As the situation in Sri Lanka continues to improve, Mastercard yesterday announced its latest effort to promote the island nation as a safe, affordable destination for inbound travellers. With tourism being a key pillar of the country’s economy, restoring holidaymakers’ confidence and appetite to visit Sri Lanka is the natural next step following the relaxation of travel advisories […]

“The eye never knows the edge of anybody.” — Leonardo da Vinci It is because of the painting technique of Mona Lisa that her facial expressions are blurry. Therefore, when we look at her, we capture her expressions in various ways, as if she is a real woman. Leonardo da Vinci studied how ratios of The post Great masterpieces explained: The secrets behind her smile appeared first on Ceylon Today.

For 10 weeks, we have been exploring the Northern and Eastern provinces; their history, and archaeological remains. We understand that the heritage sites in the Northern and Eastern provinces are greatly threatened and vulnerable. These ancient places are silent victims of the country’s still existing ethnic issue and of the 30-year-long war. Many sites were The post HERITAGE IN PERIL appeared first on Ceylon Today.

A bastion of Hindu tradition, art and creative culture, Jaffna is one of the best places to learn about vibrant Sri Lankan cultures and is rising in popularity as a cultural pot of diversity in recent times. There are plenty of interesting, mystic and unexplored places to see in Jaffna including the Jaffna Fort of […]

Based on travel data sets from insights company GWI, the travel sector is continuing to see a strong post-pandemic rebound. It reveals that 57 percent of U.S. consumers are planning an overseas vacation within the next 12 months and 86 percent also eyeing a domestic trip. It seems, however, that they’re still somewhat trepidatious as […]

Improvement seen in weekly arrivalsAverage daily arrivals for October so far is 1,268India, Russia and UK rank as top three markets for October so far  The tourist arrivals for the first half of October have crossed the 20,000 mark, showing an improvement in the rate of international visitors entering the country.  According to the provisional […]

Travel and hotel trade will begin to market attractive packages from WednesdaySLCB Chief commends efforts by Minister and stakeholders Sri Lanka Tourism will begin to market the special travel packages targeting to capture a fraction of the FIFA World Cup 2022 fans from this week, where the stakeholders are aiming to draw around 3,000 to […]

SriLankan Airlines, as a prime promoter of destination Sri Lanka, in a bid to support the country’s tourism recovery drive, will be hosting over 150 international travel agents in Colombo for a commercial conference and a travel mart in mid-November this year.  This will be the first time in recent history that such a large representation […]

“Travelling and exploring the world is one of the best feelings ever but hey, it can be intimidating! If you’re a solo travellers (especially travelling alone as a woman) or someone more vulnerable, you may have a few doubts about going on a trip which is understandable.  However, travelling should be enjoyable for everyone and […]

ජූලි 7 දිනට යෙදී තිබුණු ශ්‍රී ලංකා පුරාවිද්‍යා දෙපාර්තමේන්තුවේ 132 වෙනි සංවත්සරය නිමිත්තෙන් ‘Be The Guardians of Our Heritage’ යන මැයින් Ceylon Today පුවත්පතේ පළ වූ ඉංග්‍රීසි ලිපියේ සිංහල පරිවර්තනය. ජූලි 7 වැනිදා පුරාවිද්‍යා දෙපාර්තමේන්තුවේ (පු.වි.දෙ.) 132 වැනි සංවත්සරය සහ ජාතික පුරාවිද්‍යා දිනය සමරන ලදී. පුරාවිද්‍යා දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව කාර්යක්‍ෂම රාජ්‍ය සේවකයන්, දක්ෂ වෘත්තිකයන් සහ උද්‍යෝගිමත් නායකයන්ගේ … Continue reading අපේ උරුමයේ ආරක්ෂකයන් වන්න. →

SriLankan Airlines, with the High Commission of Sri Lanka in the United Kingdom, hosted 30 of the UK’s premier tour operators recently to discuss positive developments in the tourism landscape of Sri Lanka. Travellers from the UK have long preferred Sri Lanka as a holiday destination, especially during winters, and the UK government has now […]

FIFA World Cup matches will be from 20 November to 18 DecemberQatar Airways is the FIFA World Cup 2022 official airline partnerThe Sri Lanka ‘FIFA Zone’ will be in Negombo Qatar Airways will increase its flight frequency to Colombo during the FIFA World Cup 2022, to woo visitors to Sri Lanka during non-match days, Tourism […]