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Aitken Spence Travels will be available at SATTE 2023, from 09th – 11th February 2023 at India EXPO Centre and Mart, Greater Noida. Meet our experts to explore tourism in Sri Lanka From http://travelandtourslk.blogspot.com/

The Tata Steel and Tata Tiscon annual dealer conference will commence in Colombo on 7th February, with over 650 delegates from India.  Tata Steel, is one of the world’s most geographically diversified steel producers with operations that are fully integrated – from mining to the manufacturing and marketing of finished products. They form part of […]

Madu River, which flows across Balapitiya is one of the most bio-diversity rich water safari one can take. With a cluster of 64 small islands, and a world of mangrove, the boat rides offer a scenic excursion covering “Kurundu Doowa (Cinnamon Isle)” where a family maintains a cinnamon plantation, “Koth Doowa” (Island of the Pinnacle) […]

Sri Lanka, historically renowned as Taprobane, Serendib and Ceylon, was famous for its high-quality spices throughout history. Back in the days it maintained relations with the Greeks, Romans and Arabs through its spice trade. Sri Lanka was popular mainly for its spice & ivory found in the island and as a result in the Old […]

The country has seen significant progress in international airlines operating in Sri Lanka boosting connectivity and the attractiveness of the destination.  As per the latest statistics, 20 top global international airlines are operating in the country and have almost come to pre-pandemic frequency levels. Apart from the national carrier, SriLankan Airlines; Emirates, Qatar Airways, Singapore […]

The Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority stated that the total number of foreign tourists who have visited Sri Lanka in the month of January 2023, is 102,545. Russia remains the top source market, recording 25,254 arrivals followed by India with 13,759 tourist arrivals. Source: https://www.sltda.gov.lk/storage/common_media/WeeklyArrivals1-31January2023.pdf From http://travelandtourslk.blogspot.com/

Sri Lanka has been listed 09th among the 50 most instagrammable places in the world for 2023 by ‘Big 7 Travel’. This small island nation may not be as well-known as some of the other destinations on our list, but it’s definitely worth a visit. With over 13 million Instagram hashtags and 16.4 billion TikTok […]

Aitken Spence Travels the premiere destination management company in Sri Lanka, will welcome the first charter flight for the year from Uzbekistan on Friday 27th January 2023 to the Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport (MRIA) with more than 200 holiday makers.  Uzbekistan Airways will operate weekly flights commencing today and will continue till end of March […]

Sri Lanka Convention Bureau all set to host first-ever MICE Expo from 13 to 15 March Tourism Minister Harin Fernando declares industry aims to earn over $ 300 m from MICE in 2023Reiterates MICE tourism as a key segment SL can push numbers and earningsExpresses confidence in tourism industry making a strong recovery in 2023SLCB Chief […]

Aitken Spence Travels, the premiere destination management company in Sri Lanka was featured at Fitur 2023, International Tourism Fair held from 18th to 23rd January 2023 at IFEMA, MADRID. Fitur is a global meeting point for tourism professionals and a leading fair for inbound and outbound markets in Latin America. From http://travelandtourslk.blogspot.com/