@2022 - All Right Reserved. Designed and Developed by Rev-Creations, Inc
784 results found in 1906 ms
Page 4 of 27
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau (SLTPB), told […]
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
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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
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.
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 […]
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 ...
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.
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 […]
Video: Global travel trade to boost Sri Lanka Tourism - UL CEO upbeat of support
The tourist arrivals for the first 15 days of November stood at 27,213, making Sri Lanka inches away from crossing the 600,000 arrival mark for the year.The post Tourist arrivals in November first half top 27,000 appeared first on Sri Lanka News - Latest Breaking News in Sri Lanka - ONLANKA News.
By MAHADIYA HAMZA ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s tourism revival is facing a challenge in bringing in more high spending foreign visitors due to increasing protests locally while monetary tightening, impacts of Russian invasion into Ukraine, and rising inflation globally.The move is likely to slow the island nation’s recovery from the unprecedented economic crisis as it is […]
Sri Lanka s earnings from tourism during the period from January 2022 to October 2022 surpassed USD 1 billion mark, the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) says.
The fifth edition of Race The Pearl, a 24-hour race that covers the entire length of 600 kilometres of Sri Lanka from top to bottom, will take place on the 5th of November, 2022. Setting off from Point Pedro to Dondra Head. Race The Pearl will see ten cyclists – one from the United States […]
Tourist zones are to be established and gazetted in Sri Lanka, Tourism Minister Harin Fernando said. Minister Fernando said that one of the main issues that are affecting the tourism industry is the lack of tourist zones. He said that after Bentota in 1980, there have not been any tourist zones
Sri Lanka faces hardships in the current economic context; however, the island nation has been successful in braving through the challenges and remaining a favourite destination among travellers across the world.The post Sri Lanka still a tourist favourite destination despite challenges appeared first on Sri Lanka News - Latest Breaking News in Sri Lanka - ONLANKA News.