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The World Tourism Organisation says Sri Lanka could have minimized tsunami damage along its coast, if it had followed years’ old WTO building guidelines
The World Tourism Organisation says Sri Lanka could have minimized tsunami damage along its coast, if it had followed years’ old WTO building guidelines. The …
New hotel projects, approved before the tsunami, told to re-apply for a building licence if within no-building zone
New hotel projects - that were approved before the tsunami- must re-apply for a building licence if they fall within the latest ‘no-building’ zone. online …
Tourist arrivals could dip 20% this year, from expected record levels.
Tourist arrivals could dip 20 percent from over 560,000 expected this year, even as the industry throws together a package of incentives to jumpstart hotels …
Tourism industry pushes through delayed reforms as it plans tsunami recovery
A tsunami that wrecked Sri Lanka’s coast in peak tourist season is having its better fallouts, pushing through delayed reform plans while the sector bounces …
Tour packages combining sightseeing and aid work ruffles no local feathers.
Tour packages to Sri Lanka combining holidaying and aid work hasn’t ruffled many feathers, with tourism officials saying it can pay in the longer term. …
One of the hardest hit sectors that are bouncing back strongly is the tourism sector
One of the hardest hit sectors that are bouncing back strongly is the tourism sector. One of the hardest hit sectors that are bouncing back strongly is the …
France, Germany and Britain lift travel warnings by end January.
France, Germany and Britain will lift its travel warnings on Sri Lanka by the end of this month, as the country tries to persuade travellers that it’s safe …
Sri Lanka trying to regain its place as a tourist paradise
Eight days after panic evacuation of tourists from Sri Lanka, travel agents and tour operators are cautiously looking at the possibility of re-selling the …
Sri Lanka Tourist Board vowed to make a quick and painless recovery from the devastating tsunami wave damage to one third of the country’s hotel rooms
Sri Lanka Tourist Board vowed to make a quick and painless recovery from the devastating tsunami wave damage to one third of the country’s hotel rooms. …
Eleven hotels resume operations in the South
Eleven hotels resumed operations in the South after Sunday’s tidal wave caused widespread destruction along the coast and a death toll touching 25,000. buy …
Postpone vacations to Sri Lanka the tourism authorities
Sri Lankan tourism authorities ask foreign tourists to stay away for the next few weeks, as the tsunami hit island grapples with evacuation needs in-house and …
Hotel halls are converted into makeshift shelters, with 200 beds collected in city hotels.
Converting hotel halls and clubs into makeshift shelters, the Tourism Ministry has got together some 200 beds in city hotels to house tourists stranded after …
It’s the day of death in the Paradise isle on Monday, with bodies of some 70 foreign tourists recovered so far
It's the day of death in the Paradise isle on Monday with the body count of locals and foreigners rising as the seawaters subsided following tidal wave that …
British tourist dies as tidal waves devastate Maldives
A British tourist died when this Indian Ocean paradise of the Maldives was hit by unprecedented tidal waves that flooded two thirds of the capital island and …
Tourist board launches evacuation programme, not sure of damage
Sri Lanka’s tourism authorities send rescue vehicles to the Southern parts of the island, to transport tourists from tidal wave zones to safety in Colombo. …
Tidal Waves Kill More Than 3,300 in Asia
The world's most powerful earthquake in 40 years triggered massive tidal waves that slammed into villages and seaside resorts across Asia on Sunday, killing …
Indian arrivals to push tourism in 2005?
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War drums dampen Sri Lanka’s tourism cheer in the New Year
Sri Lanka's tourism industry is set to wrap up its best year ever thanks to a truce between troops and Tiger rebels, but fears of a return to war have made the …
Sri Lanka will drum up support for its tourism industry
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