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Kite festival will bring 80 foreign kite flyers from 30 countries and over 1,500 local participants.
Cinnamon Box Office, a ticketing and event platform, and Cinnamon Nature Trails with focus on diving
Government is set to re-call Expressions of Interest (EOI) for the long-delayed Dedduwa Lake-Based Tourist Resort
Globally acclaimed Indian Accent Mumbai and Ekaa to serve contemporary Indian cuisine at Indiya, City of Dreams Sri Lank
The loan supports three successive island-wide operations.
Supported by the World Bank’s Grant Facility for Project Preparation (GFPP) with a total grant allocation of USD1mn
Sri Lanka is hosting the England Men's Tour of Sri Lanka 2026
“I feel that in January, there would have been a 5% to 10% impact on booking,”
Luxembourg invests in AUREUM luxury hotel complex in the latest tourism investment
Proposal to call for expressions of interest from suitable investors to public private partnership
The cabinet has approved 6 banks to run forex counters at the Bandaranaike International Airport arrivals terminal
Arrivals in 2025 saw 15.1-pct rise compared to previous year
The upgrading comes with the start of peak tourism season in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka has revised down per day tourist spending to UAD 148 from 171 after surveys
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
| Latest | Last | |
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| US Dollar | 332.3603 | 330.8514 |
| UK Pound | 440.9424 | 438.3450 |
| Euro | 368.4879 | 371.0168 |
| Yen | 2.0805 | 2.0916 |
| Aus Dollar | 227.4342 | 231.1659 |
| Latest | Last | |
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| Indian Rupee | 3.5474 | 3.4202 |
| Korean Won | 0.2492 | 0.2479 |
| Oman Rial | 863.2287 | 859.3320 |
| Saudi Riyal | 88.5586 | 88.0955 |
| UAE Dirham | 90.4874 | 90.0766 |
| pts | % | |
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| S&P SL20 | 6,365.57 | +0.26% |
| CSE All Share | 22,157.40 | +0.56% |
| Turnover Rs | 2975.05 million | 1193.67 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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sing mafia tactics is or violence (mara balaya or prachandat-waya is wrong
This year we spent minimum in our marketing campaign
India remains the leading source market of tourists coming into Sri Lanka
Refurbishment to continue till November 2026
PickMe also called for a zero-tolerance approach to organised, unlawful intimidation and "mafia-style" tactics
On December 25, 2025, 11,111 tourists had arrived, higher than last year's 9,378
Pond area and some access paths cordoned off from visitors
The hill country was also getting more tourists and returning to normal
Sky Up airlines is also due to fly from Moldova's capital Kishinev to Sri Lanka
Tourists from India spent between 154.60 to 176.49 dollars.
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