As an adjunct to that Global Tourism Promotion Program, the Minister of Tourism has proposed to implement tourism promotion programs targeting the tourist markets of the United Kingdom, Germany, France and India, the main source markets in the Asian region. The proposal was approved by the cabinet. All parties involved in the tourism sector, including …
The Sri Lanka Tourism Expo (SLTE) 2021 opened this morning at the One Galle Face Mall and will continue until Sunday 21st November. Organised by the Alumni Association of Tourism Economics and Hospitality Management (AATEHM), and the Tourism Study Programs of the Department of Economics, Faculty of Arts, University of Colombo as the Strategic Knowledge …
Sri Lanka Tourism and the Embassy in Stockholm presented ‘Destination Sri Lanka’ at the Travel News Market (TNM) – Sweden’s premier tourism event on 11 November at the Stockholm Waterfront Congress Centre. With Sri Lanka as a top tourist destination for 2022 opening its shores to the world traveller with minimum restrictions – especially for …
Sri Lanka’s High Commissioner to India Milinda Moragoda sought avenues of further strengthening the cooperation in the civil aviation sector with India when he met the Civil Aviation Minister of India Shri Jyotiraditya Scindia in New Delhi Minister Scindia extended a warm welcome to High Commissioner Moragoda. The High Commissioner thanked the Minister for the …
Sri Lanka Convention Bureau (SLCB) organised a Virtual MICE Familiarisation Tour under the theme ‘The Day of a MICE tourist in Colombo’ on 27 October which featured Colombo MICE facilities and attractions. This is the first-ever virtual familiarisation tour organised by SLCB for the Indian MICE industry stakeholders to educate what Sri Lanka has to …
The Sri Lanka Mission in Tokyo in collaboration with SriLankan Airlines and the Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau connected over 265 tour operators and hoteliers live between Japan and Sri Lanka through an informative webinar session that was conducted in Japanese as well as in English. Travel questions regarding PCR tests, vaccinations and on-arrival visa …
Kuwait Airways, the national airline of Kuwait and the world’s five-star airline, is raising the bar once again in commemoration of resumption of operations to Colombo by offering unrepeatable promotional fares to all destinations serviced by the airline. With the airline having recently resumed bi-weekly operations to Colombo, passengers can now fly to all destinations …
Minister of Tourism Prasanna Rantunga says 9,545 foreign tourists visited Sri Lanka last week. According to the Minister 3,107 of them are Indians, 774 from Russia, 764 from Britain as well as a large number of tourists from Germany, Pakistan, Maldives, France, Canada, USA and Switzerland. The Minister points out that with the opening of …
Emirates has announced it will operate two additional flights a week to Colombo from today (15) to support the resurgence of Sri Lanka’s tourism industry as more key source markets relax travel restrictions. The award-winning Dubai-based global airline said the added frequencies will increase direct flights between Dubai and Colombo to 14 a week, taking …
Proposes issuance of long-term Govt.-backed bonds to finance accumulated interest portion of all tourism loans The Hotels Assoc-iation of Sri Lanka (THASL) is looking for further support from the Government via Budget 2022 to be presented today, with a plea to restructure the long-term debt of the industry. “The industry is expecting support from the …
