COVID-19 is viewed as an existential crisis that will not end soon and neither does it have a defined ending, hence, the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) and the Mattala International Airport (MIA) are gearing to open their gates for tourists, on 21 January 2021, following strict health guidelines, travelling in a bio bubble environment , …
Global e-Tourism Frontiers expert Damian Cook recently urged Sri Lanka Tourism Industry stakeholders to identify multiple ways to present a more inclusive destination image to the world thinking like tourists and more importantly thinking like millennial travellers who have upended the established order of the global travel business. Speaking from Kenya to a virtual meeting …
Sri Lanka will adopt less strict procedures on foreign travellers but try to ensure that they remain within ‘bubbles’ to prevent the risk of contagion. The country will not enforce minimum stays or strict quarantine requirements on foreign travellers. The industry has been given the go-ahead by the President as and when the airports open. …
All travel agents and tourist operators in Sri Lanka who do not ensure that tourists arriving in the country follow health guidelines will be blacklisted after January 21 when the country is opened for tourists. Tourism Minister Prasanna Ranatunga said “if someone violates health guidelines, it will affect the entire tourism industry. Therefore, stern action …
Co-Cabinet Spokesman Udaya Gammanpila said there was no basis to the rumour that the country is at risk due to Ukrainian tourists in the country. Speaking at the weekly Cabinet media briefing held at the Government Information Department yesterday he said international airports in the country will open from January 21. The Minister said the …
The Sri Lankan government has expressed confidence in attracting 1.5 million tourists this year with the re-opening of the airports from Jan. 23 while staying in line with COVID-19 health and safety guidelines, according to a report by the local Daily FT on Wednesday. (06th Jan 2021) Tourism Minister Prasanna Ranatunga formally on Tuesday (05th …
Ukraine International Airlines PS6385 with 204 tourist passengers and 9 crew members arrived at Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport (MRIA) on 29th December 2020 at 1208hrs. Source : http://www.travelvoice.lk/second-group-of-ukrainian-tourists-arrived/
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka welcomed its first foreign tourists in nine months on Monday (Dec 28), even as a new, deadlier strain of the coronavirus gripped the island. A charter flight carrying 185 passengers from Ukraine landed at a little-used airport south of Colombo, which has been stricken by a surge in COVID-19 cases and deaths. …
Hilton announced (on 24th Nov 2020) the opening of DoubleTree by Hilton Weerawila Rajawarna Resort, a new three-storey, 78-room modern resort in Weerawila. The newly-built resort is owned by KDU Adventures Ltd. and joins Hilton Colombo and Hilton Colombo Residences as the third hotel to be managed by Hilton in the country. Located amongst lush …
Mattala Airport employees greet the first two tourists entering Sri Lanka after a lapse of nine months on 28th Dec 2020. A SkyUp Airlines flight from Ukraine carrying 185 tourists landed at the Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport, marking the revival of tourism in the island under a pilot project. All tourists arriving in the island …
