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Sri Lanka has already seen over 500,000 foreign visitors so far this year
Sri Lanka has hiked entry fees to botanical gardens by tourists and domestic visitors by around 50 percent from July 01
The 68th annual convention of Travel Agents Association of India (TAAI) is set to be held from July 6 to 9, 2023.
Tourist arrivals are up 27 percent in the first four months.
Sri Lanka has set ambitious targets of 2.3 mln tourists, $5 bln revenue this year.
Indian arrivals were by far the highest at 27,884
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s Aitken Spence Hotel Holdings said December 2016 quarter net profit rose 7.8 perc...
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s Serendib Leisure Hotels group said December 2016 quarter net profit fell 12 perc...
ECONOMYNEXT – December 2016 quarter net profit of Sri Lanka’s Taj Samudra Hotel, part of India’s Ta...
ECONOMYNEXT –Sri Lankan retailer Odel said December 2016 quarter net profit fell 61% to Rs60 million from a year ...
Sri Lanka's tourist arrivals rose 12.9 percent to 219,360 in January 2017 from a year earlier, despite a partial closure...
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s Trans Asia Hotels said December 2016 quarter net profit shot up 147% to Rs202 mi...
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremasinghe got on board the sailing yatch Sapphire, operated by Sail Lanka Charter which the fi...
ECONOMYNEXT – Wild Coast Lodge, part of the MJF Holdings group, has been allowed to lease extra land near the Yal...
Sri Lanka will set up a tourist complex in a 400 acre land bordering the North Western coast where a former Voice of Ame...
| Latest | Last | |
|---|---|---|
| US Dollar | 332.3603 | 330.8514 |
| UK Pound | 440.9424 | 438.3450 |
| Euro | 368.4879 | 371.0168 |
| Yen | 2.0805 | 2.0916 |
| Aus Dollar | 227.4342 | 231.1659 |
| Latest | Last | |
|---|---|---|
| Indian Rupee | 3.5474 | 3.4202 |
| Korean Won | 0.2492 | 0.2479 |
| Oman Rial | 863.2287 | 859.3320 |
| Saudi Riyal | 88.5586 | 88.0955 |
| UAE Dirham | 90.4874 | 90.0766 |
| pts | % | |
|---|---|---|
| S&P SL20 | 6,365.57 | +0.26% |
| CSE All Share | 22,157.40 | +0.56% |
| Turnover Rs | 2975.05 million | 1193.67 million |
| Latest | Last | |
|---|---|---|
| 3-m bill | 7.61 | 7.84 |
| 6-m bill | 7.91 | 8.26 |
| 12-m bill | 8.23 | 8.3 |
| 3-yr bond | 9.24 | 9.25 |
| 5-yr bond | 9.82 | 9.56 |
| 8-yr bond | 10.50 | 10.48 |
| today | yesterday | |
|---|---|---|
| Overnight Money | 7.70 | 7.69 |
| Gilt Repo | 7.74 | 7.72 |
| I-m SLIBOR | - | - |
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s tourism authorities will work closely with provincial governments and spend more...
Sri Lanka’s tourism authority wants to support small tourist property owners as part of plans to expand the islan...
ECONOMYNEXT – Planned investments in a new zone earmarked for beach resorts in Sri Lanka’s north-west regi...
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka has set a target of attracting 2.5 million tourists in 2017, despite difficulties posed b...
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s Cabinet of Ministers has approved new rules for tourist businesses as part of me...
Sri Lanka has welcomed 2.05 million tourists in 2016, up 14 percent from a year earlier, but lower than an expected 2.2 ...
ECONOMYNEXT – The Fortress Resorts, a hotel that’s part of the group of businesses controlled by Sri Lanka...
Sri Lanka's tourist arrivals rose 16 percent from a year earlier to 167,217 in November 2016, with India, China and West...
Sri Lanka's hotels had pushed up room rates most among Asian nations so far in 2016 despite days with occupancy above 80...
ECONOMYNEXT – John Keells Holdings sees its home base Sri Lanka and the Maldives as priority markets for hotel ex...
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