The Tourism Promotion Bureau is to introduce a new programme to promote the Sinhala and Tamil New Year festival globally. Under this programme every tourist who arrives to the island during the month of April is being given the opportunity to take part in New Year festivals. The Sri Lanka

Foreign exchange earnings coming from tourism increased to an unprecedented level of Rs. 56.24 billion, thus registering an increase of 49.9 % as compared to Rs. 37.51 billion recorded in the previous year, stated the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority. .

The fast recovering Sri Lanka tourism industry is getting another big boost with the World Tourism O..

Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority refutes the “Island” story captioned “Lanka to restrict tourist arrivals”  In the Financial Review of  March 11th Island newspaper in the first page in bold headlines it was stated that “Lanka to restrict tourist arrivals”.

World famous past cricketer and commentator Tony Greig has been appointed as Sri Lanka Tourism ambassador by Sri Lanka Tourism. This was officially announced at the Cinnamon Grand hotel last Monday.

Sri Lanka's participation at the North America's premier travel event "The New York Times Travel Show" held at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Centre in New York City from February 25-27 has attracted the attention of the participants very much

Feb 28, New York: Sri Lanka Tourism and SriLankan Airlines took part at the North America's premier travel event "The New York Times Travel Show" held at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Centre in New York City from February 25-27, 2011.

An increase of 46 percent in tourist arrivals has been reported last month. This is indicated in the statistics released by Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority. 5757 tourists arrived in Sri Lanka during January last year and the number has increased to 74 thousand 197 during January

The UK office of Sri Lanka Tourism wins the prestigious CIM Marketing Excellence Award 2010.

The total number of tourist arrivals to Sri Lanka went up 46.2 to 74,197 last month. In January last year the figure was only 50,757. Latest figures released by the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority show an increase in the number of arrivals from Western Europe, South Asia, East Asia, Middle

The Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA) has stated that the tourist arrivals in the country has seen a 46.2 percent increase in January this year in comparison to the corresponding period last year. SLTDA statistics have recorded 74,197 tourist arrivals in January

Sri Lanka tourist arrivals for the month of January went up 46.2 to 74, 197 compared with the same month of the previous year, the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority...

The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) has announced Sri Lanka Tourism Promotions Bureau (SLTPB) as the proud winner of the PATA Gold Awards 2011 in Marketing Media – Travel Poster category held for PATA Travel Marketing Excellence Awards in year 2011.

Sri Lanka Tourism has lined up a series of attractive programs and activities to provide information on future plans and promotions on Sri Lankan products, services as well as hotel, tourism and recreational facilities for domestic and international tourists attending the "Deyata Kirula" national

Sri Lanka said it hopes tourism will be on the rise in the next few years as a hard-won peace settles into the area.

Several new programmes are being planned for this year for the promotion of the tourism industry. It is hoped to launch many tourism promotion programmes, including the conservation of coral reef, sea sports and watching of sea animals. The programmes will be unveiled from the beginning of next month. These will be handled by the ...

To mark Silver Jubilee of Vicroy Soecial Steam Train February 2 marks a special day for Sri Lanka Tourism when the Viceroy Luxury Steam Train celebrates its 25th anniversary with a run from Colombo fort to Rambukkana. The Government, Sri Lanka Tourism Chairman Nalaka Godahewa said,  recognizing

Sri Lanka Tourism is geared to provide quality service to the large number of tourists who are expected to arrive in the country during the next five years, Sri Lanka Tourism Chairman Nalaka Godahewa said.

The concept of providing lodging houses for tourists is being launched to facilitate tourists. Deputy Minister Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena said that this programme would be instrumental in providing the economic benefits to the people. He said that the aim of the government is to make tourism a people’s industry. The number of rooms available for ...

Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority has said that around four million tourists would visit Sri Lanka in 2012. Additional Director General of Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority, Dilip Mudadeniya has told the media that the Authority expected an influx of tourists

Jan 12, Colombo: Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority has said that around four million tourists would visit Sri Lanka in 2012.

(RTTNews) - Tourist arrivals to Sri Lanka rose 48.8% year-on-year to 84,627 in December, data from the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority showed Tuesday.

Sri Lanka will soon get a Seven Star Hotel. Chairman of the Sri Lanka Tourism Board said the new hotel will be constructed in addition to the seven five star tourist hotels in the country. Chairman of the Tourism Board Nalaka Godahewa said that 2011 is a significant year for tourism in Sri Lanka. A ...

The on-arrival visa facility will be replaced by the online visa scheme if the three month pilot project to be launched within the month turns out to be a success, Chairman of the Sri Lanka Tourism Authority, Nalaka Godahewa said.

Sri Lanka Tourism Promotions Bureau, organized a special ceremony at the Bandaranaike International Airport, Katunayake to welcome the first tourists coming in 2011.

2011 is Tourism Year. The first group to arrive in the island today was accorded a warm welcome. Many plans have been prepared under the theme “Commemorating the 2011 Tourism Year”. 2011 was declared Tourism year under the guidance of the President for the progress of the Tourism industry. The main target of the promotion ...

Dec 22, Colombo: Sri Lanka has seen a significant increase in tourist arrivals in the country this year compared to last year according to the statistics published by the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority.

Marking a remarkable historical moment, Sri Lanka Tourism celebrated the targeted 600,000 tourist arrivals on Friday.Tourism officials headed by Sri Lanka Tourism Chairman Dr. Nalaka Godahewa welcomed the guest at the Bandaranaike International Airport when he touched down.

Sri Lanka Tourism is set to achieve the target of 700,000 tourists next year with the launch of the...

Marking a remarkable historical moment, Sri Lanka Tourism celebrated the targeted 600,000 tourist ar..