Category: Tourism
Technology changing the face of travel bookings, Sri Lanka should be more concerned
Oct 7, 2015 (LBO) – Sri Lanka tourism sector needs to look into travel booking platforms using internet and mobile technology to attract more visitors to the island, an analysts told a forum held in Colombo. “One of the consumer surveys that we did shows that foremost of any travel booking is use of internet,” […]
Tourist arrivals up 36-pct driven by arrivals from India and China
Oct 04, 2015 (LBO) Sri Lanka’s tourist arrivals rose to 143,374 visitors, up 35.9 percent in September 2015 from a year ago, a statement said.Arrivals for the nine months to September were up 17.1 percent to 1,315,839 from a year ago, the latest tourism data shows. In September India arrivals rose 41.5 percent to 27,233 while Chinese […]
US, next possible big source market for Sri Lanka Tourism– Analyst
Sep 29, 2015 (LBO) – Sri Lanka should attract more US tourists, making use of the geographical position of the island near to India, in which the US is the top key arrivals generator, an analyst said.“India can be the number one source market for Sri Lanka, because they are geographically located closer,” Shabori Das, […]
Sri Lanka’s tourism should integrate economy to drive growth: Hotelier
Sep 28, 2015 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s tourism industry which is booming post-conflict should ideally integrate the economy in to the sector to drive sustainable tourism though economically viable products, an hotelier said. “In all our efforts we should strive to integrate the economy to the industry, so that we have authentic, sustainable tourism products […]
Investor: Future bright for Sri Lanka if policies are consistent, says intl hotel developer
Sept 24, 2015 (LBO) – With more stability in Sri Lanka, investors are keen to make long-term commitments, but their one ask is that policies are clear and remain consistent, Goulam Amarsy, an international hotel developer said. Amarsy appreciated the potential of the island during his first visit to Sri Lanka in August. Now he […]
Sri Lanka eyes conference travellers, India is a key market: official
Sep 22, 2015 (LBO) – Sri Lanka plans to attract more business visitors through promoting the country as a destination for conferences and business meetings, an official said.“We are no longer in a numbers game,” Vipula Wanigasekera, chief executive of Sri Lanka Convention Bureau said at a forum held Monday.“Future tourist has been identified as […]
Sri Lanka Aug tourist arrivals up 18.7 pct, China and India drive growth
Sep 04, 2015 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s tourist arrivals rose 18.7 percent to 166,610 in August 2015 from a year earlier, driven by China and India, data from the state tourism promotion office showed. In the eight months of 2015 arrivals were up 17.1 percent to 1,172,465. Indian arrivals increased 27.9 percent to 151,427 while […]
‘s growing religious tourism market
Sep 4, 2015 (LBO) – Sri Lanka tourism promotion bureau said that it plans to tap China’s growing religious tourists as almost 85 percent of the people in China hold some religious belief or practice some kind of religion according to Chinese spiritual life survey conducted in 2012 by the Beijing-based Horizon Research Consultancy Group. […]
Sri Lanka foreigners to pluck more tea for Guinness Record
Aug 25, 2015 (LBO) – Sri Lanka will aim for a Guinness Record this week by having 3,000 kilograms of tea plucked with the help of 200 foreigners before serving 35,000 cups of tea at the Esala Perahera procession, tourism promotion office said.The event at Pedro Estate in the Central Province hill country of Nuwara […]
Sri Lanka’s Browns & Co plans tourism industry expansion
Aug 20, 2015 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s household goods retailer Brown & Company wants to build two hotels in Maldives and expand from its current 308 operational rooms to approximately 1,000 in the near future, the company said. “As the tourism industry continues to grow rapidly, Browns will partner by contributing approximately 1,000 rooms in […]
Aitken Spence updates plans for tourism sector
Aug 11, 2015 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s diversified conglomerate Aitken Spence recently disclosed their future plans with regard to one of their core segments, the tourism sector.Aitken Spence has several large resort construction projects taking place in Negombo, Kalutara and Ahungalla that are expected to add around 750 rooms to the sector. Aitken Spence Deputy […]
China tops tourist arrivals to Sri Lanka in July
Aug 05, 2015 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s tourist arrivals rose 31 percent from a year earlier to 175,804 in July 2015 with China becoming the top generating market, data from the state tourism promotion office showed. Chinese arrivals rose 65.5 perecnt to 25,120 from a year earlier, while the total in the seven months to […]