- ETA examined (Category: Business)
- September tourist arrivals up 27% (Category: Business)
- South Africa’s Sun City to invest $ 800 m in Sri Lanka tourism (Category: Business)
A high level delegation from Sri Lanka Tourism is currently attending the World Tourism Conference in Kota-Kinabalu in Malaysia. Deputy Minister Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena met the World Tourism Organisation Secretary General Dr. Taleb Rifai during the conference. They discussed avenues to develop
- Dy Minister Lakshman Yapa attends World Tourism Conference in Malaysia (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka to host UNWTO meetings (Category: Breaking News)
- Helping Hand (Category: Business)
- International Tourism Conference inaugurated in Sri Lanka capital (Category: Breaking News)
By Srilal Miththapala Just over a year ago, I penned an article entitled “Sri Lanka Tourism — Quo Vadis” where I raised the issues and challenges Sri Lanka was facing in developing its tourism industry. Of course, that was during the latter stages of the war, and now after the ending of the war, there ...
- How tourism yield can be suitably incorporated into the sustainability paradigm (Category: Business)
- Warm welcome for record-breaking 800,000th tourist arrival in 2011 (Category: Business)
- Tourism: Fast growth or slow burn? (Category: Business)
Tourism in Sri Lanka receives a major boost in Belgium. Jetair, one of the leading tour operators in Belgium, has introduced Sri Lanka as a new winter destination. It will operate weekly charter flights from Brussels to Colombo commencing October this year. The formal announcement was made at this year’s ‘Jetair Fly summer road show ...
- Belgium boosts tourism in Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Belgiums Jetair introduces Lanka as a winter destination (Category: Breaking News)
- Weekly Charter flights between Brussels and Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Jetairfly will commence flights to Colombo this month (Category: Breaking News)
I.I.F.A. awards will create the credibility and believability factor,” Dileep Mudadeniya tells Benchmark. “The challenge (to deliver) is much greater than before. We actually anticipated and made preparations for this mini boom. I feel that it’s important when you are running an organisation to anticipate and work on scenario planning so that you have your structure, ...
- Community tourism to be developed to differentiate country from the region (Category: Business)
- Managing Director of Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau wins TOYP 2010 award (Category: Breaking News)
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- Sri Lanka to host world surfing competition (Category: Breaking News)
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