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Sri Lanka has aimed for record tourist arrival, revenue targets this year
Total visitors so far this year are 1,104,373.
Melco casino expected to open in August
To encourage three-wheeler drivers to adopt better attitudes, improve personal hygiene and professionalism
The upgrading comes with the start of peak tourism season in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka has revised down per day tourist spending to UAD 148 from 171 after surveys
The series of cultural events along the south coast aimed at drawing visitors for extended stays
Sri Lanka's tourism is recovering from Easter attack, pandemic, and economic, political crisis
Sri Lanka has welcomed 210,552 tourists in December
The world still thinks there's riots in the street, there's medical shortages.
Over the year, 22 cruise ships had called at the port with 7,500 passengers.
Visitors from Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Moldova and Poland, will arrive in the country with tours arranged by JoinUp
From December 01 to 17 Sri Lanka had welcomed 100,750 tourists with around 6,500 arriving daily, over the last week
Community-based tourism development project will focus on Central, Northern and Eastern provinces with 2.172bn won grant
GBS Technology Services, IVS Global, and VFS Global to act as authorised agents for online visa applications
Decision to build a second terminal with the JICA grant was halted when Sri Lanka declared bankruptcy.
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| S&P SL20 | 6,365.57 | +0.26% |
| CSE All Share | 22,157.40 | +0.56% |
| Turnover Rs | 2975.05 million | 1193.67 million |
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| 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 | |
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| Overnight Money | 7.70 | 7.69 |
| Gilt Repo | 7.74 | 7.72 |
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Plans to connect 100 temples in the ASEAN regions with those in Sri Lanka
The revenues for the first 11 months were $1.8 billion, 78.3 percent up from $1 billion in the same period in 2022.
Galle Literary Festival organizers expect an estimated 6,000 to 15,000 visitors in January 2024
Hopes to reach 2.3mn tourists next year
Sri Lanka is expecting around 1.5 million visitors in 2023
Airline organized a tour of the island for journalists from India's mainstream print and news media
Citrus Leisure Plc has said it will open its revolving restaurant at the Lotus Tower in a week or so.
Board of Investment has signed an agreement to develop a cable car system
We cannot go on crutches anymore
"Tourism was not something that was new to us. It was there even in the time of the Anuradhapura period."
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