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The Knuckles Mountain Range, also known as the Knuckles Massif (“Dumbara Mitiyawatha,” which means “The Misty Valley”), is a part of Sri Lanka’s Hill Country that rises above 3000 feet or 915 meters above sea level and covers an area of about 90 square miles or 234 square kilometers. This is also called as Knuckles […]

The Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority stated that the total number of foreign tourists who have visited Sri Lanka in the period up to December 26, 2022, is 701,331. The month of December records a total of 73,314 tourist arrivals. Russia emerged as the top source market, reflecting 15,681 of total arrivals during the first […]

Going parallel with the Christmas and New Year celebrations prevailing in the country, the Uva province Tourism Ministry in collaboration with the Ella Pradeshiya Sabha, has made all arrangements to host an exclusive treat for the Christmas and New Year season for locals as well as tourists, who are visiting the country for the winter […]

TOURISM COMMUNIQUE – Sri Lanka Tourism Promotions Bureau Ending the roller-coaster year 2022, Sri Lanka tourism is planning an aggressive marketing and promotional campaign targeting the latter half of the winter season. The time is appropriate to highlight the message that Sri Lanka not only offers some of the best attractions but is also safe […]

Aitken Spence Travels spirited up the cruise tourism with the arrival of “Silver Spirit”, a luxury cruise ship calling over to the port of Colombo yesterday.  Under the ownership of the Lefebvre Family (Rome, Italy), “Silver Spirit” is operated by Silversea Cruises and Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd (RCCL). The local ground operations will be managed […]

Seldom has so little money been spent by so few to gain so much luxury as Sri Lanka now offers. With the British Government now giving a green light for travel to the country, tourists are being offered unprecedented bargains following the almost total tourism shutdown earlier in the year due to fears about riots and food […]

SLTDA believes Indian market holds more potential Eyes Russian, British, German, French markets too Sri Lanka Tourism is looking forward to attracting more tourists from India to the country in the upcoming year. Speaking to The Morning Business, Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA) Chairman Priantha Fernando stated: “In 2023, the main tourist target market will be […]

Russia, India and UK emerge as top source markets for Dec. thus farYTD arrivals pushed to 678,392 Sri Lanka has welcomed over 50,000 tourists during the first 20 days of the month, boosted by Russian visitors.  A total of 50,375 tourists have already arrived in the country during the first 20 days of the month, […]

Aitken Spence Travels (Pvt.) Ltd emerged as the most sustainable destination management company (DMC) and role model of sustainability in the tourism industry, at the recently held Sustainability Awards 2022, organized by the AHK (Delegation of German Industry and Commerce in Sri Lanka), together with the Friedrich Naumann Foundation.  Sustainability Awards 2022 serves to recognize […]

Sri Lanka, the Pearl of Indian ocean is rich in culture and tradition. Among its significances traditional dancing is one of the extravagant aspects of its culture. By define, dancing is the rhythmic movement of the human body and the iconic expression of the soul, and Sri Lankan traditional dancing is a good example. Origin […]