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In December 2020, Good Life X announced its partnership with the Sri Lanka Tourism Alliance, initiating the ‘Grants for Tourism Resilience’ programme for SMEs in the tourism industry. An initiative supported by GIZ – SME Sector Development Programme Sri Lanka in cooperation with the Noah
- GLX and Sri Lanka Tourism Alliance partnership announces top ten winners of the Grants for Touri... (Category: Breaking News)
- New programme to create human resources for tourism sector (Category: Breaking News)
- Freehold ownership to Sri Lanka Mahaweli Authority license holders under ‘Urumaya Programme’ (Category: Breaking News)
- New programme to promote the Traditional New Year globally (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka Tourism warned that legal action will be taken if tourists violate the guidelines when visiting Sri Lanka. A special event was held today to formally announce that Sri Lanka has been declared open for tourists. Tourism Minister Prasanna Ranatunga said that Sri Lanka expects the industry
- Legal action if tourists violate health guidelines (Category: Breaking News)
- Legal action if tourists violate health guidelines (Category: Breaking News)
- Legal action if tourists violate health guidelines (Category: Breaking News)
- Legal action on travel agencies if tourists violate health guidelines – Minister (Category: Breaking News)
COLOMBO (News 1st): The Government of Sri Lanka has decided to establish COVID-19 treatment centres surrounding hotels where tourists are staying, Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA) said. Tourists who are confirmed positive for the virus will be referred for treatment at these centres
- COVID-19 TREATMENT CENTRES FOR TOURISTS (Category: Breaking News)
- COVID-19 TREATMENT CENTRES FOR TOURISTS (Category: Breaking News)
- COVID-19 TREATMENT CENTRES FOR TOURISTS (Category: Breaking News)
- COVID-19 TREATMENT CENTRES FOR TOURISTS (Category: Breaking News)
Colombo (News 1st); The Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority on Tuesday released the lasted guidelines for tourists as per the instructions issued by the Ministry of Health. According to SLTDA, there is no minimum number of days is required for a stay and there will be no restrictive quarantine
- GUIDELINES FOR TOURISTS NOW AVAILABLE (Category: Breaking News)
- GUIDELINES FOR TOURISTS NOW AVAILABLE (Category: Breaking News)
- GUIDELINES FOR TOURISTS NOW AVAILABLE (Category: Breaking News)
- GUIDELINES FOR TOURISTS NOW AVAILABLE (Category: Breaking News)
[…] The post “Tea Is The Most Affordable Luxury,” Says The Sri Lanka Tea Board. How So? On Whose Toil? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- “Tea Is The Most Affordable Luxury,” Says The Sri Lanka Tea Board. How So? On Whose Toil? (Category: Breaking News)
- “Tea Is The Most Affordable Luxury,” Says The Sri Lanka Tea Board. How So? On Whose Toil? (Category: Breaking News)
- “Tea Is The Most Affordable Luxury,” Says The Sri Lanka Tea Board. How So? On Whose Toil? (Category: Breaking News)
- “Tea Is The Most Affordable Luxury,” Says The Sri Lanka Tea Board. How So? On Whose Toil? (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka Tourism warned that legal action will be taken if tourists violate the guidelines when visiting Sri Lanka. A special event was held today to formally announce that Sri Lanka has been declared open for tourists. Tourism Minister Prasanna Ranatunga said that Sri Lanka expects the industry
- Legal action if tourists violate health guidelines (Category: Breaking News)
- Legal action if tourists violate health guidelines (Category: Breaking News)
- Legal action if tourists violate health guidelines (Category: Breaking News)
- Legal action on travel agencies if tourists violate health guidelines – Minister (Category: Breaking News)
COLOMBO (News 1st): The Government of Sri Lanka has decided to establish COVID-19 treatment centres surrounding hotels where tourists are staying, Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA) said. Tourists who are confirmed positive for the virus will be referred for treatment at these centres
- COVID-19 TREATMENT CENTRES FOR TOURISTS (Category: Breaking News)
- COVID-19 TREATMENT CENTRES FOR TOURISTS (Category: Breaking News)
- COVID-19 TREATMENT CENTRES FOR TOURISTS (Category: Breaking News)
- COVID-19 TREATMENT CENTRES FOR TOURISTS (Category: Breaking News)
Colombo (News 1st); The Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority on Tuesday released the lasted guidelines for tourists as per the instructions issued by the Ministry of Health. According to SLTDA, there is no minimum number of days is required for a stay and there will be no restrictive quarantine
- GUIDELINES FOR TOURISTS NOW AVAILABLE (Category: Breaking News)
- GUIDELINES FOR TOURISTS NOW AVAILABLE (Category: Breaking News)
- GUIDELINES FOR TOURISTS NOW AVAILABLE (Category: Breaking News)
- GUIDELINES FOR TOURISTS NOW AVAILABLE (Category: Breaking News)
[…] The post “Tea Is The Most Affordable Luxury,” Says The Sri Lanka Tea Board. How So? On Whose Toil? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- “Tea Is The Most Affordable Luxury,” Says The Sri Lanka Tea Board. How So? On Whose Toil? (Category: Breaking News)
- “Tea Is The Most Affordable Luxury,” Says The Sri Lanka Tea Board. How So? On Whose Toil? (Category: Breaking News)
- “Tea Is The Most Affordable Luxury,” Says The Sri Lanka Tea Board. How So? On Whose Toil? (Category: Breaking News)
- “Tea Is The Most Affordable Luxury,” Says The Sri Lanka Tea Board. How So? On Whose Toil? (Category: Breaking News)
Tourists visiting Sri Lanka can exit the “bio bubble” after 14 days if their PCR test is negative. Chairperson of Sri Lanka Tourism Kimarli Fernando said that after an initial 14 days of the stay within the ‘bio bubble’, travelers will be able to exit from it at any time subject
- Tourists can exit “bio bubble” after 14 days if PCR test negative (Category: Breaking News)
- 200+ RUSSIAN TOURISTS ARRIVE ON SATURDAY (Category: Breaking News)
- 200+ RUSSIAN TOURISTS ARRIVE ON SATURDAY (Category: Breaking News)
- 200+ RUSSIAN TOURISTS ARRIVE ON SATURDAY (Category: Breaking News)
Sept 29, Colombo: Chairman of Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Authority Dr.Nalaka Godahewa resigned from the post yesterday.
Dr. Nalaka Godahewa has resigned from his post as Chairman of Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority, exactly one month after being appointed as the new Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
The Twenty20 World Cup which will be kicked off from Hambantota this evening will provide Sri Lanka Tourism the opportunity to place its logo in the Mid wicket area of the ground, where the matches will be played. Sri Lanka Tourism says this is a massive opportunity for Sri Lanka Tourism
- New Tourism Zones are planned in the North and East (Category: Breaking News)
- Regional Consultation on Tourism organized in Colombo. (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka leading among countries suitable for tourism (Category: Breaking News)
- World Tourism Day celebrated in a unique way (Category: Breaking News)
MasterCard signed a partnership agreement with Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau (SLTPB) which would help to promote Indian tourist arrivals to Sri Lanka.
MasterCard Worldwide, a global payments and technology company, and the Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau (SLTPB) on Friday signed an agreement to facilitate the development of cross border tourism, with a specific focus on attracting India’s tourists.
The Sri Lanka embassy in the Russian Federation received a special evaluation award at the Sri Lanka Tourism Awards 2011 ceremony held recently in recognition of the services it had rendered in promoting Sri Lanka as a tourist destination among Russian, Ukrainian and Kazakhstan tourists.
- Bond Auction (Category: Business)
- ‘SL will implement home-grown solution’ (Category: Breaking News)
- Market Flavour (Category: Business)
- Seeking Direction (Category: Business)
Sept 11, Colombo: Sri Lanka tourism industry sources say that Sri Lanka and the Maldives have discussed to sign a Memorandum of Understanding to market the two countries as one destination for tourism.
The decision of the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA) to offer Kalpitiya (Puttalam), Kuchchaveli (Eastern Coast), Passikuda (Batticaloa), Dedduwa Lake and land near the Yala National Park for development with the approval of the government is indeed a golden opportunity
Sri Lanka has appointed Dr. Nalaka Godahewa as the new Chairman of the country’s Securities and Exchange Commission. This was confirmed to News360.lk by Deputy Secretary to the Treasury S. R. Attygalle. Apart from the latest position Godahewa is currently holding the Chairmanship of the Sri Lanka
- Plans afoot to distribute school text books (Category: Breaking News)
- School books to replace books destroyed by floods (Category: Breaking News)
- Call to protect text books (Category: Breaking News)
- Skype handing over more chat data to law enforcement (Category: Breaking News)
HVS published an article in June 2011, providing an overview of the tourism landscape in Sri Lanka and the various factors that could lead to robust tourism growth in the country after the war ended in 2009. The article also included the tourism vision for the country and its objective of achieving 2.5 million tourist arrivals by 2016. This article seeks to highlight how that vision of tourism ...
- Brentwood Gazette commented Tributes to doctor who died on trip to Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Tourism industry has recovered strongly since war ended - Yahoo Total Travel (Category: Breaking News)
- Tourism industry has recovered strongly since war ended - Yahoo Total Travel (Category: Breaking News)
- test article to check feed no 2 (Category: Breaking News)
Aug 22, Colombo: Sri Lanka's Ministry of Economic Development has received applications tourism sector projects with investments worth over US$ 2 billion in the first seven months of this year, the deputy Economic Development Minister Lakshman Abeywardena said.
Measures are in place to recruit 16,478 graduates to the Economic Development Ministry. A decision has been made to recruit 16,478 graduates who had completed their six months training to the Economic Development Ministry. They are to be recruited under the programme mooted by the Government to take in graduates to the Public Service. Minister ...
- Unemployed Graduates protest (Category: Breaking News)
- Permanent appointments for trained graduates (Category: Breaking News)
- Unemployed graduates to protest (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka Education Ministry to recruit teachers for aesthetic subjects (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka’s tourist arrivals rose 7.8 percent in July this year compared to the same period last year. Data released by the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority showed that the month recorded 90,338 tourist arrivals compared to the 83,786 arrived in July last year. Tourist arrivals
- Travel Trend (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka July visitor arrivals exceed 90,000 (Category: Breaking News)
- TOURIST ARRIVALS HAVE DOUBLED FROM JANUARY TO MAY. (Category: Breaking News)
- Tourist arrivals have doubled from January to May (Category: Breaking News)
Aug 14, Colombo: Sri Lanka's tourist arrivals rose 7.8 percent in July this year compared to the same period last year, the data released by the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA) Tuesday showed.
The tourism industry in Sri Lanka is booming with a marked increase in tourist arrivals, the annual report of the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority - 2011 stated.
Sri Lanka’s historic Kandy Esala Perahera which is now ongoing, has seen record number of foreigners arriving in the hill capital to witness the cultural pageant. Sri Lanka Tourism says around 6000 tourists have visited the sacred Temple of the Tooth Relic and the visitors exceeding a figure
- Infrastructure Development in Kandy (Category: Breaking News)
- Kandy TID raids illegal radio transmission centre (Category: Breaking News)
- ROUND THE CLOCK SECURITY AT RAILWAY STATIONS (Category: Breaking News)
- Kandy to be made an environmental friendly City (Category: Breaking News)
Over 1000 classy motor cars vanish into thin air By Elmo Leonard Currently, over 1,000 high quality cars obtained on a monthly fee by mushrooming rent-a-car companies cannot be accounted for, insurance companies said. In a typical and recent case, a lady set up a rent-a-car company in Nawala. She carried paper advertisements for prestigious makes of motor cars for a monthly fee. The lady collect...
- Arrested for selling rented cars (Category: Breaking News)
- Liability for motor vehicles damaged at hotel car parks and repair garages (Category: Business)
- Japan plans average mileage rules; joining US, Europe (Category: Business)
- New Honda Insight 2012 launched in Sri Lanka (Category: Business)
Cinnamon Lakeside Colombo excelled in the 21st National Bartender’s Cocktail and Flaring competition held at the BMICH on the 15th of July 2012. Three talented members of the Cinnamon Lakeside Colombo team went through to represent the hotel in the finals. The finalists wowed judges at the Hotel Show with Chandika Thilakarathna and Dinusha Vilashani ...
- Highest number of All Island Cocktail Competition qualifiers from Cinnamon Lakeside (Category: Business)
- Cinnamon Lakeside grabs highest number of awards at cocktail competition finals (Category: Business)
- Top hotels sweep World Spice Food Festival awards (Category: Business)
- Overwhelming response to IBM FORUM event hosted in Colombo (Category: Breaking News)
Zhang Yi Fin and Shen Yao, a Chinese couple yesterday got married in Sri Lanka and is currently spending their honeymoon enjoying mainly in the country’s beautiful beaches. Ironically both of them have not visited Sri Lanka before the trip they made to the country, to tie the knot. Both Zhang Yi and Shen Yao who respectively ...
- Sri Lanka’s export earnings decline during Jan – May period (Category: Breaking News)
- Russian couple weds in Passikudah beach (Category: Breaking News)
- A Sri Lankan Chef to take part in the Asian finals of Bocuse d’Or cooking competition (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka exempts ‘dates’ from custom duties in view of Ramazan (Category: Breaking News)
July 13, Colombo: Sri Lanka's tourist arrivals rose 21.6 percent in June this year compared to the same period last year, the data released by the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA) Friday showed.
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