Pigeon Island National Park with its white powdery beaches on the east coast of Sri Lanka is an aquaphile’s dream. Snorkellers are drawn to the splendour of its ocean’s residents—shy reef sharks, endangered turtles, bright-coloured fish such as lionfish, raggedfin parrotfish, humphead wrasse, blue-ringed angelfish, cornet fish, boxfish, surgeonfish, eels, butterfly fish, squids, octopus, or the soft […]

Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau hosted two Polish Social Media influencers, Enriquo Buscema (TV host) and Wojciech Alexander, (Producer) of the popular Polish TV channel “Motowizja”. They will be also be filming some footage of Sri Lanka for their program, “Motowizjoner” (Motowizja starts) for a bike tour across the country, to increase more Polish visits […]

The High Commission of Sri Lanka in Dhaka together with the Sri Lankan expatriate community and associations organized a reception on Tuesday at Sheraton Dhaka to showcase trade, investment and tourism opportunities in Sri Lanka. The event was organized in line with the celebration of the 75th anniversary of Sri Lanka’s Independence, gathering an audience […]

Sri Lanka is unique in a number of ways. The street food and drink culture of the island nation is an integral part of its culinary heritage. From the spicy Kottu Roti to the refreshing King Coconut Water, there’s something for everyone to savor. Read on for more… The next time you’re in Sri Lanka, […]

First 26 days of Feb. draw 100,536 tourists, pushing cumulative arrivals to 203,081  For the first time after 2019, Sri Lanka Tourism has recorded over 100,000 tourist arrivals in two consecutive months this year so far. Boosted by Russian travellers, during the first 26 days of February, a total of 100,536 tourists arrived in the […]

Asia-Pacific airlines post 363.3% rise in full year international 2022 traffic maintaining the strongest year-over-year rate among the regions The International Air Transport Association (IATA) recently announced that the recovery in air travel continued in December 2022 and for the full year. Total traffic in 2022 (measured in revenue passenger kilometres or RPKs) rose 64.4% […]

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Aitken Spence Travels (AST) will welcome a charter flight from Bulgaria on 02nd March 2023 to the Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport (MRIA) with 200 holiday makers. The visitors from Bulgaria will be discovering Sri Lanka with excursions to explore the vivid culture of the country including Kandy city, the cultural triangle, Pinnawela, the misty mountains […]

Sri Lanka will launch a new tourism mobile app consisting of seven languages for the protection of foreign tourists, Tourism Minister Harin Fernando announced.  Addressing an event, Minister Fernando said that the mobile app will register all three-wheelers and a bar code will be displayed on the vehicle for foreign tourists to scan. The Police […]

Sri Lanka continues to bask in the global spotlight for its unique tourism offerings in 2023 and this time it is for the top next wildlife safari experiences outside of Africa. The country has been recognised as a ‘Top Wildlife Safaris Outside of Africa’ this year by the renowned Forbes magazine. Add in a Sri […]

The five-year partnership will feature three title races in 2023 including the Formula 1 Grand Prix Qatar Qatar Airways will be the title sponsor of the MotoGP Grand Prix of Qatar  Qatar Airways, the World’s Best Airline is now the Global Partner and Official Airline of Formula 1®(F1®), the pinnacle of motorsport and the world’s […]

Sri Lanka Tourism recently hosted two social media influencers from Tamil Nadu, India, namely Shivaani Mathesh and Vishwa Sakthivel, who arrived at the destination with the purpose of going on an all island bike tour, covering all 9 provinces of Sri Lanka. The event was titled ‘’1700 km bike ride’’ as they went on to […]