A program to generate income for Sri Lanka through ‘Health Tourism’ is expected to be prepared, says Sagala Ratnayake, the President’s Senior Adviser on National Security and Chief of the Presidential Staff. His remarks came during the event organized at the Colombo Foundation on the occasion of International Nurses Day. Ratnayake emphasized that in a …
A group of International Monetary Fund representatives on Sunday (14-May-2023) visited Galle Fort on a fact finding mission on the potential of tourism in Galle. Chairman of the Galle Heritage Foundation Dr. Nilan Cooray said the IMF representatives focused on the extent of contribution of tourism towards Sri Lanka’s endeavour to overcome the present economic …
Tourism Minister-led team will kick-off second multi-city roadshow, Guangzhou International Travel Fair this week Minister to meet China Southern Airline top officials during visit Air China confirms resumption of operations in July with 3 weekly flights Says plan is to boost air seat capacity of all four Chinese carriers soon Minister to attend Sri Lankan …
Back when Sri Lanka was Ceylon, and tea and coffee transportation was the lifeline, this railway line came about, forever transforming Sri Lanka. We are talking about the Colombo to Badulla Railway line, one of the most iconic railway routes in the world! The railway line’s history goes back to 1867 when the route was …
Tourism Minister Harin Fernando with officials of Air China and Sri Lanka Tourism (Pic from @fernandoharin Twitter handle) Air China to resume service to SL with three weekly flights Tourism Minister assures frequency will increase in coming months Industry stakeholders say addition of flights to China much needed As Sri Lanka is witnessing a week-on-week …
May 11, Colombo: The group of sixteen social media influencers arrived in the Sri Lanka on an invitation by Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau and Sri Lanka Embassy in France on 29th April 2023 and concluded the trip on 9th May 2023. Social Media influencers, while exploring Sri Lanka, promoted the highlights of their journey …
Korean Media Personnel Highlights Sri Lanka as a must visit Tourist destination Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau, in collaboration with the Embassy of Sri Lanka in the Republic of Korea and Sri Lankan Airlines, hosted a Media FAM Tour for 7 journalists belonging to 6 Media houses, namely BTN TV (Buddhist Television Network) , BBS …
India occupied the top spot as the best source market for the tourism segment of Sri Lanka for the month of April this year. India reclaimed the top place after six months, with nearly 20,000 Indian tourists entering in Sri Lanka last month. As per the figures obtained from Sri Lanka’s Tourism Authority, 19,915 Indians visited the island …
Sri Lanka Tourism, as another effort of its promotional campaign organized a series of roadshows in China from 17th to 21 st April, in order to encourage more Chinese tourists to visit Sri Lanka as their top travel destination. The 3 roadshows were held in Beijing (17th April), Guangzhou (19th April) & Shanghai (21st April) respectively. Each roadshow attracted …
Harin Fernando, Sri Lanka’s minister of tourism and lands, says the economic crisis is behind them and he is ready to welcome 1.7 to 2mln tourists in 2023 by launching the right initiatives to attract ‘quality’ tourists from around the globe. In January 2023, Sri Lanka Minister of Tourism and Lands Harin Fernando said Tourism is …
