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The 215-room property will be the largest hotel in the central hill city of Kandy
US partners with Sri Lanka to preserve Thuparama in Polonnaruwa
Browns has taken six plots in the Port City, with the Marina J/V taking up four
Sri Lanka witnessed its best year for tourism in 2018.
Sri Lanka has witnessed stagnant monthly tourism revenue since July this year
The number would be higher than the previous high of 2.2 million reached in 2018
Three vessels call in January
Hotels and retail sections at Cinnamon Life in progress
We expect upwards of 4000 participants to arrive in the country for the event
Russian tourists have topped arrivals in the winter season but Indian tourists were on top in the full year 2022
Rafting operator's jobs threatened
Sri Lanka's relationship with Saudi was hit by forced cremation under former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa
Sri Lanka targets around 220,000 Chinese tourists in 2023
Sri Lanka's sea turtles are under threat amid poaching, egg consumption
Fernando said tourism revenue in 2022 was 1.2 billion US dollars.
South Korea has agreed to provide financial assistance of 2.172 billion South Korean won
| Latest | Last | |
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| US Dollar | 332.5018 | 332.3603 |
| UK Pound | 440.0661 | 440.9424 |
| Euro | 367.7137 | 368.4879 |
| Yen | 2.0793 | 2.0805 |
| Aus Dollar | 226.4670 | 227.4342 |
| Latest | Last | |
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| Indian Rupee | 3.5357 | 3.5474 |
| Korean Won | 0.2494 | 0.2492 |
| Oman Rial | 863.5962 | 863.2287 |
| Saudi Riyal | 88.5939 | 88.5586 |
| UAE Dirham | 90.5259 | 90.4874 |
| pts | % | |
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| S&P SL20 | 6,293.72 | -1.13% |
| CSE All Share | 22,024.18 | -0.60% |
| Turnover Rs | 3232.70 million | 2975.05 million |
| Latest | Last | |
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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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China has opened its borders after three years
Sri Lanka has decided to allow tourist visiting national parks to pay in dollars.
In 2023 there are 7 'long weekends' where Friday or Monday is a holiday.
The data can be filled up to 3 days before departure
" In 2019, the number of outbound tourists from China reached nearly 155 million."
It is not clear how many drug dealers lost their jobs due to the tourists.
Ceylon Tea Trails said it is the first Sri Lankan hotel to make enter CN's gold list
Hambantota Port is expecting cruise ship calls to triple in 2023.
There is an indication of roughly a 5 dollar increase in per day spending of tourists
Cruise ships had sopped calling Sri Lanka ports after pandemic
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