Category: Tourism

Apr 30, 2013 (LBO) – China has overtaken Japan as Sri Lanka’s top tourist market in East Asia generating more tourists from around September 2012, official data show. Economic ties with China have been growing in recent years and there are also some Chinese expatriates working in projects in the island.Tourist promotions targeting China has […]

Apr 29, 2013 (LBO) – Tourist arrivals to Sri Lanka rose 11.6 percent in February 2013 to 93,232 from a year earlier, helped by gains in Europe and East Asia, official data showed. Malaysian visitors rose 27.9 percent to 1,973 while tourists from Singapore dropped 23 percent to 1,030 and those from Taiwan fell 67 […]

Apr 28, 2013 (LBO) – Tourists in Negombo, a resort north of Sri Lanka’s capital Colombo have participated in a traditional New Year festival getting a taste of seasonal games and rituals, the tourism promotion office said. The event was organized by the tourism office, Negombo Hoteliers Association and the Sri Lanka Travel Journalists Association, […]

Apr 27, 2013 (LBO) – Sri Lanka has built a hotel management school in Kandy in the central hills more than doubling capacity to accommodate 500 students a year, the economic development ministry said. Located in Kandy in Pallekelle the has a fully equipped kitchen, classrooms, dining rooms, library, computer lab, open air theater, a […]

Apr 25, 2013 (LBO) – Profits at Lighthouse Hotel Plc, a unit of Sri Lanka’s Jetwing group fell 29 percent to 57.1 million rupees in the first quarter of 2013, interim accounts showed. The firm reported earnings of 1.24 rupees for the quarter, in accounts filed with the Colombo Stock Exchange. In the year to […]

Apr 24, 2013 (LBO) – Sri Lankans visiting the UK should apply online from Monday May 06, the British High Commission in Colombo said.Manually completed applications will no longer be accepted but a printout of the applications and supporting documents should be taken when an applicant visit the visa centre, using an appointment issued online. […]

Apr 23, 2013 (LBO) – Rebuilding and clearing of Sri Lanka’s Hamilton Canal in Negambo is progressing with a bridge at Palliyawatta to improve the environment for residents and to attract tourists the economic development ministry said.A project by the Western Province Tourism Ministry and Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority expects to re-build a 22 […]

Apr 21, 2013 (LBO) – The Russian girlfriend of a British tourist murdered in Sri Lanka in an incident involving a politician, has spoken of her own assault to a British newspaper. The newspaper said the dress and missing underwear could have provided evidence. Tkacheva had said she was prepared to give evidence, waiving her […]

Apr 18, 2013 (LBO) – There should be no fears over moves by police to track tourists who are staying in hotels, as some other countries also follow the practice, a top tourist industry official said.“Some other countries also do follow the same procedure. So no one should get frightened about it,” Anural Lokuhetty, chairman […]

Apr 17, 2013 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s police have started to track foreign tourists “for their own safety” amid rising crime, a media report said.Hotels and guest houses have been told to submit weekly reports fo their foreign guests to police as part of a new ‘security plan for tourists,’ including visa a passport details. […]

Apr 05, 2013 (LBO) – Browns Investments Plc said it had bought a 51 percent stake in a 67-room luxury hotel in Dambulla in Central Sri Lanka for 500 million rupees.. The 67-roomed hotel, operated by Green Paradise (Pvt) Ltd, in Kambukkanwala, Dambulla, is close to ancient cities in Sigiriya, Anuradhapura and Polonnaruwa, the firm […]

Mar 18, 2013 (LBO) – State-run SriLankan Airlines said it was halving flight to Chennai to 14 a week from 28 from Thursday March 21 following an attack on a visiting Buddhist monk by Tamil groups.“SriLankan Airlines has observed a drop in traffic between Chennai and Colombo due to recent developments in Tamil Nadu, hence […]