To further encourage major Chinese travel operators to promote Sri Lanka as a destination of choice, post-COVID-19, The Embassy of Sri Lanka in Beijing, hosted a ‘Sri Lanka Tourism and Culture Event’ on 25 October 2022 in collaboration with around 60-70 tour operators, travel agencies and media. Among the participants were the UN Resident Coordinator …
COLOMBO, Nov. 1 (Xinhua) — More than 42,000 tourists entered Sri Lanka in October, making the total tally of tourist arrivals so far this year in the country over 568,000, statistics from the country’s tourism authority showed Tuesday. The Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority has said that the South Asian country, which depends on tourism …
Sri Lanka’s tourism sector is showing signs of recovery with the internal political situation returning to normalcy, Tourism Ministry’s Additional Secretary for Development, Jayasiri Wijayanath Thennakoon told the Sunday Observer yesterday. Thennakoon said that many Western countries had lifted their travel advisories against Sri Lanka. The others will consider doing so due to the steps …
The tourist arrivals for the first 24 days of October have reached 31,828, bringing the total number of international visitors to the country to 558,068 for the year so far. The latest provisional data shared by the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority showed an improvement in the weekly arrivals for the month of October. The …
Tourism used to be one of the fastest-growing economic sectors in the world before the COVID-19 pandemic. With the lessons learned and precautions taken tourism is again becoming a key driver in global socio-economic progress. Sri Lanka to its pride was known by tourists as the Granary of the East and Pearl of the Indian …
The Sri Lankan government said on Thursday that the cabinet of ministers had approved an aviation pact with the Netherlands on initiating direct flights between the two countries in order to boost tourism. The Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Aviation said its Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva made a proposal earlier this week to sign …
Written by Amani Nilar COLOMBO (News 1st) – Air France and the Royal Dutch Airlines is set to resume flight operations to Sri Lanka from 04th of November onwards. The Minister of Tourism Harin Fernando Tweeted that Air France and KLM Airlines will resume flights to Colombo, and the said airlines will operate four flights …
Hyderabad: As the situation in Sri Lanka continues to improve, Mastercard on Wednesday launched ‘Sri Lanka with Love’ campaign to encourage Indian tourists to explore the experiences offered by the Island nation. As part of the campaign, Mastercard has collaborated with over 50 merchant partners such as hotels, resorts, restaurants, and tour operators to promote …
Sri Lanka has made it to the top 20 list of the Readers’ Choice Awards 2022 by Condé Nast Traveller. The island nation is ranked 17 in the list of 20 best countries to visit in the world. Sri Lanka received a score of 88.01 and is ranked between Sweden (16), and Israel (18). Last year, …
Sri Lanka has been ranked among the top 13 safest countries to travel in the World as per the popular online travel community platform WorldPackers.com. Out of top 13 countries, Sri Lanka is ranked 12th while Iceland is ranked the safest country to travel as per the latest WorldPackers.com article. Speaking to NewsWire on this development, Minister …
