Broadening the horizons of Colombo’s public entertainment sphere, the Tri-forces and the National Youth Services Council (NYSC) have started a weekly cultural show at Arcade Independence Square, Colombo. The project, initiated by the Prime Minister’s Office, is supported by the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA). It is also in line with the Tourism Strategic …
Adding yet another beach front property to the Southern Tourism catalogue, VILLA@69, a 12- roomed beach front full-service villa was opened in Maha Induruwa last week. The management a consortium of three investors Athula Wickramachchi, Sachith Perera, and Jacque Dias have invested over Rs. 240 million for the complete transformation of an old A Grade guest …
Sri Lanka Tourism is carrying out multi-platform promotional campaigns while the digital campaign is in the final stages of the evaluation process, to be submitted for cabinet approval in early part of July 2018. The campaigns have focused on key international markets including Europe, Middle East, China, India, APAC and the USA. SLTPB has commenced …
The People’s Daily newspaper of China selected Sri Lanka as the top global safety destination for women travellers in 2018, in a recently concluded contest, which combined the results of expert reviews, ratings and popular votes. Sri Lanka topped the list of 20 countries that were selected, including USA, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, Japan, Switzerland …
Having received over ten million combined social media reach in 2017, SLTPB Visiting Blogger Program continues to progress with aggressive social media promotion in 2018 by collaborating with World Top Virtual Travel influencers. Sri Lanka Tourism (SLTPB) invited a group of International Travel Bloggers and Social Media Influencers from the important source markets including France, …
Making their entry to the Colombo City Hotel sector, Earls Hotels owned by Earls Court Management will officially open their first hotel ‘Earls Red’ in Dematagoda on Monday. Built with an investment of Rs 350 million the Earls Red City Hotel will offer 19 rooms and super deluxe rooms. Manager Sales and Marketing, Manoj …
Foreign tourists in Arugam Bay. The surfing season is drawing a large number of foreign tourists to Arugam Bay in the …
Award winning ‘The Great Elephant Gathering’ which is a wildlife documentary and film directed by Dilum Alagiyawanna is to be screened at the Tharanganee Film Hall on 6 July at 6:30 p.m., highlighting animal behaviour at its best in a local setting. The documentary is a 40 minute observation of the annual elephant gathering at …
SpiceRoads Cycling, a Bangkok-based premier niche cycling touring operator, is introducing e-bikes in Sri Lanka, a move it says will allow riders of more varied experience or fitness levels to experience destinations and communities on cycling tours, TTG Asia reported. In a statement, SpiceRoads Cycling said riders with less experience, lower fitness, injuries or with …
Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau (SLTPB) signs as the official partner of TTSL; first travel trade show in Sri Lanka scheduled to be held on 24 and 25 April 2019. As official partner, SLTPB will both endorse and facilitate the organiser Marketeers & Co in successfully hosting the largest annual travel trade show, Travel Trade …
