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Tourist arrivals to Sri Lanka are expected to surpass 100,000 in May 2024, though they will fall short of the target range of 120,934 to 131,112.The post Tourist arrivals to Sri Lanka set to exceed 100,000 mark in May 2024 appeared first on Sri Lanka News | Breaking News & Top Stories in Sri Lanka | ONLANKA.
- TOURIST ARRIVALS HAVE DOUBLED FROM JANUARY TO MAY. (Category: Breaking News)
- Tourist arrivals have doubled from January to May (Category: Breaking News)
- Travel Trend (Category: Business)
- Arrival Update (Category: Business)
Calls for Indian travelers to boycott the Maldives is “absolutely” helping Sri Lanka’s travel industry, the country’s Tourism Minister Harin Fernando said Wednesday.The post Indian travelers’ boycott of Maldives is helping Sri Lanka, says Tourism Minister appeared first on Sri Lanka News | Breaking News & Top Stories in Sri Lanka | ONLANKA.
- Indian travelers boycott of Maldives is helping Sri Lanka, says Tourism Minister (Category: Breaking News)
- Fallout between the Maldives and India is ‘absolutely’ benefiting Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Kimarli Fernando resigns as chairperson of Sri Lanka Tourism (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka requests to host IPL matches (Category: Breaking News)
Calls for Indian travelers to boycott the Maldives is “absolutely” helping Sri Lanka’s travel industry, the country’s Tourism Minister Harin Fernando said. “The Maldives issue is … helping us,” Fernando told CNBC, referencing a social media row in January that resulted in a sharp drop in Indian visitors to the Maldives this year. India was the […]
- Indian travelers’ boycott of Maldives is helping Sri Lanka, says Tourism Minister (Category: Breaking News)
- Harin labels Wimal as a barking dog (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka requests to host IPL matches (Category: Breaking News)
- Indian travelers boycott of Maldives is helping Sri Lanka, says Tourism Minister (Category: Breaking News)
VFS Global says the decision to grant or reject a visa in Sri Lanka is at the sole discretion of the Department of Immigration and Emigration in Sri Lanka and not the private company. Issuing a statement, VFS Global said that the Department of Immigration & Emigration (DI&E) has signed a tripartite contract with GBS […]
- VFS Global responds (Category: Breaking News)
- VFS Global clarifies Sri Lanka’s E-Visa system amidst controversy (Category: Breaking News)
- Visa scandal exposed after airport chaos (Category: Breaking News)
- BIA thrown into turmoil as foreign firm handles on-arrival visa counter (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka has made record earnings from tourism in the first 45 days of this year, amounting to seven billion rupees (about 22.4 million U.S. dollars) from 306,708 tourists. Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA) Director General Nalin Perera said that there is a surge in tourism in Sri
- Sri Lanka recorded over 47,000 tourist arrivals so far this year (Category: Breaking News)
- Over 16,000 tourist arrivals in first week of December  Tourism Ministry (Category: Breaking News)
- Country attracts more than 800,000 tourists by 8 August (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka records over 100,000 tourists for 2nd consecutive month in 2023 (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka received 1,487,303 tourists in 2023, the latest statistics released by the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA) show. This is an increase of over 100 percent in comparison to the previous year, which recorded 719,978 arrivals, the data shows. The last month alone the country
Sri Lanka received over 1.4 million tourists by the end of the third week of December, the latest statistics released by the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA) show. The SLTDA weekly report on tourist arrivals released on Saturday (23) shows that 1,404,998 tourists had arrived
- Tourist arrivals to Sri Lanka surpass 1.4 mln this year (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka records nearly 720,000 tourist arrivals in 2022 (Category: Breaking News)
- More than 100,000 tourists visit Sri Lanka in first 15 days of 2024 (Category: Breaking News)
- SL notches more than 100 percent increase in tourist arrivals last year (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka earned 205.3 million US dollars from tourism during the month of November 2023, which is over twice the amount in the corresponding month in 2022, the latest data by the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) have revealed. The revenue from tourism in November 2022 was 81 million dollars, according to official data.The […]
- Travel Trend (Category: Business)
- Tourist arrivals increase in November (Category: Breaking News)
- Sports Draw (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka Marks First Anniversary of Civil War End (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka’s Cabinet has approved plans to waive visa fees for tourists visiting Sri Lanka from seven countries.The post Sri Lanka approves visa-free entry for tourists from 07 countries appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Top Stories.
- Sri Lanka welcomes over 800,000 tourists in May (Category: Breaking News)
- Thailand introduces Visa-Free entry for Sri Lankan tourists and expands travel benefits (Category: Breaking News)
- Chinese tourists visit Sri Lanka for the first time since COVID-19 (Category: Breaking News)
- 101,362 tourist arrivals to Sri Lanka in the first 15 days of 2024 (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka recorded 624,874 tourist arrivals by end of June this year and is confident of reaching its target of 2 million tourist arrivals by the end of this year. Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau (SLTPB ) with the support of Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA) and Sri Lanka
- Tourist arrivals in Sri Lanka cross 200,000 in December (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka targets more tourists from Australia (Category: Breaking News)
- UK relaxes travel advise on Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Forbes lists Sri Lanka as one of the 23 best places to visit in 2023 (Category: Breaking News)
The tourist arrivals to Sri Lanka from January to April 20, 2023 have topped the 400,000 mark, indicating the island nation’s tourism industry is firmly on the path of recovery.The post Sri Lanka’s tourist arrivals top 400,000 mark in 2023 appeared first on Sri Lanka's Latest Breaking News and Top Stories - ONLANKA News.
- Sri Lanka recorded 143, 039 tourist arrivals in July, 2023 (Category: Breaking News)
- Over 80% of August tourist arrival target reached – SLTDA (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka recognized as one of top affordable vacation destinations (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka welcomes over 800,000 tourists in May (Category: Breaking News)
Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau (SLTPB), told […]
- Sri Lanka to carry out tourism promotion activities in nine markets (Category: Breaking News)
- Research and Markets: Sri Lanka Tourism Report Q1 2012 - It Is Clear That 2012 Will Be another B... (Category: Breaking News)
- Long Hunt (Category: Business)
- New Watchdog (Category: Business)
Sri Lanka will carry out tourism promotion campaigns in nine markets to boost arrivals this year, Chairperson of Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau (SLTPB), Chalaka Gajabahu, told the media on Thursday. Addressing a press event on the campaign, he said that these campaigns will help the country
- Brisbane markets (Category: Australia, Queensland)
- Lanka to focus on nine key tourism markets (Category: Breaking News)
- Beef Spat (Category: Business)
- Quant trading: How mathematicians rule the markets (Category: Technology)
Russia was the top source market for tourists in Sri Lanka in February. Airport and Aviation Services (Sri Lanka) (Private) (Limited) said that 29,084 tourists arrived in Sri Lanka from Russia in February. The top five source markets for Sri Lanka in February have been Russian Federation, 29,084 (27%), India, 13,714 (13%), United Kingdom 8,575 […]
- First group of post-pandemic Chinese tourists arrive in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- World’s largest passenger airline makes rare landing in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Thailand and Sri Lanka hold 5th Round of FTA talks (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s Kaffir community to be used to attract tourists (Category: Breaking News)
47,353 tourists have arrived in Sri Lanka so far this year, Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA) said.The post Sri Lanka recorded over 47,000 tourist arrivals so far in 2023 appeared first on Sri Lanka News - Latest Breaking News in Sri Lanka - ONLANKA News.
- Chinese tourists visit Sri Lanka for the first time since COVID-19 (Category: Breaking News)
- 101,362 tourist arrivals to Sri Lanka in the first 15 days of 2024 (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka welcomes over 800,000 tourists in May (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s tourist arrivals top 400,000 mark in 2023 (Category: Breaking News)
By MAHADIYA HAMZA ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s tourism revival is facing a challenge in bringing in more high spending foreign visitors due to increasing protests locally while monetary tightening, impacts of Russian invasion into Ukraine, and rising inflation globally.The move is likely to slow the island nation’s recovery from the unprecedented economic crisis as it is […]
- Developing plans and policies without young people is a futile exercise: UNICEF Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Urgent measures needed to halt exodus of skilled personnel (Category: Breaking News)
- UNDP, EU assistance to equip tourism industry for sustainable future (Category: Breaking News)
- OPA panel discussion: The Role of Domestic Aviation in Sri Lanka Tourism (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka tourism is yet to see large foreign visitors after political crisis ended.
- IPO To Raise Rs. 400 mn (Category: Breaking News)
- Apparel producers decry 400% off-peak electricty price hike (Category: Breaking News)
- US$ 400 m India-SL energy transaction in the pipeline (Category: Business)
- $ 400 m IMF lifeline for struggling Sri Lanka (Category: Business)
"We need to provide the right product and think out of the box in this segment. It's highly competitive."
- Bond Auction (Category: Business)
- ‘SL will implement home-grown solution’ (Category: Breaking News)
- Market Flavour (Category: Business)
- Seeking Direction (Category: Business)
By Cassandra Mascarenhas Sri Lanka’s biggest ICT events of 2012, the ASOCIO international conference and the country’s national IT expo INFOTEL, will be held consecutively portraying the country’s persistent ICT development and the significance of the rapidly expanding industry. Hosted by the Federation of Information Technology Industry (FITIS), the Asian-Oceanian Computi...
- Nominations called for ICT Lifetime Achiever 2012 (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka re-elected as Chair of UNESCAP ICT Committee third time (Category: Business)
- Microsoft Sri Lanka Partners ICTA for FutureGov SAARC Summit 2012 (Category: Business)
Commending the considerable role played by Sri Lanka Missions overseas in the field of promoting Tourism, the Sri Lanka Tourism took steps to create a new category of tourism awards for Sri Lanka Missions in promoting Tourism for the year 2011, among its newly introduced 21 award categories
- Foreign Ministry coordinates efforts through Sri Lanka.... (Category: Breaking News)
- Heads of Sri Lankan missions summoned for a special meeting today (Category: Breaking News)
- Guidebook on Sri Lanka in Russian published (Category: Business)
- Guide book on Sri Lanka in Russian language debuts (Category: Business)
Last week I had the opportunity of meeting Hermawan Kartajaya, one of the top 50 gurus who has shaped the world of marketing. His perspective to the changing landscape of marketing and what business must do sure opened my mind set to a new way of thinking business and Sri Lanka’s policy decision making. Hermawan ...
- Storm in Sri Lanka’s teacup: A more pragmatic approach is key (Category: Business)
- Eminent speakers at SLIM International Marketing Conference 2012 tomorrow (Category: Business)
- Honorary Fellow Dr. Hermawan Kartajaya visits SLIM (Category: Business)
- Driving marketing in the boardroom (Category: Business)
US based Marriott International said in a statement that it has signed up with Sri Lanka's East West Properties Plc, to open a 200-room hotel in Weligma, in 2014.The 11-storey Weligama Bay Marriott Resort & Spa, will be operated under Marriott's flagship Marriott Hotels & Resorts brand. "Sri Lanka is a destination that has great potential and opportunity and we hope to capitalise...
- Marriott Debuts in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Marriott International to open its first Sri Lankan hotel in 2014 (Category: Breaking News)
- Eastern Beaches (Category: Business)
Tie-up with East West Properties to see 200-room, 11-storey Weligama Marriott Resort and Space come up in mid 2014Marriott International has announced the signing of an agreement with Weligama Hotel Properties Ltd., a fully-owned subsidiary of East West Properties PLC, to open a hotel in Sri Lanka – the Weligama Marriott Resort & Spa in ...
- Marriott International to open its first Sri Lankan hotel in 2014 (Category: Breaking News)
- Marriott International announces its first hotel in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Marriott Debuts in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Serene wins World Luxury Hotel Country Award again (Category: Business)
Fresh push to woo Chinese tourists and tap greater share of two-way traffic, including to Maldives Upgrade brings total flights to four cities in China including Hong Kong to 21 per week By Nisthar Cassim in Beijing, China In a fresh push to woo more Chinese tourists as well as cater to growing two-way traffic, ...
- Sri Lankan to operate daily flights to Beijing and Shanghai (Category: Breaking News)
- SriLankan to start daily flights to Beijing and Shanghai from next week (Category: Business)
- oneworld CEO and team visit Colombo to welcome SriLankan on board (Category: Business)
- SriLankan to start daily flights to Beijing and Shanghai from next week (Category: Breaking News)
Wide publicity has been given to the events unfolding at the Sri Lanka Tourism regarding the resignation of the Chairman from Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau, Sri Lanka Institute of Tourism and Hotel Management and Sri Lanka Convention Bureau and the performance of the Board of Investment
- Basil bats for PB (Category: Business)
- BOI Board in limbo (Category: Business)
- Combined publicity blitz for Sri Lanka tourism still not 100% ready (Category: Business)
- Nalaka Godahewa tosses three tourism hats (Category: Business)
Sri Lanka’s embassy in Russia has completed an innovative project to further promote Sri Lanka as the preferred tourism destination among the Russian people. Under this project, which was ably supported by Sri Lanka Tourism, they have compiled a tourist guidebook on Sri Lanka in the Russian
- Guide book on Sri Lanka in Russian language debuts (Category: Business)
- Russian oil, tourism giant to set up shop in SL next month (Category: Business)
- Tourism targets 20,000 Russian travellers (Category: Business)
- Tourist guide book on Sri Lanka published in Russian language (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka’s embassy in Russia has completed an innovative project to further promote Sri Lanka as the preferred tourism destination among the Russian people. Under this project, which was ably supported by Sri Lanka tourism, they have compiled a Tourist Guide Book on Sri Lanka in the Russian
- Guidebook on Sri Lanka in Russian published (Category: Business)
- Russian oil, tourism giant to set up shop in SL next month (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka introduces a guide book in Russian language (Category: Breaking News)
- Tourism targets 20,000 Russian travellers (Category: Business)
Expo 2012, organised by the Export Development Board, provided an ideal opportunity to Sri Lanka Tourism industry to promote its product to the international market. At the end of the event, Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau (SLTPB) had been able to achieve its targets successfully. The stall
- SIA joins Sri Lanka Tourism to promote Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- SIA joins Sri Lanka Tourism to promote Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- MasterCard to promote influx of Indian tourists to SL (Category: Breaking News)
- SL Tourism,Mastercard enter deal to woo tourists (Category: Breaking News)
By Uditha Jayasinghe Showcasing the need for vigilance, over 1,500 foreigners who remained illegally in the country after their visas expired were detected within the first two months of 2012, a top immigration official said yesterday. Controller General of Immigration and Emigration Commissioner for Registration of Persons of Indian Origin W. Perera told the Daily ...
- Information of overstaying foreigners requested (Category: Business)
- E Monitoring (Category: Business)
- Frenchman arrested by CID (Category: Breaking News)
- 250 visa overstayers deported (Category: Breaking News)
By Cheranka Mendis Sri Lanka’s tourist arrivals rose 27% to 83,549 in February from a year earlier, continuing the growth momentum established in 2010. Data released by the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority yesterday showed arrivals topping 169,423 during the first two months
- Tourist Arrivals (Category: Business)
- TOURIST ARRIVALS HAVE DOUBLED FROM JANUARY TO MAY. (Category: Breaking News)
- Tourist arrivals have doubled from January to May (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka tourist arrivals up by 27 percent in February over last year (Category: Breaking News)
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