Tag: Sri Lanka Inbound

I‌ndian outbound demand for destinations like Malaysia, Thailand and Sri Lanka have shot up after visa waivers were offered. According to Agoda's insights, the two...

A popular Sri Lankan literary festival held within the confines of a Portuguese-built fort in 1588 last week drew nearly 100 local and foreign...

Tourism players, including the biggest operator of hotels in Sri Lanka, have urged the government to fast-track a much-delayed global marketing campaign to adequately...

The wait appears to be over, as Sri Lanka finally gets ready to launch a new destination marketing campaign come end-July. The 12-month campaign,...

Sri Lanka is bouncing back after three years of crises and is targeting the Middle East as a key market due to the mix...

Sri Lanka’s tourism minister Harin Fernando has issued an apology for his comments on the Maldives made during a press briefing at ITB Berlin...

Sri Lanka is setting up a new authority to develop a string of small islands across its shores into tourist resorts, modelled on the...

On August 29, the Sri Lankan government approved five-year multiple-entry tourist visas – with a maximum of six months stay at one stretch –...

PATA Sri Lanka Chapter welcomed its youngest-ever chairperson in July – Dmitri Cooray, who at 30 years old is also operations manager at Jetwing Hotels. He reflects on one of the most turbulent times in the history of Sri Lankan tourism

Advisories against travel to Sri Lanka and media coverage of the country's food and resource shortage and political unrest have frightened scores of travellers...