Category: Tourism

Jan 18, 2012 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s HSBC Galle Literary festival kicks off Wednesday with award winning writers, historians and poets from Canada, England, Germany, India, Ireland, Palestine, Singapore, United States and Sri Lanka taking part. Organizers are expecting more visitors to the festival this year with a new expressway cutting down travel time to […]

Jan 17, 2012 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s small leisure sector players including many start-ups will showcase their services at an industry fair on January 31, where they can link up with larger players, officials said. “A large number of small guest houses, restaurants have come up in many areas some in very beautiful locations but […]

Jan 17, 2012 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Softlogic Holdings group plans to build a luxury resort on the island’s east coast with an investment of 200 million rupees in deal with Ominga International, a statement said. The company entered into a shareholders’ agreement with the shareholders of Ominga International (Private) Limited on January 13, 2012 […]

Jan 14, 2011 (LBO) – Sri Lanka is leading on low holiday costs for Britons with competitive prices for eight popular holiday items surveyed including a dinner for two, an annual survey by UK’s Post Office showed. Sri Lanka had the lowest holiday costs among 40 destinations surveyed at 27. 95 British pounds down 31 […]

Jan 11, 2012 (LBO) – Sri Lanka has received 210 applications worth two billion dollars for new tourism projects in 2011 as the sector became a target for investors after the end of a 30-year war, a minister said. In 2012, the industry will add another 2,500 rooms, he said. Deputy economic development minister Lakshman […]

Jan 06, 2012 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s tourist arrivals in 2011 jumped 30.8 percent to a record 855,975 from a year ago with the peak season month of December also at a new high, the tourism office said. The South Asia region accounted for the second biggest increase in arrivals which shot up 35. 3 […]

Jan 03, 2012 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s LOLC group has acquired control of a beach resort catering to up-market European tourists at a cost of just over a billion rupees, a stock exchange filing said. “The hotel which is much sought after by an exclusive clientele of European tourists has potential for even further expansion,” […]

Jan 02, 2012 (LBO) – Sri Lanka has been named among the top destinations for 2012 by Conde Nast Traveller, a popular travel magazine after former war-torn areas were opened to tourists. Sri Lanka’s West Coast resorts are popular during the European Winter season when the Eastern coast is hit by a monsoon season. The […]

Jan 01, 2012 (LBO) – Sri Lanka has ended a free visa on arrival scheme from today with an electronic authorization system coming online, but anyone who arrives without an e-visa will be able to buy one for 50 dollars, a media report. Sri Lanka gave free visa on arrival to a number of countries […]

Dec 31, 2011 (LBO) – South Africa’s Sun City gaming and resort group will invest 800 million dollars in the biggest ever leisure development in Katana, north of the capital Colombo the island, a media report said. “Sun City of South Africa is now going to make an 0 million investment in a 200-acre private […]

Dec 30, 2011 (LBO) – Sri Lanka expects to earn 850 million US dollars from tourists in 2011 with annual arrivals expected to reach 830,000 an increase of 26 percent from a year earlier and the industry targeted a billion dollars next year, officials said. But an electronic visa process, which is promised to be […]