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Sri Lanka's tourism is improving, but has not reached its prepandemic peak
Speaking to reporters on Monday August 14, Fernando said the policy will be presented urgently.
Sri Lanka has welcomed 767,913 tourists up to July this year, up 67.4 percent from last year
“24 coastal areas have been identified as tourist attractions in this country,” he told a media briefing on Friday (...
US-led travel advisories over possible attack raised concerns over possible cancellations of arrivals
Profits at Sri Lanka's Asian Hotels and Properties, a unit of John Keells Holdings which runs Colombo's Cinnamon Grand a...
Sri Lanka's Ceylon Tea Trails, an up market hotel in a tea plantation in Hatton has won a global award by TripAdvisor.co...
ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka's Trans Asia Hotels Plc, which owns and operates Colombo's five-star Cinnamon Lakeside Hotel, sa...
ECONOMYNEXT - The Sri Lankan government is to study a proposal by Singapore’s hospitality management firm HPL Ho...
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lankan tour operators and hotels have hailed plans by tourism authorities to expedite an advert...
Sri Lanka’s Jetwing Symphony hotel group is looking to enter growing markets in Myanmar and Indochina over the ne...
Sri Lanka's tourist arrivals grew 3.2 percent to 2,116,407 million in 2017, falling short of a 2.5 million target announ...
ECONOMYNEXT – The Sri Lankan government is calling for fresh bids to build two hotels near the Bandaranaike Inter...
Tourist arrivals to Sri Lanka were flat in November edging up just 0.2 percent to 167,511, helped by East Asia and India...
Sri Lanka's Jetwing Symphony, a collection of new and hotels under construction is seeking up to 900 million rupees thro...
| 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 | - | - |
ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka's Supreme Court Wednesday awarded compensation to a British nurse who was illegally detained an...
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s Aitken Spence Hotel Holdings returned to profit in the September 2017 quarter fr...
ECONOMYNEXT – The state-run Sri Lanka Institute of Tourism and Hotel Management has opened a hospitality training...
Sri Lanka's Weligama Bay Marriot Hotel and Spa which has opened this year is targeting 70 percent annual occupancy, the ...
ECONOMYNEXT - Growing competition from a thriving informal tourist accommodation business is squeezing profit margins of...
ECONOMYNEXT – Tourist arrivals into Sri Lanka fell in September 2017 from a year ago mainly because of lower arri...
Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau and thirteen leisure firms from Sri Lanka participated in a promotional event in Wash...
Singapore-based Somap International (Pvt) Ltd has agreed to 667 million rupees to Anilana Hotels and Properties, acquiri...
Sri Lanka's Aitken Spence Hotel Holding said it was selling MPS Hotels (Pvt) Ltd for 740 million rupees.
Sri Lanka's Fairway Holdings (Pvt) Ltd, a property and construction group, will pay 70 million rupees to buy a 75 percen...
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