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Sri Lanka expects to host 1.55 million visitors and earn 2.7 billion Sri Lankan rupees ($8.4 million) in much-needed tourism revenue this year, as it maps a road to the recovery of its tourism sector amid its worst economic crisis in decades.The post Sri Lanka expects cash infusion from 1.5 million tourists in 2023 for crisis-hit economy appeared first on Sri Lanka Breaking News and Top Headlines ...
- Sri Lanka looks to adventure travel to attract ‘quality’ tourists and help rebuild economy (Category: Breaking News)
- Indian cruise ship to launch operations to Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Analysis: A year later, Sri Lanka’s tentative economic recovery eludes the poor (Category: Breaking News)
- Tourist arrivals in Sri Lanka cross 200,000 in December (Category: Breaking News)
Adventure tourism is playing a key role in helping Sri Lanka rebuild its economy after a turbulent few years for the South Asian nation.The post Sri Lanka looks to adventure travel to attract ‘quality’ tourists and help rebuild economy appeared first on Sri Lanka Breaking News and Top Headlines - ONLANKA News.
- Sri Lanka looks to adventure travel to attract quality tourists and help rebuild economy (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka approves visa-free entry for tourists from 07 countries (Category: Breaking News)
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New import policy revisions that significantly lifted import restrictions announced last month, have been announced by the Government. Temporary suspensions placed on hundreds of imports in August were lifted on Wednesday by President Ranil Wickremesinghe.The post Sri Lanka Government lifts temporary suspension on hundreds of imported items appeared first on Sri Lanka News - Latest Breaking News i...
- Sri Lanka saved over US$ 2,500 Million from import restrictions – State Minister (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka to relax Import restrictions on 328 more items from tonight (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka Government to relax import restrictions on 300 more items (Category: Breaking News)
- Two more illegally imported Hummer vehicles found at Sri Lanka Customs (Category: Breaking News)
The United Kingdom has issued a travel advisory on Sri Lanka warning against all but essential travel to Sri Lanka. The UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) said that it advises against all but essential travel to Sri Lanka, due to ongoing political and economic instability. This advice does not apply to airside transit […]
- Sri Lanka FCDO advice campaign gains UK s House of Lords support (Category: Breaking News)
- UK considers imposing sanctions on Gen. Silva, others over ‘war crimes’ (Category: Breaking News)
- UK advises against Sri Lanka travel as soft-peg collapse triggers violence (Category: Breaking News)
- UK travel advice tweaks for Sri Lanka ‘still unfair’ (Category: Breaking News)
Whilst acknowledging progress, business tycoon Harry Jayawardena has renewed his call for a more enabling environment to boost private sector investments to a desired level, warning that rest of Asia was fast reaping benefits of such strategy. “The region offers many examples of how enabling environments have thrust their private sectors to the forefront of ...
- Diversified young conglomerate LOLC honoured with six accolades (Category: Business)
- LOLC Group bullish on regenerating north east (Category: Business)
- Govt. keen to support private sector: Cabraal (Category: Business)
By Devin Jayasundera The Sri Lanka Medical Association (SLMA) in celebrating its 125th anniversary announced the launch of the SLMA 2012 International Conference and Exhibitions to professionals in the medical field and the media on 4 October. The theme of this year’s conference will be ‘Global Forum for Sri Lankan Doctors’. The SLMA, which is ...
- SLMA to celebrate 125th anniversary in 2012 with exhibition (Category: Business)
- Series of events to mark Sri Lanka Medical Association’s 125th anniversary (Category: Business)
- SLMA sends letter to MR (Category: Breaking News)
Stock Broking firm Capital Alliance suggests that the 2.6 million tourist arrivals target isn’t a pipedream but achievable though it will be only by 2020, which is 4 years later than the Government and industry set timeline of 2016. “The Government projects 2.5m arrivals in 2016, but the industry will lack the rooms and trained ...
- Think tourism (Category: Business)
- ETA examined (Category: Business)
- September tourist arrivals up 27% (Category: Business)
- South Africa’s Sun City to invest $ 800 m in 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)
- IIFA Awards, the grand finale of the 3-day extravaganza in progress (Category: Breaking News)
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- 3 Idiots' bags 14 nominations in IIFA (Category: Breaking News)
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