Category: Tourism
Sri Lank tourism infrastructure still has visible gaps: Report
July 13, 2015 (LBO) – Sri Lanka has to continue to invest in improving domestic transport and air connectivity in order to realize the full potential of the industry, a report by a stockbroker said. “At present Sri Lanka’s road network is improving at a slow but steady pace with some of the key areas […]
Sri Lanka Tourism aggressively promote Disney’s “Monkey Kingdom” in China
July 10, 2015 (LBO) – Sri Lanka Tourism said that it will aggressively promote Sri Lanka in the Chinese market by launching Disney’s epic “Monkey Kingdom” in Shanghai, China.The Tourism Promotion Bureau says, as at last week Monkey Kingdom box office sales was at 16.7 million dollars in the US market. “We are also pursuing […]
Kerala government to start a tourism campaign in Sri Lanka
July 08, 2015 (LBO) – Kerala tourism department is to start an aggressive ‘Visit Kerala’ campaign in Sri Lanka, Kerala state tourism minister has said. “Around 2.2 lakh tourists from Sri Lanka visit India every year but very few travel to Kerala,” State tourism minister A. P. Anil Kumar has told Indian media. “We will […]
Sri Lanka Tourist arrivals up 12 pct- in June 2015
July 6, 2015, (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s tourist arrivals rose 11.9 percent to 115,467 in June 2015 from a year earlier, driven by India and China, data from the state tourism promotion office showed. In the year to June, arrivals of visitors were up 14.1 percent to 830,051 from the year before. South Asian visitors […]
Sri Lanka’s hotel sector challenged due to increase of graded room supply: Hayleys
June 23, 2015 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Hayleys, a hotel operator says the hotel sector is challenged due to increase of graded room supply as several new domestic and international players expanding capacity. “The increased supply of graded hotel rooms has led to severe price competition and margin erosion, particularly given the prevalent shift in […]
Sri Lanka Tourism – Air India tap into Trade Tourism
June 18, 2015 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s tourism promotion bureau and Air India signed a joint promotion to target the top end of Delhi outbound traveler into Sri Lanka, a statement said.India is the biggest tourist arrival market for Sri Lanka with Indian arrivals clocking in a 38.2 percent growth in May and cumulative growth […]
Sri Lanka Tourism – Korean Air to promote South Korean market to double the visitors
June 15, 2015 (LBO) – Sri Lanka tourism promotion bureau joined hands with Korea Airlines to promote tourism to the South Korean market in order to double the arrivals to the Island, a statement said. “Sri Lanka currently attracts 13,000 visitors from South Korea and we want to double this volume within a year and […]
Tourist arrivals in Sri Lanka up 26-pct in May 2015
Jun 06, 2015 (LBO) – Tourist arrivals in Sri Lanka increased 26 percent from a year earlier to 113,529 in May 2015, with growth in seen in the Chinese and Indian arrivals, data from the state tourist promotion agency showed.Chinese tourists were up 71 percent to 12,173 while Indian arrivals were up 38.2 percent to […]
John Keells Hotels says social media and online marketing will boost brand presence
June 5, 2015 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s John Keells Hotels, a leading hotel operator with a portfolio of 11 hotels and 1,336 rooms in Sri Lanka and Maldives says that company’s social media strategy and online marketing strategy will help boost brand presence in the global tourism market. “Our Company remains positive that the newly […]
Sri Lanka to provide air facilities to concur Asian tourist arrivals: Minister
Jun 01, 2015 (LBO) – Sri Lanka increase tourist arrivals from the Asia – Pacific region through bi-lateral aviation agreements, a Minister said. “There has been a significant improvement in the tourist arrivals in the past few years and a notable increase in the Asia-Pasific region,” Reginald Cooray, Minister of Aviation said.“We anticipate that this […]
Sri Lanka to host international marine life conference in 2016
May 29, 2015 (LBO) – Sri Lanka will host the second International conference on marine mammals in the Indian ocean to help promote and encourage conservation of the species around the island, an official said. “Our job is to ensure that this rich bio-diversity and habitat of these animals are protected,” Prof Lakdas Fernando, President, […]
Maldivian hotel operator to build a water villa in North West Coast, Sri Lanka
May 27, 2015 (LBO) – A Maldivian Hotel operator, Sun Siyam said that it plans to develop an overwater villa resort in Kalpitiya, Sri Lanka as the hotel plans to expand across the Island.This project comes at the perfect time for overseas expansion of Maldivian brands, Ahmed Siyam Mohamed, Chairman and Managing Director of Sun […]