Category: Tourism

June 27, 2012 (LBO) – A leisure industry school linked to a UK-based professional body said it is stepping to fill a growing need for leisure sector executives as the island sees a tourism boom after the end of a three decades long war. Sri Lanka’s tourism sector is booming after the end of a […]

June 23, 2012 (LBO) – Sri Lanka has earned 399. 3 million US dollars from tourism in the first five months of 2012, up 25. 5 percent from the 318.1 million US dollars earned a year earlier, official data showed. Tourist arrivals rose 18.2 percent to 387.622 in the same period. Sri Lanka’s tourist sector […]

June 17, 2012 (LBO) – Thailand’s Centara Hotels and Resorts will open two 4-star hotels in Sri Lanka in the last quarter of 2012 which will be under their management in the island’s South West and East coasts. “These two superb hotels mark our debut in Sri Lanka, a market that we feel holds great […]

June 12, 2012 (LBO) – India’s Delta Corp, a Bombay listed gaming firm said it had acquired 11 acres of land in Sri Lanka to build an entertainment resort complex near the island’s main international airport. Earlier Sri Lankan officials said that Delta Corp was also looking to lease an island in Kalpitiya. Update Delta […]

June 12, 2012 (LBO) – Tourist arrivals to tropical Sri Lanka, surged 17.5 percent in May, over the same month a year earlier, as visitors took advantage of the post-war peace three-years since the ethnic conflict ended. On Monday, the central bank said earnings from tourism arrivals had risen 26.0 percent to 340 million dollars […]

June 11, 2012 (LBO) – Sri Lanka and Vietnam are planning to boost tourism between the two countries after a visit by Vietnamese travel firms to Colombo which will be followed by a familiarization tour by Sri Lankan travel agents, officials said. Udaya Silva, Sri Lanka’s IATA travel agents association said he expected mutually beneficial […]

June 10, 2012 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s tourism chief is urging European businessmen to ignore negative media reports in their home countries that highlight the island’s human rights record and may lose them investment opportunities. The Indian Ocean Island is experiencing a boom in tourists and leisure industry related-developments, three-years after government forces ended the […]

June 8, 2012 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s The Fortress Resort and Spa, a luxury hotel, said it is making a strong push into internet marketing, striking partnership with online travel agencies, with global internet bookings now overtaking those from traditional agents. Chief executive Sumith Adjihetty said the hotel has struck deals with online travel agencies […]

June 03, 2012 (LBO) – Sri Lanka is to call proposals for a luxury hotel near the island’s Bandaranaike International Airport, north of the capital Colombo, to be constructed on a build-operate-transfer (BOT) basis, a media report said. The airport agency is scrambling to expand capacity at Katunayake after aircraft and passenger movements zoomed following […]

May 21, 2012 (LBO) – Profits at Sri Lanka’s Amaya Leisure, a unit of listed Hayleys group rose 68 percent in the March 2012 quarter as strong tourist arrivals boosted revenues, interim accounts showed. Administrative expenses were kept under check rising only 7 percent to 90. 6 million rupees. The group also has carry forward […]

May 19, 2012 (LBO) – Singapore based Tiger Airways, a budget carrier, said it was kicking off a promotion to Asian destinations in June as it adds Sri Lanka to its network. “Travellers looking for a different holiday in the region will be amazed at what multi-faceted Asia has to offer,” Stewart Adams, managing director […]

May 16, 2012 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s tourist arrivals rose 9. 0 percent to 65,591 in April this year, which helped raise the number of holidaymakers for the first four months of 2012 to 330,116, official data showed Wednesday. The Eastern European market expanded 42. 9 percent to 26,980 visitors in April this year, helped […]