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Despite crises in most world markets, the Government yesterday remained upbeat on prospects for Sri Lanka’s exports which have grown by 35% so far to reach $ 5 billion giving optimism that end 2011 figure would top $ 10 billion. “On the back of 21% growth in exports in 2010, current year’s exports have grown ...
- Sri Lanka’s future prosperity depends on a vibrant export sector’ – Minister Rishad (Category: Business)
- Seeing business sense (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka asks exporters to push product quality (Category: Business)
- Buoyed by JEC and Expo ‘12, Bangladesh pushes for more trade with Sri Lanka (Category: Business)
By Cheranka Mendis Sri Lanka’s wildlife parks bring in collective revenue of approximate Rs.300 million a year which is hoped to increase within the next few years riding on the increasing tourist arrivals to the country. Sri Lanka’s tourism industry which showcased a steady climb this year, registering a 36% growth within the first seven ...
- Elephant Problem (Category: Business)
- Jungle Lair (Category: Business)
- Nature Resorts (Category: Business)
- Rs. 200,000 from US Ambassador’s Ball to Sri Lanka Wildlife Conservation Society (Category: Business)
By Cheranka Mendis In keeping with the monthly promotion activities in line with ‘Visit Sri Lanka 2011’ year, a host of lectures and awareness programmes on wildlife have been lined up for September. Identified as the month for nature and wildlife, Sri Lanka Tourism along with Sri Lanka
- Rs. 200,000 from US Ambassador’s Ball to Sri Lanka Wildlife Conservation Society (Category: Business)
- Wildlife parks generate Rs. 300 m revenue annually (Category: Business)
- Nature Trails – setting the trend in eco-tourism (Category: Business)
- Elephant Problem (Category: Business)
The ‘Lanka Challenge 2011’ trishaw race started off in grand style on Saturday 20 August 2011 at 8:30 a.m. from the premises of Tangerine Tree Hotel, Minuwangoda. The competitors kicked off to a solid start, with the official flag-off given by the Acting Director General of Sri Lanka
- Mongoose Adventures local sponsor for Lanka Challenge 2012 (Category: Business)
- Innovative tourism students in spotlight at PATA Social Entrepreneur Challenge (Category: Business)
- Warm welcome for record-breaking 800,000th tourist arrival in 2011 (Category: Business)
Being a brand with a vision to be positioned as the ultimate hospitality trademark in Sri Lanka, Citrus Leisure PLC has, within a very short period of time, become a powerhouse in the leisure industry with still more ambitious plans to build and manage a chain of distinctive resorts – a chain benchmarked against the ...
- Construction of 150-room Citrus Leisure Waskaduwa begins (Category: Business)
- Citrus Leisure begins 600 room footprint from Hikkaduwa (Category: Business)
- Citrus Aqua offers exciting professional water based recreational activities in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Citrus Leisure appoints two new Directors to Board (Category: Business)
The attendees present at the Sri Lanka National Energy Efficiency Awards 2011 experienced history in the making as they witnessed Heritance Hotels and Resorts being crowned the most energy efficient hotel chain in Sri Lanka. Heritance Hotels made a clean sweep of the Large Scale Hotel Sector category, a feat that has never been achieved ...
- Heritance Hotels wins big at National Green Awards (Category: Business)
- Heritance Tea Factory only Lankan hotel to win PATA Grand Award in 2012 (Category: Business)
- Heritance Resorts sweep green and individual awards (Category: Business)
A 101 hectare Marine National Park has been opened by the government in the Southern coastal town of Hikkaduwa. The Park that has been initiated by the Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau under the guidance of the Economic Development Ministry, is open for local and foreign visitors. The Bureau
- Residents to be consulted over use of park (Category: Western Australia)
- 1 killed when semi hits pickup in northwest Minnesota (Category: USA, North Dakota)
- 1 killed when semi hits pickup in northwest Minnesota (Category: USA, North Dakota)
- 1 killed when semi hits pickup in northwest Minnesota (Category: USA, North Dakota)
A special programme has been formulated to attract foreign tourists in parallel to the 2600th Sambuddhatva Jayanthiya. Minister Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena made this reference addressing a media briefing in Colombo. The Minister said Sri Lanka Tourism expects many religious tourists to Sri Lanka
- Eastern Eye (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka seeks more Saudi tourists (Category: Breaking News)
- Room Demand (Category: Business)
- Beyond Beach (Category: Business)
Sri Lanka Tourism has tied up with Singapore Airlines to get its support to promote Sri Lanka in a number of Asian countries and also in Australia. The one-year MOU took effect from April this year. It will see both parties jointly funding tourism promotion activities
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
- Space, Scotland's final frontier? (Category: Technology)
- Dream property for sale (Category: Australia, Tasmania )
- Tourism awards for Hobart (Category: Australia, Tasmania )
- Even in tough economy, Seattle tourism continues to thrive (Category: USA, Washington)
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. .
This reporter, on a bus ride from from Kollupitiya, en route to an assignment at the World Trade Centre (WTC) on Monday, saw soldiers, stationed on the seaside of Galle Road, with their guns pointing towards the roads and buildings, including at some hotels that way. I don’t know whether a similar scene was enacted ...
- Police probe possible mechanical issues in TTC crash (Category: Canada, Ontario)
- TTC driver charged over crash with vehicles, coffee shop (Category: Canada, Ontario)
- GoSun Flow and Brew at CES 2021 purify water and make coffee using only solar power - CNET (Category: Technology)
- GoSun Flow and Brew at CES 2021 purify water and make coffee using only solar power - CNET (Category: Technology)
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)
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 ...
- Crisis-hit Sri Lanka aims for USD800 mln from tourism; India-led revival advised (Category: Breaking News)
- Prema Cooray appointed Chairman of Reefcomber (Category: Breaking News)
- Ex-Chairman of Sri Lanka Tourism tells govt. not to put cart before horse (Category: Breaking News)
- 1.59 Billion US Dollars worth of hotel projects (Category: Breaking News)
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
- Mutual lessons (Category: Business)
- Stock Base (Category: Business)
- Trading Trouble (Category: Business)
- Break Out (Category: Business)
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
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
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
Sri Lanka's hotel owners are racing to refurbish and add thousands more rooms as foreign holidaymakers pour into the...
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