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Sri Lanka welcomed its one millionth tourist for the year on September 26.
Minister Diana Gamage has been trying to promote night life to boost tourism
USAID and Sri Lankan Tourism Alliance launch social media influencer campaign to boost country's global tourism brand
The Arugam Bay Tourism Development Plan focuses on challenges to infrastructure development in the area
Despite US led travel advisory being in effect in the first two weeks of the month, tourist inflows rose
SGCCI proposed that Sri Lanka "prioritise Wedding Tourism to tap into the growing Indian market for destination weddings
ECONOMYNEXT – Net profit at Sri Lanka’s Asian Hotels and Properties plunged 77% to Rs81 million in the Jun...
Sri Lanka has started implementing mandatory star ratings, with over two dozen tourist hotels being awarded stars at a c...
Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau is starting campaigns to promote the island during the off-season with the first one ...
ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka wants to open three new hotel schools as public private partnerships and get foreign investment ...
Sri Lanka will investigate reports of tourists being harassed at immigration control, tourism minister John Amaratunga s...
ECONOMYNEXT – A new home-stay project in Sri Lanka’s remote southeast coast with Australian support is off...
ECONOMYNEXT- Most Indian and Western tourists visiting Sri Lanka are satisfied with their stays in hotels, according to ...
Sri Lanka's listed TAL Lanka Hotels which owns five-star Taj Samudra Hotel in Colombo says it's in the final phases of r...
Sri Lanka has a billion dollars worth of approved hotels under construction and another 200 million dollars of projects ...
Sri Lanka's tourist arrivals rose 19 percent to 146,828 in June 2018 from a year earlier, with double digit growth from ...
| Latest | Last | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | % | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| I-m SLIBOR | - | - |
Sri Lanka's Kingsbuy Hotel says it will invest two million US dollars to bring CÉ LA VI, an upmarket brand that oper...
ECONOMYNEXT- Sri Lanka’s leisure industry says it will carry out a five year program to boost the output of skill...
ECONOMYNEXT – The Australian government has helped train mid-career professionals in Sri Lanka’s state and...
Sri Lanka said it is providing subsidized credit to providers of homestay accommodation to tourists, as part of proposal...
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka is developing seafront infrastructure and regulations to promote boat building and nautic...
ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lankan hotels will need over 100,000 new workers with the number of star-class rooms expected to more ...
Sri Lanka's tourism arrivals grew 6.2 percent to 129.466 in May 2018 from a year earlier with strong growth in visitors ...
Yohobed.com, a Sri Lanka based start-up has built a network of small hotels, boosting the quality of service and revenue...
ECONOMYNEXT - Minister of Tourism Development John Amaratunga has held talks with Chinese tourism and airline officials ...
Mirissa, a tourist hotspot in southern Sri Lanka that came into prominence with whale watching over the last decade, is ...
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