Tourism, which is among the main revenue generating sources for Sri Lanka, accounts for about five per cent of the economy, with Britain, India and China the main markets. By PTI COLOMBO: Sri Lankan Tourism Minister Prasanna Ranatunga has instructed officials to expedite the execution of a special promotion programme to attract tourists from five major …
The Consulate of Sri Lanka in Guangzhou has for the first time participated in the China-ASEAN Expo Tourism Exhibition, which was held from 15-17 October 2021 in Guilin, Guangxi Province, China, with a culture and tourism booth manned by the consulate staff. The booth was decorated with pictures of tourist and cultural attractions embossed on …
The Consulate General of Sri Lanka in Frankfurt am Main organised a Tourism Promotion Event on 7 October, 2021 as per its planned activities under Economic Diplomacy in the northeast of Hessen. The well attended event comprised CEOs and Managing Directors from the hospitality industry, restaurateurs, media and German friends of Sri Lanka, among others. …
The Sri Lanka Pavilion continued to attract large numbers of visitors to Expo 2020 – result of the concerted efforts of Sri Lanka Tourism along with partners to date – Export Development Board, Ceylon Tea Board, Sri Lankan Airlines, Consulate of Dubai and with the excellent and willing corporation of the Ambassador to the United …
More than 7,000 tourists have arrived in Sri Lanka within the first two weeks of this month, the Tourism Ministry said. The tourism industry, which collapsed due to the Covid-19 is now gradually recovering, the Ministry said. Accordingly, a total of 45,413 tourists have visited the country since January this year and 7,096 of them …
Tourism industries in Sri Lanka and Nepal have welcomed the recently started direct flights operated by SriLankan Airlines connecting Colombo and Kathmandu, thus removing a long felt impediment to promote tourism between the two countries. In this backdrop, Sri Lanka Embassy in Nepal joined hands with Nepal Tourist Board (NTB) and Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion …
Arrivals up 169% to 13,547 from August Increase largely influenced by relaxed travel restrictions, aggressive vaccination programs globally and growing consumer confidence India, Pakistan, Germany, UK and Russia among top source markets India beats Kazakhstan as largest single country source; Europe highest by region, up by 15% to 17,987 in first 9 months Sri Lanka …
MADRID (AFP): World tourism surged in July, thanks to vaccination rollouts and fewer travel restrictions, but traveller numbers still fell far short of pre-pandemic levels, the UN’s tourism body said. Some 54 million tourists crossed international borders in July, the highest figure since April 2020, in the early months of the coronavirus crisis, the World Tourism …
Sri Lanka has been ranked amongst the top five ‘Wellness Tourism Destinations’ in the world by the Global Wellness Institute. The announcement was made by Tourism Minister Prasanna Ranatunga in Paris during a meeting of the tourism ministers held in parallel to the IFTM Top Resa in Paris, France. Secretary of State to the Minister …
Renowned British publisher, John Beaufoy, Managing Director of the London based John Beaufoy Publishing Ltd, says tourism will recover in Sri Lanka and he hopes to publish more books on Sri Lanka in the future. John Beaufoy Publishing has published a significantly revised third edition of ‘A Naturalist’s Guide to the Birds of Sri Lanka’. …
