Sri Lanka in ADB-funded regional tourism effort
Dec 11, 2008 (LBO) - Sri Lanka is among five countries included in an Asian Development Bank (ADB) funded plan to promote south Asian regional tourism and …
Dec 11, 2008 (LBO) - Sri Lanka is among five countries included in an Asian Development Bank (ADB) funded plan to promote south Asian regional tourism and …
Dec 04, 2008 (LBO) - A series of strikes that hit Maldivian resorts, including several managed by Sri Lanka's Aitken Spence group are ending, after the strikes …
December 3, 2008 (AFP) - Sri Lanka operated special flights to a Thai military base to evacuate all its 378 nationals stranded in Thailand due to political …
Dec 2, 2008 (LBO) - Over 100 people attached to Sri Lankan Aitken Spence Group's Meedhuparu Island resort in the Maldives, have struck work demanding better …
Nov 28, 2008 Sri Lanka's hoteliers are bracing for a tough winter season with occupancy levels being hit by cancellations amid global turmoil while the …
Nov 16, 2008 (LBO) - At the site on an ancient monastery in Sri Lanka, a group of British visitors are peering into ponds, looking closely at stone walls and …
Oct 23, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s tourism promotion agency will market Sri Lanka to Indians on a state by state basis, with the Gujarat in Andhra …
Oct 22, 2008 (LBO) - Foreign visitors to Sri Lanka fell 20 percent in September with generating markets in Western Europe and India recording steep falls, the …
MINNERIYA, Sri Lanka, (AFP) - As evening falls, a female elephant and her pink-skinned baby emerge from the jungle for a leafy snack around an ancient …
Sept 24, 2008 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's tourism promotion agency has launched a campaign to encourage local travel as part of efforts to revive the industry, hit …
Sept 23, 2008 (LBO) – Tourist arrivals in to Sri Lanka in August fell sharply from a year ago but bookings for the winter season look promising for …
SIGIRIYA, September 19, 2008 (AFP) - With wetlands and jungles teeming with colourful butterflies and exotic primates, Sri Lanka is planning to lure a new type …
Sept 15, 2008 (LBO) - India's Taj Group says it has appointed a new manager to the 120-room Taj Airport Garden Hotel in Seeduwa, north of the Sri Lankan …
Sept 09, 2008 (LBO) - Sri Lanka is to offer a new tourism zone for development in Kalpitiya in the country's north western coast, which has 14 islands in which …
Sept 01, 2008 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's Hemas group says its tour operating unit will be more active in the Maldives after a tie-up with Zurich based Diethelm Travel …
Aug 14, 2008 (LBO) - A beach festival in Sri Lanka's Hikkaduwa coastal tourist town has filled up hotels to full capacity and set the stage for an annual event …
July 16, 2008 (LBO) - Sri Lanka is scrambling to head off an imminent travel warning from Japan, in a bid to save the struggling tourism industry from a new …
July 11, 2008 (AFP) - Sri Lanka attracted fewer holidaymakers in June, the island's main tourism promotion authority said Friday, blaming the drop in the …
June 30, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's Aitken Spence conglomerate has won an award for the best water villas in the Maldivian atolls, the company said. Aitken …
June 30, 2008 (LBO) – The World Bank has agreed to provide funds to the Sri Lankan government for a tourism initiative among small entrepreneurs and …