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Oct 07
Strengthening tourism; Sri Lanka tourism promotion workshop in Belgium

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 […]

Oct 07
“Tap & Go”: New Fuel Pass scheme for tourists

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 […]

Oct 05
ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ උතුරු නැගෙනහිර අපේ උරුමය – 2 කොටස.

යාපනයේ දඹකොළ පටුන විහාරස්ථානය. අමා එච් වන්නිආරච්චි විසිනි. (අගෝස්තු 19 වැනි දින, Ceylon Today පුවත්පතේ, අමා එච්. වන්නිආරච්චි විසින් රචිත Heritage in Peril යනුවෙන් පළ වූ ලිපියේ සිංහල පරිවර්තනයයි.)  නූතන උතුරු පළාත දිස්ත්‍රික්ක පහකින් සමන්විත වේ; යාපනය, කිලිනොච්චිය, මන්නාරම, මුලතිව් සහ වවුනියාව. වර්තමාන උතුරු පළාතම පාහේ ඓතිහාසික යුගයේදී පුරාණ උත්තර පස්ස හෝ පුරාණ උතුරු ප්‍රදේශය … Continue reading ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ උතුරු නැගෙනහිර අපේ උරුමය – 2 කොටස. →

Oct 05
Australia relaxes travel advisory on Sri Lanka

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 […]

Oct 04
New express train service from Colombo to Anuradhapura

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 […]

Oct 04
Tukka Wadu kolam mask center – Ambalangoda

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 […]

Oct 04
Saraii Village – the true “essence” of Sri Lanka

Saraii Village is an eco-tourism resort in the South of Sri Lanka, built for responsible travelers to experience the true essence of Sri Lankan life, while giving back to the community and the planet. Saraii believes that travel is not just about seeing the new, but about feeling and breathing in a rustic experience that […]

Oct 03
Sustainability takes centre stage in Aitken Spence Travels’ International Tourism Day celebrations

Aitken Spence Travels, Sri Lanka’s leading DMC, commemorated World Tourism Day, under the timely theme of “Rethinking Tourism for Inclusivity and Sustainability”. A series of engagement initiatives were conducted with the support and participation of the entire team, centring on the three pillars of Community, People and Planet from the 27th to the 29th of […]

Oct 03
Airline Startup Of The Week: Sri Lanka’s Private FitsAir

The Sri Lankan aviation industry is about to welcome a new budget airline within the coming weeks, as FitsAir is gearing up to operate its first international commercial flights in the first week of October. FitsAir is backed by Aberdeen Holdings and will also become the country’s first-ever privately-owned airline, signifying a double milestone for the […]

Oct 03
Moonstone advertised for auction at the Bonhams auction in London, United Kingdom – The study report

The study report was done by the Mr. Wijerathne Bohingamuwa, DPhil/PhD Research Student School of Archaeology, University of Oxford. Some extracts from the report is given below and you can download the report from following link. low price propecia archaeology.lk like to take this opportunity to thank Mr. Wijerathne Bohingamuwa for his time and commitment to […]