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Ramayana trail will be game changer for Sri Lanka tourism: Indian envoy

More Indians are interested in visiting Hindu and Buddhist temples in Sri Lanka: Jha

April 22, 2024 3 min read

Sri Lanka opposition leader questions visa fee hike

"When this decision was made, did the government not do a scientific analysis?" he said.

April 19, 2024 2 min read

Sri Lanka's Hunas Holdings to offer room nights trading with Japan firm

Investors who want to take on risk could also book rooms ahead of time and try to sell them at higher rates later

April 18, 2024 2 min read

Sri Lanka tourist visa fees for SAARC citizens up 167-pct with VFS Global levy?

ASEAN region visitors hit by at least 87-pct increase

April 18, 2024 2 min read
Sri Lanka promoted as 'Jannat Dunya' in Saudi Arabia's Eastern Province

Snapchat launched by embassy in Arabic language named “Jannat Dunya” (Paradise on Earth) to promote Sri Lanka touris...

Sri Lanka tourist arrivals up 18.15-pct to April 24

144,320 tourists visited from April 1 to 24

CeyEndurance triathlons to boost Sri Lanka's sports tourism

CeyEndurance, a new Sri Lankan triathlon series, is expecting to fill the gap left by the popular global IRONMAN series ...

Mahadiya Hamza
January 7, 2020 2 min read

Sri Lanka tourist arrivals down 18-pct in 2019, near-full recovery in December

Sri Lanka's tourist arrivals in 2019 fell 18 percent from a year earlier to 1.9 million persons, following the Easter Su...

January 6, 2020 2 min read
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Tourism industry faces worst winter season in a decade

Sri Lanka’s tourism industry is bracing for the worst winter season in 11 years, with lower numbers of tourists, who a...

Chandeepa Wettasinghe
December 31, 2019 4 min read

Marella Discovery cruise liner calls on Colombo

Marella Discovery, the largest super-luxury ship of the Marella fleet, called on Colombo Port to boost Sri Lanka's touri...

December 30, 2019 2 min read

Akbar Brothers invests Rs100mn in Sri Lanka's Colombo Coffee Company

Sri Lanka's Colombo Coffee Company, a café operator and provider of branded coffee for restaurants and hotels said it ...

December 20, 2019 2 min read

Banker Chandani Werapitiya appointed Director General of Sri Lanka tourism regulator

Banking professional Chandani Werapitiya has been appointed the new director general of the state-tourism regulator, the...

December 18, 2019 1 min read

Sri Lanka’s John Keells Hotels reopens Cinnamon Hakuraa Huraa Maldives: report

Sri Lanka’s hotel chain Cinnamon Hotels & Resorts reopened Cinnamon Hakuraa Huraa Maldives, after refurbishments, ...

December 18, 2019 1 min read

Sri Lanka tourist earnings down 10-pct in Nov 2019

Sri Lanka's tourism revenues were estimated to have been down 10.5 percent from a year earlier to 332 million US dollars...

December 14, 2019 1 min read

Sri Lanka trumps superbowl location among US Google searches in 2019

The most curious location in the world among internet users in the United States was Sri Lanka in 2019, according to Goo...

December 13, 2019 1 min read
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Sri Lanka gets ADB grant to train homestay owners, revise hotel school syllabus

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) said it is funding a 500,000 US dollar grant to train homestay owners and revise the cu...

December 11, 2019 2 min read
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Sri Lanka invites more investments, tourists from China

Hi-tech Chinese companies should invest in Sri Lanka and more tourists could also visit the island now that the sector h...

December 10, 2019 2 min read

Sri Lanka tourist arrivals to recover by end of winter season: CB Deputy Governor

Sri Lanka's tourist arrivals are expected to fully recover from the setbacks after the Easter Sunday attacks by the end ...

December 10, 2019 1 min read

Sri Lanka tourist arrivals recover to a 9.5-pct fall in Nov

Sri Lanka's tourist arrivals were down 9.5 percent from a year earlier to 244,239 in November 2019, recovering from a 70...

December 5, 2019 1 min read

Conde Nast Traveler readers vote Sri Lanka 4th best to visit

Readers of the upmarket travel publication Conde Nast Traveler have voted Sri Lanka the fourth best country to travel to...

November 26, 2019 1 min read

Sri Lanka's Hurulu eco park major tourist draw, revenue up 6-fold

Sri Lanka's Hurulu Eco park in north-central Habarana has become a major tourist attraction, with foreign visitors and r...

November 22, 2019 2 min read

Sri Lanka’s Softlogic in Rs762mn Sept quarter loss

Sri Lanka’s Softlogic Holdings made a loss of 762 million rupees in the September 2019 quarter compared with profits o...

November 19, 2019 2 min read

Sri Lanka seeks to double post-2010 tourism investments over next five years

Sri Lanka is expecting investments into tourism received from 2010 to 2019 to double over the next five years to 6 billi...

November 15, 2019 1 min read

Spain's Barcelo invests US$30mn in Maldivian hotels of Sri Lanka's Browns Group

Spain's Barcelo Hotels Mediterraneo S. L., a subsidiary of the Barcelo Group, will invest 30 million US dollars in Maldi...

November 8, 2019 1 min read

Sri Lanka's Expolanka in Rs830mn Sept quarter loss

Sri Lankan logistics group Expolanka Holdings lost 830 million rupees in the September 2019 quarter compared with a prof...

November 7, 2019 1 min read

Sri Lanka to launch tourism campaigns in 12 countries starting mid-December

The state-run Sri Lanka Tourism Promotions Bureau will begin launching tourism marketing campaigns totaling 1.2 billion ...

November 7, 2019 2 min read