Notable
Total arrivals rise 16.5-pct to 2.1 million.
Passenger declaration to be sufficient to qualify for date change fee waiver
Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority said its hotline of 1912 was available for assistance
46-pct booked through online portals, 18 percent were repeat visitors, 70-pct university graduates
Scan, pay, stay: WeChat app is rewriting Sri Lanka’s tourism playbook
The visitor numbers obscure how serious this is.
Tourism is one the top foreign exchange earners for Sri Lanka
Outlines plans for making Colombo a tourist attraction
Buddhist activist said he is committed to propagate Buddhism and work for promoting Sri Lanka in India and the world.
Reality programme ‘Extreme Tour’ includes a popular Korean celebrity taking audience on a tour of a new destination.
To issue a 14-day visa on arrival at no charge, like in Singapore
"Also have given president full authority to execute the operation."
Sri Lanka is trying to boost tourists as the country recovers from a currency crisis
Future plans include the exploration of additional routes and services
The President also appointed a cabinet sub-committee to find a solution to this in a short time
Annual event last was held in 2018
| 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 | - | - |
Resuming the old system required changing Immigration Department Back end
The Department was studying the matter
Non-stop daily flights between the southern Indian city of Chennai and Jaffna
To maintain shops selling tea in the Katunayake, Bandaranaike International Airport departure lounge
It's important to extract value for each visitor in economics and conservation terms.
"We have brought 190 influencers and that is why we are the top 5 in all the world’s travel indexes"
Already 10 permits have been given to those who met the criteria
The initial value of the modernization project was 74.63 million rupees
Deal made without specs
Tourism revenue, arrival numbers have been on the rise amid recovery in crisis-hit economy
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