If I ask you, what is the world’s most famous painting? No doubt your answer will be the Mona Lisa. Mona Lisa is of course the world’s most famous painting and one of the greatest masterpieces in the world. At a glance, this 77cm by 63cm size oil painting, is not that mesmerising, nor does The post The secrets behind her smile appeared first on Ceylon Today.

Although Sri Lankan tourism is yet to recover from consecutive challenges, global growth trends in tourism have seen Sri Lankan businesses start to gradually revive amidst the eased political unrest and availability of necessities, stated a First Capital Research (FCR) report on tourism forecasts.  Inbound tourists in Sri Lanka went downhill shortly after April, amidst […]

Create awareness among football-playing nations that Sri Lanka is a destination during the extended breaks between games.Promotional activities will be carried out by the DMCs and via social media.2022 Qatar World Cup is scheduled to take place in the city of Doha from 20 November to 18 December. Sri Lanka Tourism has commenced promotional activities […]

Announces plan to increase frequency from twice to thrice weekly flights from Nov. to March 2023Tourism Minister Harin Fernando says SL expects an influx of tourists from Nov. onwards Russia’s flag carrier – Aeroflot arrived in Sri Lanka yesterday, resuming flights between Moscow and Colombo after a lapse of four months, whilst announcing that it […]

Located at the far end of our little island paradise, the Dambakola Patuna Temple is one of the major tourist attractions in the Jaffna Peninsula. It is a place where you can enjoy the scenic beauty of the Indian Ocean, the mesmerising beauty of the peninsula, and the remnants of Sri Lanka’s glorious past. The The post Dambakola Patuna Temple, Jaffna appeared first on Ceylon Today.

The Embassy of Sri Lanka in Brussels conducted a tourism promotion workshop in Namur, Belgium on 04 October 2022. The Governor of the Namur Province, Denis Mathen, inaugurated the workshop and spoke in favour of promoting Sri Lanka as a holiday destination for the people in the province. This is the first time a Sri Lanka […]

The friendliest countries in the world: 2022 Readers’ Choice Awards Sri Lanka has been recognized as one of the top 10 friendliest countries in the world. ” They say you can travel the world and you’ll never find anywhere as welcoming as home, but we don’t quite think that’s true. From the ever-beaming people of […]

A Fuel Pass scheme for foreign tourists visiting Sri Lanka was launched on 05th of October 2022. Minister of Tourism said the ‘Tap & Go’ Fuel Pass for tourists is being launched with the collaboration of a prominent telecommunication partner and the Minister of Energy.  Minister further said that a Fuel Pass scheme for those […]

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In a fresh boost to tourism, the Australian government has relaxed travel advisory on Sri Lanka. Effective 05 October, Australia said: “We’ve lowered the travel advice level. We now advise you exercise a high degree of caution.” Accordingly, Sri Lanka is now in the yellow list. The change indicates the decrease of overall risk level […]

Mass Media, Transport and Highways Minister Dr. Bandula Gunawardena says that an express train will operate from Colombo to the sacred city of Anuradhapura every weekend from next week. He said that the train leaving Colombo Fort on Saturday morning to Anuradhapura will return to Colombo Fort from Anuradhapura the next day. The Minister announced […]

Kolam is a Sri Lankan inherited traditional classical performance art that consists of four main characters: human characters, raksha (King Ravana’s warriors), imaginary characters, and animal characters. The specialty of this art is that each character has an individual mask, and all female characters are performed by male artists. A special kind of drum known […]