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Sri Lanka aims to attract 2 million tourists during the year.
"We know where our country's economy is at right now, and we need the dollars as well."
"Being a country in South Asia, they travel to India and Maldives as well".
Tourism arrivals continue to pick up
Now foreigners can get visas easily. This is a great victory
Any discrepancies found will be subject to legal action in the future
US-based Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group has firmed up deals to manage two hotels in Sri Lanka, reaching nearly 400 rooms an...
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s tourism industry needs to market the destination more aggressively given slowing...
Thailand-base Onyx Hospitality, which has three properties is looking to establish is Shama branded serviced apartment i...
ECONOMYNEXT – The number of tourists visiting Sri Lanka rose 13.7% in October 2016 from a year ago with strong ga...
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s Asian Hotels & Properties said group net profit for the September 2016 quarter r...
ECONMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s Trans Asia Hotels, which operates the 5-star Cinnamon Lakeside Hotel, said Septem...
Sri Lanka aims to make a record $3.5 billion from tourism this year on the back of its improved rights record under a ne...
ECONOMYNEXT – The growth in the number of tourists visiting Sri Lanka slowed to single digits in September after ...
ECONOMYNEXT - Vista Rooms, the online startup budget hotel brand based in India, said it has extended its stays to the M...
ECONOMYNEXT – Classic Travel, a unit of Sri Lanka’s Expolanka Holdings group, has teamed up with show busi...
| 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 | - | - |
Palm Garden Hotels, a unit of Sri Lanka-based LOLC Group said it was in talks to form a joint venture with a Chinese sta...
Tourist arrivals to Sri Lanka rose 11.8 percent from a year earlier to 186,288 in August 2016, with total visitors up 16...
ECONOMYNEXT – Although a lot of investments are going into building up-market hotels to attract high spenders, Sr...
Approvals for new projects in Sri Lanka are still too slow with red tape and official lethargy deterring investments, al...
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s hotel construction boom, especially in the capital Colombo, could put pressure o...
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s Browns Beach Hotels said it plans to raise Rs1.4 billion rupees through a rights...
Sri Lanka's estimated tourism receipts rose 19 percent from a year earlier to Rs50 billion in the first six month of 201...
Tourists have flocked back to Sri Lanka's palm-fringed beaches since a bloody civil war ended in 2009, but environmental...
Sri Lanka's tourist arrivals grew 19.1 percent from a year earlier in July 2016 to 209,351 recovering from a slow 2.2 pe...
Airbnb, an online vacation rental booking engine said it had seen a 172 percent growth in listing in Sri Lanka to 8,000 ...
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