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- colombopage.com - Category : Breaking News - Relavancy : 5.8736076

Sept 03, Colombo: Sri Lanka government has appointed Malraj Kiriella as the acting Managing Director of Sri Lanka Tourism Promotions Bureau. His assignment is for a three-month period.

- itnnews.lk - Category : Breaking News - Relavancy : 0.6491419

President Rajapaksa has declared open the Hotel School of the Sabaragamuwa Province. It was put up at a cost of 100 Million rupees. The hotel school established by the Sri Lanka Tourism Hotel Management Institute in Ratnapura was built with grants from the Economic Development Ministry

- thesundayleader.lk - Category : Breaking News - Relavancy : 7.8314767

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 ...

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Attention is being drawn to attracting more US tourists to Sri Lanka. The promotion programme has been titled “Signature Tours”. This is a joint effort by the Sri Lankan Embassy in Washington and the Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Authority. Accordingly, the first tourist group has arrived

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Tourist arrivals into Sri Lanka surged by 50 percent last month to 63,339 from a year ago as post-war optimism and removal of travel advisories encouraged visitors even during the off-season. Latest data indicates that the increase in the number of visitors was driven largely by more arrivals from Western Europe from where arrivals shot ...

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The Sri Lanka Institute of Marketing organized  a seminar themed “Making Sri Lanka a Top Tourist Destination” The special Seminar was held recently in Colombo. A large number of people representing hotel, tourism and travel sectors shared their views and insights at the seminar. Detailed discussions were held on thematic topics such as Pursuing the ...

- thesundayleader.lk - Category : Breaking News - Relavancy : 0.23757902

External Affairs Minister Prof. G.L. Peiris and Economic Development Minister Basil Rajapaksa have expressed their desire to invite a team of Japan Association of Travel Agents (JATA) officials to Sri Lanka and experience first-hand the present situation. The ministers have made this comment during a meeting with JATA Chairman Akira Kanai. The Sri Lankan embassy ...

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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 ...

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M.R.’s goal of 2.5 mn. tourists by 2016 The country’s   major hotel operators have planned to build hotel rooms meeting only 6 percent of President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s target of getting 2. 5 million tourists by 2016. Hiran Cooray, Chairman Jetwing Group, one of the country’s leading hotel investors, in response to a question, told participants ...

- adaderana.lk - Category : Breaking News - Relavancy : 0.91802526

Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau’s (SLTPB) Middle East office reported an enormous surge in the number of Bahraini travellers to Sri Lanka, as arrivals rose by an unprecedented 142% in the first six months of 2010 compared to the same period last year, according to statistics compiled by the Sri

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- yahoo.com - Category : Breaking News - Relavancy : 0.77897024

DUBAI, July 13 (Bernama) -- Middle East tourist arrivals to Sri Lanka rose by 102 per cent in the first six months of 2010 over the same period last year, according to the Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau's (SLTPB) Middle East office.

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Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau's (SLTPB) Middle East office reported an enormous surge of Arab travellers as Middle East Tourist arrivals to Sri Lanka rose by an unprecedented 102 per cent in the first six months of 2010 compared to the same period last year, according to statistics compiled

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Sri Lanka Tourism sector has enjoyed total earnings of US $ 384 million in 2009, an increase of 12.3...

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thousand. Director General of Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion ...

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Sri Lanka expects to get 600,000 tourists this year with the end of a 30-year war making the island an attractive destination once again. S Kalaiselvam, Director General of Sri Lanka Tourism, said tourist arrivals could hit a record high this year if the rapid increase in the number of visitors

- thesundayleader.lk - Category : Breaking News - Relavancy : 0.6491419

Sri Lanka Tourism (S.L.T.) plans to market its annual spice festival overseas, an official told reporters on Friday. The war may probably have had been a constraining factor in the past to market the same abroad, S.L.T. Director Upali de Silva said. This festival, sponsored by HSBC, will be held

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The World Spice Food Festival 2010 is set to delight. Colombo gets ready to spice up the taste buds with the World Spice Food Festival. Spurred on by the past success, Colombo’s much awaited biggest food festival is scheduled to open on the 14h of this month. It is being organized for the fifth time. ...

- colombopage.com - Category : Breaking News - Relavancy : 0.90879864

July 02, Colombo: The Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA) is organizing the World Spice Food Festival 2010 from July 14th-25th 2010 in Colombo.

- thesundayleader.lk - Category : Breaking News - Relavancy : 0.77897024

By Paneetha Ameresekere – Business Editor The stock market has been trying to tap Singapore for investments by organizing investment seminars there is in the past, similarly, it may also be worthwhile for Sri Lanka Tourism  (S.L.T.) to try to break in to this cash rich market

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- thesundayleader.lk - Category : Breaking News - Relavancy : 0.5193135

In preparation for Poson Poya, monks from Subuddhaloka Vihara, Fort received alms. Pindapata is a Pali term that means “the food-morsel’s fall (into the alms-bowl).” According to Sri Lanka Tourism, “Poson Poya is second in importance to Vesak since it commemorates

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Sri Lanka Minister of Economic Development Basil Rajapaksa has appointed Dr. Nalaka Godahewa as the Chairman of Sri Lanka Tourism, effective from Wednesday, 16th June 2010. With the appointment, Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau, Sri Lanka Hotels Corporation, Tourism and Hotel Management Institute

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Jun 17, Colombo: Sri Lanka Minister of Economic Development Basil Rajapaksa has appointed Dr. Nalaka Godahewa as the Chairman of Sri Lanka Tourism, effective from Wednesday, June 16, 2010.

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Dr. Nalaka Godahewa, former Chief Executive Officer of Sri Lanka Insurance has been appointed Chairman of Sri Lanka Tourism, says Economic Development Minister Basil Rajapaksa. ....

- transcurrents.com - Category : Breaking News - Relavancy : 0.77897024

Besides a staggering Rs 222.3 million (US $ 1,950,000), the Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau (SLTPB) agreed to provide a host of other concessions including more than 2,600 free rooms and Customs waivers for the Indian International Film Awards (IIFA)...

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Sri Lanka's tourist arrivals continued its upward trend in May with 35,213 foreign visitors in the usually off-season month, officials from Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau (SLTPB) said on Sunday. Dileep Mudadeniya, Managing Director of SLTPB told reporters that for the first five months of 2010

- yahoo.com - Category : Breaking News - Relavancy : 0.6491419

Sri Lanka's tourist arrivals continued its upward trend in May with 35,213 foreign visitors in the usually off-season month, officials from Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau (SLTPB) said on Sunday. Dileep Mudadeniya, Managing Director of SLTPB told reporters that for the first five months of 2010

- yahoo.com - Category : Breaking News - Relavancy : 0.6491419

Sri Lanka's tourist arrivals continued its upward trend in May with 35,213 foreign visitors in the usually off-season month, officials from Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau (SLTPB) said on Sunday. Dileep Mudadeniya, Managing Director of SLTPB told reporters that for the first five months of 2010

- thesundayleader.lk - Category : Breaking News - Relavancy : 0.1425474

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, ...

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By Cassandra Mascarenhas Preparations for the 11th International Indian Film Academy Awards that are to be held in Colombo just next week are going full steam ahead despite all the issues it has faced so far. Protests and picketing by a large number of the Indian Tamil community in India, several celebrities refusing to attend the [...]

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Arugam Bay in Sri Lanka's eastern coast has been selected for the location to hold world qualifying surfing competition, officials from Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau (SLTPB) said on Monday. Dileep Mudadeniya, managing director of the SLTPB told reporters that 140 world class competitors

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