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Sri Lanka IVS-GBS-VFS Global high-priced visa hits fresh controversy

The High Commission of India said the company had no connection to India

May 3, 2024 2 min read

Sri Lanka sets up company to manage Pekoe Trail

The promoters say it is the first independent, private sector led entity to manage a tourism experience

May 2, 2024 2 min read

Sri Lanka's JKH ties up with Melco for casino

Melco to invest $115mn in casino

May 2, 2024 1 min read

Sri Lanka minister vows to act against tourism harassment

Sri Lanka has witnessed a raft of harassment against foreign visitors recently

May 1, 2024 2 min read
Inconsistent branding weakening Sri Lanka tourism: analyst

Essential to launch global marketing campaign to target consumer. Otherwise Sri Lanka will be best kept secret in touris

Sri Lanka to develop Marine Drive as night tourism hotspot

'Marine Nights: Awakening Colombo' project to facilitate night tourism

Sri Lanka to host UN Asia-Pacific tourism crisis management confab

Sri Lanka will host a conference of Asia Pacific tourism ministers, state and industry officials in June 2020 focussing ...

March 3, 2020 1 min read

Sri Lanka Coronavirus controls aimed at new hotspots in Korea, Italy

Sri Lanka is applying its anti-Coronavirus control procedures to new hotspots as Italy, Korea and Iran emerged to the fo...

March 1, 2020 6 min read

Sri Lanka hotels given more time to pay tourism tax

Sri Lanka's hotels, which were given till January 2020, to pay a tourism tax for 2019, after the industry was hit by sui...

February 29, 2020 1 min read

India's GoAir launches Sri Lanka flights, says Coronavirus scare boosting intra-South Asian travel

India-based GoAir is launching flights to Sri Lanka's capital Colombo from Delhi and Bangalore from March 20, with intra...

February 27, 2020 2 min read

Sri Lanka firms see Coronavirus disruptions, more if epidemic continues: Chamber survey

Sri Lanka's Ceylon Chamber of Commerce (CCC) said about half of the respondents to a survey of member firms had reported...

February 21, 2020 2 min read

Sri Lanka discharges fully recovered Chinese Coronavirus patient

Sri Lanka will discharge a tourist from China who was treated for the novel Coronavirus on February 19, after making a f...

Nisali de Silva
February 19, 2020 2 min read

Proposed Zoo in Piliyandala: Cabinet paper to be presented soon

A Cabinet paper for a proposed Zoological Garden in Kahapola, Piliyandala will be presented to the cabinet in the coming...

February 18, 2020 1 min read

Sri Lanka's free tourist visa scheme extended till April

The free visa scheme for tourists arriving in Sri Lanka which had begun last August will be extended to April 2020, the ...

February 13, 2020 1 min read
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Govt to woo high-end tourists to hit USD 10 bn revenue target by 2025

Government Media Spokesman Keheliya Rambukwella said that the government intends to develop the tourism industry to earn...

Imesh Ranasinghe
February 12, 2020 2 min read
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Aitken Spence Hotels returns to profits in Dec

Sri Lanka's Aitken Spence Hotel Holdings Plc posted 58 million rupees in profits for the December quarter, down 82.8 per...

February 10, 2020 1 min read
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Chinese workers in Sri Lanka who went home for lunar New Year asked to remain

Chinese workers in Sri Lanka who had gone home for Lunar New Year holidays have been asked to delay their arrival, China...

February 7, 2020 1 min read

Sri Lanka screens cruise ships for Coronavirus

Sri Lanka is screening passengers arriving in cruise ships as coronavirus infected persons were found on a liner in Japa...

February 6, 2020 3 min read

China tourists to Sri Lanka plunge since Coronavirus scare, bigger fall expected

Tourist arrivals from China to Sri Lanka have dropped about 40 percent from January 23 as both countries tightened trave...

Mahadiya Hamza
February 3, 2020 3 min read

Sri Lanka tourist arrivals fall 7-pct in Jan 2020 amid virus, China down 15-pct

Sri Lanka's tourist arrivals dropped 7.4 percent from a year earlier to 226,094 and arrivals from China dropped 15 perce...

Mahadiya Hamza
February 3, 2020 1 min read

China virus outbreak: how governments have reacted

February 2, 2020 2 min read

Closing borders could allow China virus to spread faster: WHO

February 1, 2020 2 min read

WHO says 'no reason' to close borders with China, quarantine healthy travellers

January 31, 2020 3 min read

Some operators cancelling Chinese group tours to Sri Lanka

Some tour operators have begun cancelling bookings from China to Sri Lanka as Beijing banned group travel from yesterday...

Chanka Jayasinghe
January 28, 2020 2 min read

Sri Lanka tightens visas for tourists from China

Sri Lanka has halted automatic issue of electronic travel authorization for tourists from China and will give approvals ...

January 28, 2020 2 min read

Sri Lanka's fragmented state land hinders tourism development: minister

The fragmentation of state land among different institutions is hindering tourism development in Sri Lanka, a minister s...

January 27, 2020 2 min read