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Sri Lanka to be a home for creation of value in the digital space
State-owned SriLankan, Singapore Airlines are have already rolled out self check-in counters at BIA
Sri Lanka has set 3 million tourist arrival, US$4 billion revenue targets for 2025
India continued to be the top source with 44,547 visitors, making up 23 percent of total arrivals.
Strengthened Sri Lanka’s appeal among regional and international travellers, particularly from India.
Melco casino expected to open in August
To encourage three-wheeler drivers to adopt better attitudes, improve personal hygiene and professionalism
Disanayake will participate in a business forum organised by the Association of German Chambers of Industry and Commerce
About 15,000 members of the community from India and other countries are expected to arrive in Sri Lanka for the event.
Sri Lanka has aimed at an ambitious $5 bln revenue, 3 mln arrival tourism targets this year.
Total visitors so far this year are 1,029,803 up 14.5-pct
Essential to launch global marketing campaign to target consumer. Otherwise Sri Lanka will be best kept secret in touris
'Marine Nights: Awakening Colombo' project to facilitate night tourism
Total visitors so far this year are 988,669.
Sri Lanka has aimed at $5 billion revenue from tourism in 2025
| 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 | - | - |
There were 10,620 visitors from India
Tourist arrivals increased 17.3 percent from a year ago to 174,608 in April 2025
Snapchat launched by embassy in Arabic language named “Jannat Dunya” (Paradise on Earth) to promote Sri Lanka touris...
144,320 tourists visited from April 1 to 24
UAE top delegation comes to Sri Lanka following President Dissanayake visit to Dubai in February
Tourist arrivals increased 38 percent from a year ago to 93,915 in the first 15 days
New government has aimed at 3 million tourists this year, $5 bln revenue.
Locals sub-letting properties to tourists doing business a problem, Deputy Minister of Tourism Ruwan Ranasinghe said.
The night market will be open to the public from the end of May
The coffee trail features the bean to cup journey, from coffee nursery to a guided coffee tasting session
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