Category: Tourism

Sri Lanka Tourist Board vowed to make a quick and painless recovery from the devastating tsunami wave damage to one third of the country’s hotel rooms.Sri Lanka Tourist Board vowed to make a quick and painless recovery from the devastating tsunami wave damage to one third of the country’s hotel rooms. Tourism is Sri Lanka’s […]

Eleven hotels resumed operations in the South after Sunday’s tidal wave caused widespread destruction along the coast and a death toll touching 25,000. Location Hotels in Operation Hotels out of  Operation Bent

Sri Lankan tourism authorities ask foreign tourists to stay away for the next few weeks, as the tsunami hit island grapples with evacuation needs in-house and from the Maldives.Sri Lankan tourism authorities ask foreign tourists to stay away for the next few weeks, as the tsunami hit island grapples with evacuation needs in-house and from […]

Converting hotel halls and clubs into makeshift shelters, the Tourism Ministry has got together some 200 beds in city hotels to house tourists stranded after the weekend disaster.Converting hotel halls and clubs into makeshift shelters, the Tourism Ministry has got together some 200 beds in city hotels to house tourists stranded after the weekend disaster. […]

It’s the day of death in the Paradise isle on Monday with the body count of locals and foreigners rising as the seawaters subsided following tidal wave that has taken over 5,000 lives and displaced over a million people in Sri Lanka.It’s the day of death in the Paradise isle on Monday with the body […]

A British tourist died when this Indian Ocean paradise of the Maldives was hit by unprecedented tidal waves that flooded two thirds of the capital island and shut the airport, officials said.A British tourist died when this Indian Ocean paradise of the Maldives was hit by unprecedented tidal waves that flooded two thirds of the […]

Sri Lanka’s tourism authorities send rescue vehicles to the Southern parts of the island, to transport tourists from tidal wave zones to safety in Colombo.Sri Lanka’s tourism authorities send rescue vehicles to the Southern parts of the island, to transport tourists from tidal wave zones to safety in Colombo. “We sent 20 vehicles to the […]

The world’s most powerful earthquake in 40 years triggered massive tidal waves that slammed into villages and seaside resorts across Asia on Sunday, killing more than 3,300 people in five countries.The world’s most powerful earthquake in 40 years triggered massive tidal waves that slammed into villages and seaside resorts across Asia on Sunday, killing more […]

Tourist arrivals are expected to grow by 20 percent next year fuelled by Indian arrivals and a change of marketing strategy.Tourist arrivals are expected to grow by 20 percent next year fuelled by Indian arrivals and a change of marketing strategy. In November this year India displaced UK as Sri Lanka’s chief tourist market because […]

Sri Lanka’s tourism industry is set to wrap up its best year ever thanks to a truce between troops and Tiger rebels, but fears of a return to war have made the flourishing sector jittery once again.Sri Lanka’s tourism industry is set to wrap up its best year ever thanks to a truce between troops […]

Sri Lanka’s tourism industry is set to wrap up its best year ever thanks to a truce between troops and Tiger rebels, but fears of a return to war have made the flourishing sector jittery once again.Sri Lanka’s tourism industry is set to wrap up its best year ever thanks to a truce between troops […]

Sri Lanka will drum up support for its tourism industry, with a band of international percussion artists beating it out in late March.Sri Lanka will drum up support for its tourism industry, with a band of international percussion artists beating it out in late March. The Tourist Board Chairman Udaya Nanayakara hopes the event will […]