Sri Lanka Tourism has taken several strategic measures to increase visibility and appeal to a wider global audience both in key source as well as emerging niche markets. France is one such market of vital importance and accounts for anywhere between 4.5% -4.7% of the island’s annual arrivals. As a key source market, Sri Lanka …
The world’s best hotels, resorts, countries, cities, islands, tour operators, villa fixers, and more, ranked by 800,000 readers LONDON – CondĂ© Nast Traveller today announced the winners of its annual Readers’ Choice Awards, ranking the best hotels, resorts, cities, countries, islands, villas, tours, trains, airlines, airports, and cruises in the world. The 2021 Readers’ Choice Awards is …
Guangdong 21st Century Maritime Silk Road International Exposition 2021 was held from 24-26 September at the Canton Fair complex, in Guangzhou, organized by the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade Guangdong Committee and Department of Commerce of Guangdong. The Consulate General of Sri Lanka in Guangzhou, participated with a country pavilion, consisting of 36 …
New Zealand High Commissioner Michael Edward Appleton has stated that he expects to launch a comprehensive tourism program with Sri Lanka. This was stated at a discussion held with Tourism Minister Prasanna Ranatunga yesterday. The New Zealand High Commissioner has expressed his appreciation for the vaccination program in Sri Lanka The New Zealand High Commissioner …
Emirates is joining Sri Lankans to celebrate the easing of travel restrictions by the British government with the launch of special fares to five destinations in the United Kingdom. Going on sale from 4th October, these special fares will be valid for travel to London, Birmingham, Manchester, Newcastle and Glasgow, up to 31st March 2022, …
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES. Dubai. The official opening of the Sri Lanka Pavilion was inaugurated at Expo 2020 Dubai on the 1st of October 2021. Designed by an award winning team from University of Moratuwa in Colombo, the ceremony featured a welcome procession with Magul Bera song and a Traditional Kandyan Dance performance which was enveloped by the …
Fully vaccinated passengers arriving in Sri Lanka who were tested negative at the time of their departure, do not require to do another PCR test at the airport, Sri Lanka Health Ministry announced today. “Starting midnight tonight, 29/09, all arrivals at Airport will no longer be subject to on arrival PCR tests provided that the …
As Sri Lanka begins to open its borders to the world, Sri Lanka Tourism continues its strategic efforts to promote the island to capture the attention of a global audience seeking an outlet to experience travel once again. In its latest initiative, special programmes and events have been organized to celebrate World Tourism Day 2021 …
The Embassy of Sri Lanka in Vietnam and Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau (SLTPB) together with Vietnam Society of Travel Agents (VISTA) organised a virtual awareness session to promote future tourism prospects in Sri Lanka to the outbound travel agents in Vietnam, on 21 September. The main purpose of holding the session was to make …
The Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport (MRIA) has recorded its highest number of passenger arrivals this year, Minister Namal Rajapaksa said. He said a total of 25,767 passengers had used the Mattala Airport since January 2021 to date. The number of passenger arrivals in 2020 was 17,544 and 1,403 in 2019, he said. Not only the …
