Expanding its FAM Tour campaigns towards the Middle Eastern region, Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau, in collaboration with the Sri Lanka embassy in Egypt organized a familiarization tour for 8 Egyptian travel agents from October 20 to 26th. They were highly fascinated with their experience in Sri Lanka along with its scenic beauty, cultural splendor …
SriLankan Airlines Chief Executive Officer Richard Nuttall said that it is the best time to visit Sri Lanka. “There has never been a better time to visit (the country) as the hotels have low occupancy and the Sri Lankan currency is devalued. The government, SriLankan Airlines and all participants in the tourism industry are aligned …
Nov 03, Colombo: The Ministry of Tourism says that two airlines from Russia and France will resume weekly flights to Sri Lanka from today (03) and tomorrow (04). Accordingly, Russia’s largest charter airline Azur Air will start weekly flights to Colombo from today (03). Azur Air flights are scheduled to arrive from Moscow two days …
By Feizal Samath Sri Lanka is setting up a new authority to develop a string of small islands across its shores into tourist resorts, modelled on the success of tourism in neighbouring Maldives. The move comes amid the struggle by the country to regain its tourism potential after a series of setbacks precipitated by the Easter …
To further encourage major Chinese travel operators to promote Sri Lanka as a destination of choice, post-COVID-19, The Embassy of Sri Lanka in Beijing, hosted a ‘Sri Lanka Tourism and Culture Event’ on 25 October 2022 in collaboration with around 60-70 tour operators, travel agencies and media. Among the participants were the UN Resident Coordinator …
COLOMBO, Nov. 1 (Xinhua) — More than 42,000 tourists entered Sri Lanka in October, making the total tally of tourist arrivals so far this year in the country over 568,000, statistics from the country’s tourism authority showed Tuesday. The Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority has said that the South Asian country, which depends on tourism …
Sri Lanka’s tourism sector is showing signs of recovery with the internal political situation returning to normalcy, Tourism Ministry’s Additional Secretary for Development, Jayasiri Wijayanath Thennakoon told the Sunday Observer yesterday. Thennakoon said that many Western countries had lifted their travel advisories against Sri Lanka. The others will consider doing so due to the steps …
The tourist arrivals for the first 24 days of October have reached 31,828, bringing the total number of international visitors to the country to 558,068 for the year so far. The latest provisional data shared by the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority showed an improvement in the weekly arrivals for the month of October. The …
Tourism used to be one of the fastest-growing economic sectors in the world before the COVID-19 pandemic. With the lessons learned and precautions taken tourism is again becoming a key driver in global socio-economic progress. Sri Lanka to its pride was known by tourists as the Granary of the East and Pearl of the Indian …
The Sri Lankan government said on Thursday that the cabinet of ministers had approved an aviation pact with the Netherlands on initiating direct flights between the two countries in order to boost tourism. The Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Aviation said its Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva made a proposal earlier this week to sign …
