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Tourism

Sri Lanka to lease 3,000 acres to boost tourism investments

Sri Lanka has aimed for record tourist arrival, revenue targets this year

June 23, 2025 1 min read

Sri Lanka tourist arrivals up 12-pct to June 18

Total visitors so far this year are 1,104,373.

June 23, 2025 1 min read

Sri Lanka moves bill on gambling, junkets, ahead of Melco casino opening

Melco casino expected to open in August

June 20, 2025 2 min read

Sri Lanka three-wheeler drivers set for Rs25mn etiquette training

To encourage three-wheeler drivers to adopt better attitudes, improve personal hygiene and professionalism

June 19, 2025 1 min read
Turkish Airlines upgrades Colombo flight to A350-900 aircraft

The upgrading comes with the start of peak tourism season in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka to conduct ‘leakage survey’ to determine accurate tourism revenue

Sri Lanka has revised down per day tourist spending to UAD 148 from 171 after surveys

Sri Lanka's tourist hotspots to heat up with music, culinary and literary events

The series of cultural events along the south coast aimed at drawing visitors for extended stays

January 7, 2024 3 min read

Sri Lanka’s 2023 tourism revenue jumps to $2.1 bln from previous year’s $1.1 bln

Sri Lanka's tourism is recovering from Easter attack, pandemic, and economic, political crisis

January 6, 2024 1 min read

Sri Lanka gets 1.48 million tourists in 2023 led by India, Russia

Sri Lanka has welcomed 210,552 tourists in December

Apsara Rodrigo
January 1, 2024 1 min read

Sri Lanka tourism lacks direct consumer marketing: Industry experts

The world still thinks there's riots in the street, there's medical shortages.

Apsara Rodrigo
December 29, 2023 2 min read

Sri Lanka's Hambantota Port says cruise calls rising

Over the year, 22 cruise ships had called at the port with 7,500 passengers.

December 28, 2023 2 min read

Sri Lanka to get 16,000 tourists from Estonia, Baltic States: Udayanga Weeratunga

Visitors from Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Moldova and Poland, will arrive in the country with tours arranged by JoinUp

December 21, 2023 1 min read

Sri Lanka to get Estonia charter flight on Dec 20

From December 01 to 17 Sri Lanka had welcomed 100,750 tourists with around 6,500 arriving daily, over the last week

Apsara Rodrigo
December 20, 2023 1 min read

2.1bn won from Korea tourism for community-based projects in Sri Lanka provinces

Community-based tourism development project will focus on Central, Northern and Eastern provinces with 2.172bn won grant

Nethmi Rajawasam
December 13, 2023 1 min read
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Sri Lanka to appoint authorised agents for online tourist visa applications

GBS Technology Services, IVS Global, and VFS Global to act as authorised agents for online visa applications

Nethmi Rajawasam
December 12, 2023 1 min read
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Sri Lanka to build temporary terminal at BIA

Decision to build a second terminal with the JICA grant was halted when Sri Lanka declared bankruptcy.

Nethmi Rajawasam
December 12, 2023 2 min read
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Sri Lanka promoting Buddhist tourism from Vietnam, ASEAN

Plans to connect 100 temples in the ASEAN regions with those in Sri Lanka

Apsara Rodrigo
December 10, 2023 1 min read

Sri Lanka November 2023 tourism revenue jumps to $205 mln from last year’s $81 mln

The revenues for the first 11 months were $1.8 billion, 78.3 percent up from $1 billion in the same period in 2022.

December 9, 2023 1 min read

Galle Literary Festival to bring more international visitors to Sri Lanka

Galle Literary Festival organizers expect an estimated 6,000 to 15,000 visitors in January 2024

Apsara Rodrigo
December 8, 2023 1 min read

Sri Lanka to start international tourism branding campaign

Hopes to reach 2.3mn tourists next year

December 6, 2023 1 min read

Sri Lanka tourist arrivals rise to 151,000 in November

Sri Lanka is expecting around 1.5 million visitors in 2023

December 6, 2023 1 min read

SriLankan Airlines flies in Indian journalists to promote tourism

Airline organized a tour of the island for journalists from India's mainstream print and news media

December 5, 2023 1 min read

Sri Lanka revolving restaurant to open in time for holiday season

Citrus Leisure Plc has said it will open its revolving restaurant at the Lotus Tower in a week or so.

December 4, 2023 1 min read

Sri Lanka's BoI signs deal for cable car system

Board of Investment has signed an agreement to develop a cable car system

November 29, 2023 2 min read

Sri Lanka should say good bye to minimum room rates: President

We cannot go on crutches anymore

November 29, 2023 2 min read

Sri Lanka president wants 7.5 million tourists including high-payers

"Tourism was not something that was new to us. It was there even in the time of the Anuradhapura period."

November 28, 2023 3 min read