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Sri Lanka has expressed interest in having a closer collaboration with ASEAN. The Heads of ASEAN Missions in Sri Lanka hosted a dinner in honor of President Ranil Wickremesinghe in Colombo last evening (Wednesday). They discussed, among others, the advancement of ASEAN and Sri Lanka cooperation, including in trade, investment, and tourism. The dinner was […]

Daily arrival average for first two weeks of March improves to 4,141  Sri Lanka is witnessing a steady inflow of international tourist arrivals for the month of March, with the arrivals crossing the 50,000 mark, as of March 13. The provisional data from the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority showed that for the first 13 […]

Sri Lanka is expecting 1.55 million tourists in 2023 led by visitors from India, Chairman of Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority Priyantha Fernando said. “We are targeting almost 260,000 India arrivals this year,” Fernando told EconomyNext. “With the Chinese traffic opening up of this month there will be further increases. “We are expecting 1.55 million […]

Sri Lanka Tourism will host the first-ever MICE Expo next week to position the country as a year-round business destination. The three-day event is scheduled to be held from 13 to 15 March at Shangri-La, Colombo and aims to draw around 150 participants from identified key markets from India, China, Russia, Australia, the Middle East, […]

ITB – The world’s leading travel and trade show opened in Berlin, Germany on 7th March 2023 on a positive note.  With more than 10,000 exhibitors, from 60+ countries and around 160 000 trade visitors, ITB is considered as one of the most important events in the travel and tourism industry. Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau […]

Tourist arrivals are averaging over 4,000 per day this month as against the 3,800 level in the last few months, mainly boosted by Russian travellers. Sri Lanka has welcomed 24,363 tourists during the first six days of the month, whilst daily arrivals have hit 4,061, the provisional data by the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority […]

The first group of Chinese tourists to arrive via direct flight to Sri Lanka following the COVID-19 pandemic reached the Katunayake Airport on Wednesday (1) night. Accordingly, 125 Chinese tourists reached Sri Lanka from Guangzhou aboard a SriLankan Airlines flight at 11:10 PM. Tourism Minister Harin Fernando, State Foreign Minister Tharaka Balasuriya, and Chinese Ambassador […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]