Category: Tourism

Dec 29, 2011 (LBO) – Sri Lanka says investigations are continuing on an attack which left a British tourist killed and his Russian female friend injured with several suspects including a local politician of the ruling party being arrested, officials said. Sri Lanka’s deputy economic development minister Lakshman Abeywardene said the island’s defence secretary has […]

Dec 27, 2011 (LBO) – Delta Corporation, an India based firm, is in talks with Sri Lanka for 75 million dollar tourism development in an islet off the northwestern coast of the island, an official familiar with the matter said. Officials have said that 185 project proposals worth 1.85 billion US dollars have been received […]

Dec 25, 2011 (LBO) – Sri Lanka is in talks with Sapphire Bay, a Canadian based leisure firm to develop an islet off the northwestern coast of the island in a 300 million dollar investment golf course and hotel development. Arrivals in the 11 months to November 2011 rose 33.1 percent from a year earlier, […]

Dec 19, 2011 (LBO) – Sri Lanka greeted its 800,000th tourist on December 19, with arrivals up 33. 1 percent from the 654,476 in the 12-months to December 2009, the island’s tourist promotion office said. Sri Lanka is expecting 2.5 million visitors by 2016. The 800,000th tourist arrived from flight from UK, and was welcomed […]

Dec 18, 2011 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s tourism development office has approved 1. 8 billion dollars of investment proposals to build hotels deputy economic development minister Lakshman Abeywardene said. A ‘one stop unit’ at the tourism development office which was set up in November 2010 had received 189 applications by October 2011 of which 73 […]

Dec 17, 2011 (LBO) – Xiengthong Palace, a hotel in Luang Prabang, Laos, managed by Jetwing a Sri Lanka based group has officially opened targeting luxury travel, a media report said. The Island newspaper said the hotel, which had a soft opening in October and its architecture conformed to the style of the ancient city, […]

Dec 17, 2011 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Colombo night race flagged off Friday in practice runs and trials as fans lined the streets to watch as drivers became familiar with the track and sought places for Saturday.

Dec 16, 2011 (LBO) – A night car race in Sri Lanka’s capital Colombo has increased occupancy in city hotels and will help the travel trade if it is made an annual international event, hoteliers said. “An event like this will put us on the map as a happening city,” Rohit Khosla, head of Taj […]

Dec 13, 2011 (LBO) – Singapore-based retailer Mohamed Mustafa will build a 115 million dollar mall and mixed development in Sri Lanka’s capital Colombo, the island’s ministry of economic development said. The mall will be built in the Colombo 15, postal area in Sir Ramanathan Mawatha, a ministry statement said. An agreement was signed with […]

Dec 11, 2011 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s main historical, and wildlife attractions had begun to draw more visitors, weaning the island away from being mainly a beach tourist destination, deputy economic development minister Lakshman Abeywardene said. The ancient city of Polonnaruwa had drawn 103,335 visitors of 15.7 percent of the total and Anuradhapura 75,917 or […]

Dec 09, 2011 (LBO) – The program Sri Lanka’s HSBC Galle Literary Festival 2012 is the last stages of being finalized and tickets will go on sale from January 04, organizers said. The festival runs from January, 18 to 22. Among the writers confirmed to attend are Joanne Trollope, Richard Dawkins, Tom Stoppard, D. B.C […]

Dec 09, 2011 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s tourist arrivals rose 25. 8 percent to 90,889 in November 2011 with arrivals during the 11 months to November rising 33. 1 percent to 758,458 data from the tourism promotion office said. In the 11 months to November total visitors from South Asia rose 38.8 percent to 211,777. […]