Tag: Sri Lanka Inbound
Travel trade backs Sri Lankan’s ban on Indian arrivals
Sri Lanka's recent move to ban travellers from India due to the exponential growth in Covid-19 cases there was inevitable as the safety of...
Sri Lanka keeps borders open to foreign tourists amid Covid-19 surge
While a resurgence in Covid-19 cases forced the Sri Lankan authorities on Sunday (April 25) to ban state and private functions in the country...
Sri Lanka trade up in arms over new tourism act
Private tourism stakeholders have decried a proposal by the Sri Lankan government to scrap current laws governing tourism policy, a move which would weaken...
Sri Lanka eases quarantine rules for vaccinated tourists
Sri Lanka is relaxing quarantine rules for inoculated tourists arriving into the country, in a move which tourism operators hope will provide a much-needed...
Sri Lanka revises 2021 target arrivals to 800,000
Sri Lanka has set a reduced, but still, ambitious target of 800,000 foreign tourist arrivals for 2021, far below the earlier planned 2.5 million...
Tourists trickle into Sri Lanka after 10-month closure
Sri Lanka is slowly picking up the pieces of tourism devastation as airport operations resume after a 10-month lockdown, with arrivals for January 2021...
Tourists trickle back to Sri Lanka after borders fully reopen to...
Sri Lanka has welcomed its first batch of visitors from Germany, the Netherlands and Switzerland, after reopening its borders to foreign tourists last Thursday,...
Sri Lanka reopens borders to tourists this Thursday
Sri Lanka will once again welcome tourists on January 21, this time under a bio bubble, following a successful pilot programme to assess the...
Sri Lanka reopens to tourists under pilot project
Following a nine-month-long travel ban imposed due to the pandemic, Sri Lanka reopened its borders to international visitors on December 28, with the first...
Sri Lanka trade opposes move to amend Tourism Act
The Sri Lanka government's plans to amend the Tourism Act of 2005 which governs tourism in the country by amalgamating four state institutions involved...
