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Heritance Kandalama named One of the Best Hotels by Condé Nast...
Heritance Kandalama has been named as one of the Best Hotels in Sri Lanka by Condé Nast Traveller India. Designed by the visionary architect...
SLTDA renews call for visa-free access for 67-countries
Sri Lanka Tourism Develo-pment Authority (SLTDA) Chairman Priantha Fernando highlighted the potential benefits of a proposed visa-free travel policy, targeting citizens from 67 countries.
He...
Tourist arrivals in May likely to surpass 100,000: Analysts
Despite being a slow month, tourist arrivals are on track to exceed 100,000 by the end of May, industry analysts predict. This influx is...
Tourism earnings top $ 1.25 b in first four months
Sri Lanka’s tourism industry has demonstrated a remarkable resurgence, raking in over $ 1.25 billion in revenue during the first four months of 2024,...
Colombo among first destinations to join Emirates’ A350 network
Colombo will be among the first set of destinations to be served by Emirates’ A350 aircraft entering service in September 2024, the airline announced...
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...