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Sri Lanka Tourism to rollout global PR and digital campaign from...
Sri Lanka Tourism is gearing up to launch its inaugural comprehensive global public relations (PR) and digital campaign, targeting 15 key identified markets to...
Tourist arrivals could drop below two million this year amidst Visa...
Tourism Industry veterans cautioned that heightened confusion over the new visa system, along with the abrupt increase in visa fees, could derail 2.3 million...
Tourism industry voices concern over MRR and visa hike
Tangerine Group Managing Director Angeline Ondaatjie yesterday highlighted the complexities faced by hoteliers amidst the implementation of the MRR policy.
She explained the challenge of...
Minimum Room Rate to end by May 31
The highly debated Minimum Room Rate (MRR), which has the tourism industry divided, would come to an end, at the end of this month,...
Sri Lanka to declare 49 new tourism zones
Sri Lanka is in the process to designate 49 additional official tourism zones and the new areas will be published in a gazette within...
Semasinghe forecasts over $ 5 b tourism revenue for 2024
State Minister of Finance Shehan Semasinghe expressed confidence in exceeding the $ 5 billion mark by year-end, driven by the strong growth in the...
Sri Lanka unveils new eVisa scheme
The newly launched www.srilankaevisa.lk platform enhances Sri Lanka’s visa processing system by replacing the previous Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) framework.This robust and state-of-the-art platform...
Tourism industry veteran Prema Cooray no more
Highly respected tourism industry veteran Prema Cooray passed away yesterday after a brief illness at a private hospital.
Cooray has a distinguished career, accumulating over...
Harin assures re-implementation of single-entry, 30-day visa from 1 May
Tourism Minister Harin Fernando yesterday revealed plans to amend the recently implemented visa procedures, allowing tourists to apply for a single-entry 30-day visa starting...
Tourism surges with over 100,000 arrivals in first 20 days of...
Sri Lanka’s tourism industry is witnessing a remarkable surge, with the country welcoming over 100,000 tourists in the initial 20 days of April, setting...
