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Sri Lanka would generate over 5 billion U.S dollars from tourism in 2024, Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA) Chairman, Priantha Fernando, said recently in Colombo. This would be the highest ever revenue generated by tourism for the country, Fernando added. The country is targeting 2.3 million tourist arrivals in 2024, he said. Sri Lanka will generate 2.3 […]
Altogether 74,664 foreign tourists arrived in Sri Lanka in the first 15 days of November, according to the latest statistics released by the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA).
During the key note address at the ‘YPO Colombo Experience: Rediscover the Pearl’ conference held on Saturday (18) at the Shangri La hotel Colombo, President Ranil Wickremesinghe revealed his vision for transforming the economic landscape of the region. The President, who held discussions with the new Maldivian President Dr. Mohamed Muizzu, on Friday (17), had […]
Video: TPP | Nishad Wijetunga | Tourism : The lowest hanging fruit | 17th November 2023
President Ranil Wickremesinghe telephoned the Secretary of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Jay Shah, over allegations linked to him and Sri Lanka Cricket. Tourism Minister Harin Fernando told Parliament today that the President telephoned Jay Shah yesterday to discuss the controversy. The Minister said that the crisis in Sri Lanka cricket […]
Video: 11th edition of 'Foreign Policy Perspectives on Tourism and Hospitality' launched (English)
President Ranil Wickremesinghe has announced in his budget speech that he has allocated Rs 2 billion to construct another international airport at Hingurakgoda (Minneriya). Really? We already have ‘International Airports’ at Ratmalana, Jaffna/Palaly (KKS), Mattala, Batticaloa and Katunayake. In fact, in the North, South, East and West of the island. BIA-Katunayake is the only International […...
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Cinnamon Hotels & Resorts is delighted to announce an exciting collaboration with the National Carrier, SriLankan Airlines, as the powered by partner for an upcoming series of exclusive events featuring the renowned British-Australian Michelin Star celebrity chef and former original judge of MasterChef Australia, Gary Mehigan. The culinary extravaganza is scheduled to take place from […]
Budget highlights Following are the highlights of Budget proposals made by President Ranil Wickremesinghe in Parliament yesterday: New economic and political system The President said in order not to fall back into a crisis, the economic and political system of Sri Lanka must be created anew. He said that a new social consensus should be […]
* Tax revenue to be raised by 47.1% in 2024 * Rs 10,000 increase for public sector workers * Pensioners to get Rs 2,500 allowance * Rs. 450 bn reserved for bank recapitalization * Four new universities to be established * 20% of state banks to be given off by Saman Indrajith President Ranil Wickremesinghe, […]
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President Ranil Wickremesinghe says a programme will be prepared to attract local and foreign tourists by modernizing the government-owned resorts and tourist bungalows and using them to promote tourism.
Jetwing Vil Uyana, has been included inclusion in the esteemed 2024 Fodor’s Finest Hotels List. This exclusive recognition, curated by Fodor’s editors and their extensive global network of independent writers, shines a spotlight on 60 of the world’s most extraordinary hotels, with Jetwing Vil Uyana standing as the sole Sri Lankan resort on this prestigious […]
Bollywood stars have been invited to park their yachts in Sri Lanka and experience what the country has on offer, Tourism Minister Harin Fernando said. The Minister said that among the attractions on offer are over 100 shipwrecks around the island. Speaking at an event in London, the Tourism Minister said that Sri Lanka is […]
State Minister of Social Empowerment Anupa Pasqual attending a press conference held at the Presidential Media Center today (08), said that promoting accessible travel and creating an inclusive environment will be the theme for this year’s International Day of Persons with disabilities. The United Nations has declared December 3 as the International Day of Persons […]
Sri Lanka bagged the prestigious British Guild of Travel Writers Tourism Award for the Best International Tourism project in the Wider World for The Pekoe Trail, at the Annual Gala Awards held in London on Sunday (05).
MMBL- Pathfinder Joint Venture Intertek Lanka, the MMBL-Pathfinder joint venture with Intertek Caleb Brett (UK) is known for its expertise in qualitative and quantitative analytical assessment services to the oil and gas, chemical, and other commodities markets. In early 2021 Intertek Lanka invested in the Hambantota International Port, establishing an on-site state-of-the-art petroleum testing la...
By N Sathiya Moorthy In a television interview last month, Foreign Minister Ali Sabry reportedly said that the Government of President Ranil Wicrkemesinghe has taken ‘substantial steps to move away from a Welfare State’ in the last 18 months. And he said it not as if it was inevitable under the nation’s economic circumstances and […]
Last week saw determinations by the courts of two long-standing matters that had commanded widespread public interest. The first of these related to the death of Dinesh Schaffter, a leading businessman and the member of a well known business family in Colombo, on the night of December 15, 2022, while under intensive care at the […]
Cassandra is sick to her innermost core seeing on TV daily, multiple protests of motley crowds toting banners and marching all across roads and in many instances being tear gassed and water cannoned. She is sure that like her, five sixths of adult citizens in this doomed and gloomed land are sick of these protests. […]