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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
Total arrivals for the year were 2,362,521, up 15.1 percent from a year ago.
Tourist arrivals hit a record high last year
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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India, Russia, China, the United Kingdom and Germany to be top markets
Expected five Russian charter flights have been delayed due to a delay in clearance from the Civil Aviation Authority
“We lose significant revenue because we don’t have ENCs" - Minister
First of a series of international shows between Sri Lanka, Canada and Malaysia featuring Indian musicians
It will ensure hotels cannot price their rooms at rates lower than those prescribed by the government.
President has pointed out the need to develop regional tourism markets and create a unified regional tourism bloc
Sri Lanka has targeted 1.5 million tourists for this year with a $2 million revenue
This MOU consists of the framework for investing into and operating of a casino at the Cinnamon Life
The proposal was made to the Presidential Secretariat
Street food festival and promotion of lesser known attractions in north western province to draw tourists
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