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Buddhist activist said he is committed to propagate Buddhism and work for promoting Sri Lanka in India and the world.
Reality programme ‘Extreme Tour’ includes a popular Korean celebrity taking audience on a tour of a new destination.
To issue a 14-day visa on arrival at no charge, like in Singapore
"Also have given president full authority to execute the operation."
Sri Lanka has aimed at 3 million tourist arrivals, USD5 billion earnings this year
A regional spotlight on Jaffna highlighted untapped opportunities in Sri Lanka’s Northern Province.
In late August, Sri Lanka restarted its tourism campaign in India
However, unvaccinated passengers must still undergo a 14-day quarantine.
China is one of Sri Lanka’s top three tourist source markets.
Fully vaccinated tourists are free to move across the country the way they did before the pandemic.
Seven webinars and competitions to commemorate World Tourism Day 20211
Sumanasekara said going forward, a few more scheduled flights will be operational from Mattala.
Sri Lanka’s economy was facing a loss of more than 260 million rupees each day when it remained on the UK’s ‘red l...
They must also only use transport booked by the hotel or the agent that handles their travel.
Arrivals creeping up
Tourists could apply for a 30 to 90 day visa and also an extensions up to 180 days and 270 days.
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| Aus Dollar | 226.4670 | 227.4342 |
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| UAE Dirham | 90.5259 | 90.4874 |
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| S&P SL20 | 6,293.72 | -1.13% |
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| 5-yr bond | 9.82 | 9.56 |
| 8-yr bond | 10.50 | 10.48 |
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SAARC citizens to get visas for US$70
Others offered choice of vaccines
Mitigating negative impacts on the natural, historic, cultural or social environment
Dragon boat racing as a sport traces its origins to southern China some 2,000 years ago.
SLITHM conducts courses from foundation to management level.
64 proposals now being reviewed with 38 approved
Pleasure boating, leisure fishing and marine engineering on view
The top generating market was UK with 342 visitors followed by the Maldives
42 acres from land reform commission
Sun Resort Investment Lanka Pvt Ltd to set up 50 villas
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