The government plans to solve fuel shortages and power interruptions faced by the country’s tourism industry by setting up a new mechanism this week. The Minister of Tourism and Lands Harin Fernando announced that a special mechanism to provide fuel to the tourism industry would be unveiled today following discussions with the Ministry of Power …
Minister of Tourism Harin Fernando has met with several Indian film industry personalities in Sri Lanka, in a bid explore avenues to revive tourism in Sri Lanka. The minister met popular Bollywood actor Dino Morea and actress Chitrangada Singh separately, while they were in Sri Lanka recently. During their meetings, minister Fernando has discussed the …
Written by Dylan Wickremasinghe Historically it is evident that travel companies bought into the convenience and peace of mind offered by water being readily available in the form of single-use plastic bottles. However, the issue that arises with the usage of such bottles has become more alarmingly clear. Approximately 7000 metric tons of plastic products …
Leading tourism industry associations yesterday put forwarded a 17-point ‘Revival for Survival’ to overcome the multiple crises. Members of the Sri Lanka Association of Inbound Tour Operators (SLAITO)-led One Industry One Voice initiative in tourism together with The Hotels Association of Sri Lanka (THASL) yesterday proposed the plan at a meeting held with Tourism Minister …
By Sunimalee Dias Sri Lanka’s tourism industry has made a clarion call for travellers from Europe to holiday in the island nation to save it from its present crisis. The tourism industry met this week, along with the newly appointed Tourism Minister Harin Fernando, ambassadors of key European markets to consider relaxing or removing the …
In an effort to help the hard-hit tourism sector recover from the ongoing economic crisis and move to a path of revival, the Tourism Ministry has made an appeal to the source markets to consider reversing the currently placed travel advisories. The newly-appointed Tourism Minister Harin Fernando met with the diplomatic community this week to …
Sri Lankan Airlines received a Resilience Award at the 15th Changi Airline Awards recently in recognition of its efforts to maintain uninterrupted air links and support the movement of passengers including Vaccinated Travel Lane flights right through the pandemic. This is the third occasion that Sri Lankan Airlines has been recognised and awarded in Singapore …
Written by Pavani Hapuarachchi COLOMBO (News 1st): The Ministry of Tourism has recorded an income of USD $582 million from tourists who visited Sri Lanka in the 1st two months of this year. A total of 185,730 tourists visited Sri Lanka during the past two months, Sripala Hettiarachchi, the Secretary to the Tourism Ministry told News …
Written by Amani Nilar COLOMBO (News 1st); The European Union has decided to provide grants to support small tourism businesses. Accordingly, the European Union in Sri Lanka and the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA) has taken the initiative to provide 60 million rupees in grants to support small tourism businesses. The first three companies …
Tourism Minister Harin Fernando has met the diplomatic community in an attempt to urge their respective countries to lift the travel restrictions currently imposed in visiting Sri Lanka. Tourist arrivals to Sri Lanka have dropped significantly due to the current situation in the country. Many countries have imposed travel restrictions discouraging their citizens from visiting Sri …
