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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 ...
- Travel Trade (Category: Business)
- Tourism's SOS for lifeline (Category: Australia, Tasmania )
- Highest number of tourist arrivals in Dec. 2011 (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka Tourism Wild poster wins top UNWTO award (Category: Breaking News)
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.
A high level delegation from Sri Lanka Tourism is currently attending the World Tourism Conference in Kota-Kinabalu in Malaysia. Deputy Minister Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena met the World Tourism Organisation Secretary General Dr. Taleb Rifai during the conference. They discussed avenues to develop
- Dy Minister Lakshman Yapa attends World Tourism Conference in Malaysia (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka to host UNWTO meetings (Category: Breaking News)
- Helping Hand (Category: Business)
- International Tourism Conference inaugurated in Sri Lanka capital (Category: Breaking News)
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)
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
- Atlanta Festivals Go Green (Category: USA, Georgia)
- State Vesak Festival at Mahiyangana (Category: Breaking News)
- Longest night at the movies (Category: Australia, Tasmania )
- Crush to ease at Taste (Category: Australia, Tasmania )
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)...
- China hands over 385 road building vehicles as part of US$ 115 m loan (Category: Business)
- Janashakthi embraces motorcyclists with unmatched benefits (Category: Business)
- Train service for IIFA visitors (Category: Breaking News)
- Expo 2012: A huge success for Sri Lanka Tourism (Category: Business)
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 [...]
- IIFA Extravaganza culminates with the Awards ceremony (Category: Breaking News)
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- 3 Idiots' bags 14 nominations in IIFA (Category: Breaking News)
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