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Winter tourist season starts
US-led travel advisories over possible attack raised concerns over possible cancellations of arrivals
"There is no travel ban on Sri Lanka."
Weeratunga says he is politically victimized and it should end
The Supreme Court suspended the private online visa scheme in August last year
Tourism stakeholders say the government is likely to miss both 2025 arrival, revenue targets
Sri Lanka currently offers one-year multiple entru visas and single entry visas with a sixth-month stay period.
"Our endeavour is to prevent any untoward incident involving Indians outside India."
"This is a positive step and I am positive that the winter tourism season will perform well."
The UK no longer advises against all but essential travel to Sri Lanka
Political instability in the past three months hurt the island nation's 3rd largest foreign earner
"Because we have a threat of risk to the banks as well."
Sri Lanka is desperate for foreign currency earnings through tourism
"We need to bounce back and bounce back fast,” said Cooray.
The cabinet has given the approval to re-initiate the operation effecting from July 01,2022
The embassy said 60 Brazilian participants attended the online event.
| Latest | Last | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | % | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Overnight Money | 7.70 | 7.69 |
| Gilt Repo | 7.74 | 7.72 |
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Tourist arrivals to Sri Lanka have fallen amid economic crisis and protest-led political crisis since March.
Fernando, a former banker, was appointed as SLTDA chairperson n December 2019 succeeding Kishu Gomez.
Island under emergency after inflation hit 30-pct and the currency collapses to 380 to dollar from 200
Operational problems due to staff attendance difficulties
From April 10, daily tourist arrivals had dropped below 2,000.
"This a private sector sponsored project to bring in 1 billion dollars to the country through budget airline tourism"
According to SLTDA data, the island has received 178,834 travelers in the last two months.
Money printed to create a production economy has created a currency crisis in the island
Sri Lankan saw one-fifth of its total 268,340 tourists visited from December to February were from Russia and Ukraine.
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