The Maldives has received over 550,000 tourists between January and June this year, local media citing data from the Ministry of Tourism reported here Monday. The tourism ministry data showed that 555,494 tourists visited the country by mid-year, with 24.3 percent of them coming from Russia and 18 percent from India. Data showed that the …
The disembarkation ban imposed on passengers with recent travel history to Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, and Oman during the last 14-days has been lifted subject to several conditions. The Civil Aviation Authority of Sri Lanka (CAASL) yesterday announced a two-week travel ban on passengers from the above-mentioned countries. Meanwhile, the Government …
International tourist arrivals were down 83% in the first quarter of 2021 as widespread travel restrictions remained in place. However, the UNWTO Confidence Index shows signs of a slow uptick in confidence. Between January and March 2021 destinations around the world welcomed 180 million fewer international arrivals compared to the first quarter of last year. …
The Sri Lanka Embassy in the Russian Federation together with SriLankan Airlines organised a tourism event on 28 May at the embassy premises inviting tourism companies in Moscow on the occasion of resumption of direct flights from Colombo to Moscow in the near future. Ambassador of Sri Lanka to the Russian Federation Prof. M.D. Lamawansa, …
The Ministry of Tourism has informed that an estimate of 997 tourists have arrived to Sri Lanka as of the previous Monday (7) after the reopening of airports on 1 June 2021. Speaking to The Morning Business, Ministry of Tourism Secretary S. Hettiarachchi also informed that the tourist arrivals are 1,682 arrivals in January, 3,366 in …
With the mission to popularize the Safe & Secure Bio Travel Bubble Process and rich tourism product diversity available to offer, Sri Lanka Tourism (SLTPB) welcomed popular Food Travel YouTube channel “Chopstick Travel” (Link: https://www.youtube.com/user/ToastWithJim) from 16th April 2021 to 9th May 2021) . Destination Sri Lanka will be featured in Chopstick Travel’s latest travel episodes …
The Sri Lanka Embassy in the Russian Federation together with Sri Lankan Airlines organized a tourism event on 28 May 2021 at the embassy premises inviting tourism companies in Moscow on the occasion of resumption of direct flights from Colombo to Moscow in near future. Ambassador of Sri Lanka to the Russian Federation Prof. M.D. …
Sri Lanka Tourism, recently announced their plans to develop a ‘city tourism’ strategy to position Colombo as a tourism hub in South Asia. This initiative will follow some of the best practices of national tourist boards in Singapore, Thailand, Dubai, etc., in order to strategically implement forward thinking policies and uplift the family entertainment sector …
First phase to see 28 tourist service centres along Nuwara Eliya, Kandy, Badulla and Kegalle Districts The Government is to set up tourist service centres along the road network connecting the major tourist cities of the country. The initiative intends to establish 28 tourist service centres along Nuwara Eliya, Kandy, Badulla and Kegalle Districts in …
Sri Lanka Tourism continues to grab news headlines around the world with the latest exposure being BBC’s ‘The CEO Edit’ interviewing Sri Lanka Tourism Chairperson Kimarli Fernando in early April on the island’s strategy for post-COVID tourism and how the destination is gearing up for the new normal. In the interview Fernando emphasised that with …
