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Islets off Kalpitiya approved
The island saw 57,142 arrivals in May and 498,319 since January so far.
"The number of Chinese tourists in Sri Lanka is picking up and will increase in the coming months."
"The level of investment needed is difficult to estimate at the moment," Fernando said.
The Embassy received credible information warning of an attack targeting tourist locations in the Arugam Bay area
"Business travel is not only back on track, but it is recovering much faster than expected."
Sri Lanka is planning to spend up to 500 million rupees on tourism promotion on digital media platforms, as the country ...
Sri Lanka is unable to launch an international advertising campaign to promote the country due to unpaid advertising bil...
Outbound tourists from China grew 6 percent to 135 million persons in 2016, who spent $261 billion in foreign countries,...
Sri Lanka's is expecting a revival in tourist arrivals after the airport re-opened for daytime operations, Tourism Minis...
Hilton Hotels and Resorts has inked a deal to manage six hotels in Sri Lanka with 784 rooms, built by Colombo-based Melw...
Sri Lanka's tourist arrivals rose 3.4 percent to 604,953 despite a daytime closure of the main airport but arrivals from...
COLOMBO, March 13 (Reuters) - Hong Kong-based Shangri-La Asia has increased its investment in Sri Lankan properties by 6...
ECONOMYNEXT – German tour operator TUI AG, one of the largest outbound tour operators in Europe, has said it want...
Sri Lanka's tourist arrivals dropped 0.1 percent in February 2017 to 197,517 as Chinese arrivals plunged 21.6 percent to...
| 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 | |
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| 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 |
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ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s Aitken Spence Hotel Holdings said December 2016 quarter net profit rose 7.8 perc...
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s Serendib Leisure Hotels group said December 2016 quarter net profit fell 12 perc...
ECONOMYNEXT – December 2016 quarter net profit of Sri Lanka’s Taj Samudra Hotel, part of India’s Ta...
ECONOMYNEXT –Sri Lankan retailer Odel said December 2016 quarter net profit fell 61% to Rs60 million from a year ...
Sri Lanka's tourist arrivals rose 12.9 percent to 219,360 in January 2017 from a year earlier, despite a partial closure...
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s Trans Asia Hotels said December 2016 quarter net profit shot up 147% to Rs202 mi...
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremasinghe got on board the sailing yatch Sapphire, operated by Sail Lanka Charter which the fi...
ECONOMYNEXT – Wild Coast Lodge, part of the MJF Holdings group, has been allowed to lease extra land near the Yal...
Sri Lanka will set up a tourist complex in a 400 acre land bordering the North Western coast where a former Voice of Ame...
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