Fully vaccinated local and overseas passengers who had negative PCR test results done within 72 hours before their departure, are not required to be subject to an on arrival PCR test at the airport in Sri Lanka from midnight today, Health Minister Keheliya Rambukwella said. He said all passengers should have received both doses of …
SriLankan Airlines is among the airlines leading the way in the South Asian region by trialling the International Air Transport Association (IATA) Travel Pass commencing 1 October, with selected sectors. This marks another initiative of SriLankan Airlines to create a touchless passenger journey in keeping with the airline’s vision ‘To be Asia’s most customer-centric airline’. …
Measures have been taken to conserve and develop several places of tourist interest with the intention of promoting tourism in the country, Secretary of the Buddhasasana, Religion and Cultural Affairs Ministry Professor Kapila Gunawardana said during a media briefing last Friday (24). The Central Cultural Fund (CCF) had secured a daily income between Rs.10 million – …
The Consulate General of Sri Lanka in Guangzhou with the Guangdong Scenery International Travel Agency in China (Guangdong) participated in the International Tourism Industry Exposition (CITIE) in Guangzhou recently. It was organised by the Department of Culture and Tourism of Guangdong Province. The Consulate designed the Sri Lanka stall embossed with beautiful pictures of prominent …
Travel experts anticipate a “large increase in bookings this weekend” for foreign trips to Sri Lanka and several other destinations, according to a report in UK’s Daily Mail. Few days before UK removed Sri Lanka from the ‘Red List’ and cancelled the traffic light scheme, the Daily Mail quoting Expedia said the rise in interest …
Says country can earn over $ 500 m during upcoming winter season Successful vaccination drive and ease of restrictions locally and globally key factors for optimism Says national carrier is seeing early signs of pent-up demand Ramps up capacity to London with SL out of travel Red List To add second frequency to Moscow from …
In a major change to border-control measures, Japan will from Monday allow re-entry to all returnees from six countries blacklisted over the spread of the highly contagious delta variant of the coronavirus. The six countries — Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Maldives, Nepal and Sri Lanka — have been covered by a near-total entry ban on foreign …
Sri Lanka reached an important milestone today with 50% of the population fully vaccinated. Vaccinate, vaccinate, vaccinate has been the chant for the pandemic response. This is based on the science of vaccines and global evidence that COVID-19 vaccines can protect against severe disease as well as limit the transmission of the virus. WHO has called for all countries to vaccinate …
The Hotels Association of Sri Lanka (THASL) yesterday welcomed the move by the United Kingdom to remove Sri Lanka from its travel ‘Red List’ ahead of the winter season. The move, which comes into effect from Wednesday (22), is likely to result in the return of high-spending travellers from the UK to Sri Lanka. “We …
UK scraps travel ‘traffic light’ system; opts for simpler regime for fully vaccinated arrivals Sri Lanka and seven other countries have been taken off the ‘Red List’ of the United Kingdom’s travel advisory from tomorrow, boosting the country’s prospects for tourism. An AFP report said pandemic restrictions on travel into England and Scotland were to …
