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Sri Lanka's tourist hotspots to heat up with music, culinary and literary events

The series of cultural events along the south coast aimed at drawing visitors for extended stays

January 7, 2024 3 min read

Sri Lanka’s 2023 tourism revenue jumps to $2.1 bln from previous year’s $1.1 bln

Sri Lanka's tourism is recovering from Easter attack, pandemic, and economic, political crisis

January 6, 2024 1 min read

Sri Lanka gets 1.48 million tourists in 2023 led by India, Russia

Sri Lanka has welcomed 210,552 tourists in December

January 1, 2024 1 min read

Sri Lanka tourism lacks direct consumer marketing: Industry experts

The world still thinks there's riots in the street, there's medical shortages.

December 29, 2023 2 min read
Fruit feast as Sri Lanka's first jumbo orphanage marks golden jubilee

A major revenue generator for the state, earning millions of dollars a year in entrance fees

Sri Lanka requests Maldives to consider local currencies for cross-border transactions

A large number of Sri Lankan expatriate workers are employed in Maldivian tourism sector.

Sri Lanka tourist arrivals plunge 70-pct in May

ECONOMYNEXT – Tourist arrivals to Sri Lanka plunged 70 percent in May from a year ago after Easter Sunday’...

June 4, 2019 2 min read

Sri Lanka launches first post-Easter promotional campaign in India

ECONOMYNEXT- Sri Lanka's state tourism agencies have partnered with the Sri Lanka Association of Inbound Tour Operators,...

June 4, 2019 2 min read

Sri Lanka signs $4.5mn foreign hotel investment after Easter Sunday terror

Sri Lanka's Board of Investment has signed an investment agreement with Sundara (Pvt) Ltd, which will develop a 4.5 mill...

June 1, 2019 2 min read

Italy removes travel ban on Sri Lanka, advises utmost caution

ECONOMYNEXT – The Italian government has updated its travel advisory on Sri Lankan which advised against visiting...

May 31, 2019 1 min read

Sri Lanka hotels in staffing crisis after Easter attacks

Sri Lanka's hoteliers are trying to retain staff until arrivals recover from the Easter Sunday bombings, but many in the...

May 31, 2019 3 min read

Sri Lanka tourism relief package finalized

The Sri Lankan government has finalized the relief package to help tourism businesses and their employees to manage fina...

May 31, 2019 1 min read

Sri Lanka small hotels to get interest free loan of Rs500,000

Sri Lanka's small hotels and homestay hosts could get an interest free loan of up to 500,000 rupees to tide over the hi...

May 30, 2019 1 min read

Sri Lanka post-Easter Sunday tourism promotion cleared

Sri Lanka's cabinet of ministers has approved a public relations and advertising campaign to help the country recover fr...

May 29, 2019 1 min read

India relaxes travel advisory to Sri Lanka

India, the top source of tourists to Sri Lanka, has relaxed a travel advisory asking citizens to be cautious when travel...

May 29, 2019 2 min read

Sri Lanka's formal hotel investments grow $2.9 million in March

Net investments into Sri Lanka's formal hotel sector since November 2010 grew by 2.9 million US dollars in the March qua...

May 28, 2019 2 min read
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Sri Lanka's Cinnamon to lease new Maldives resort

Sri Lanka's Cinnamon Resorts, a unit of John Keells Holdings Plc is in talks to wrap up a 10 - year renewable lease for ...

May 25, 2019 2 min read

Sri Lanka PM briefs ambassadors in bid to lift travel advisories

Sri Lanka's Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and members of the security establishment had met foreign ambassadors ba...

May 24, 2019 1 min read

Sri Lanka tourism boosted by regional MICE association

Sri Lanka's tourism industry received support from the International Congress and Convention Association (ICCA) to recov...

May 22, 2019 2 min read

Sri Lanka's struggling hotels get fillip from local demand

Sri Lanka’s hotel demand surged during the Vesak holiday weekend with local bookings, after the industry took a h...

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May 21, 2019 2 min read

Johanne Jayaratne appointed chairman of Sri Lanka tourism regulator

Johanne Jayaratne has been appointed the chairman of the state tourism regulator, the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Auth...

May 15, 2019 2 min read

Sri Lanka to lure tourists from Thailand, short haul markets

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s government plans to launch a promotional campaign in Thailand as part of measure...

May 14, 2019 2 min read

Sri Lanka expects quicker recovery in tourism: Minister

Sri Lanka's tourism minister said he expected the country's tourism industry to bounce back in as little as three months...

May 13, 2019 3 min read

Sri Lanka eyes security audit to build tourist confidence

Sri Lanka is planning an independent security audit to build confidence among tourists, State Minister Harsha de Silva s...

May 11, 2019 1 min read

Sri Lanka tightens security, plans travel insurance to boost arrivals

Sri Lanka is planning travel insurance for tourists and has tightened security at hotels and tourist attractions while m...

May 8, 2019 2 min read

Sri Lanka announces debt moratorium, subsidized credit for tourism

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka will give a one year debt moratorium and subsidized working capital for the tourism sector, Stat...

May 7, 2019 2 min read