Tag: Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka enforces night curfew to curb Covid-19 spike
Sri Lankan authorities have imposed an indefinite nationwide night curfew which will come into effect on Monday (August 16) night as the country faces...
Lockdown urged in Sri Lanka as Delta spike overwhelms hospitals
Calls from Sri Lankan healthcare personnel are growing louder by the day for the government to immediately impose a nationwide lockdown or curfews as...
Sri Lanka imposes travel restrictions amid Covid spike
Sri Lanka has imposed islandwide travel restrictions, similar to a curfew, for a 77-hour period, which started from 23.00 on Thursday (May 13), in...
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 suspends international airport’s reopening
The reopening of Sri Lanka's Colombo International Airport has been delayed indefinitely, after repatriation flights were suspended due to a spike in Covid-19 infections...
Sri Lanka delays international airport’s reopening
Sri Lanka is delaying by two weeks the August 1 scheduled reopening of Colombo International Airport for commercial traffic, as the government prioritises the...
Tourists start returning to Sri Lanka amid tightened security
The series of recovery efforts and tightened security measures that Sri Lanka has launched in the wake of the Easter Sunday attacks are beginning...
World demand for Asia rising
In Asia, emerging destinations like Sri Lanka and the Philippines are shining brighter on the global tourism stage as a growing demand for experiential...
Sri Lanka’s tourism sector in C-suite shake-up
Sri Lanka last week made two significant decisions impacting on its emerging tourism market, appointing a new head to its state tourism promotion agency...
Trade euphoria short-lived as Sri Lanka restores archaic liquor laws
Sri Lanka’s tourism sector was thrown into disarray this week as lawmakers flip-flop on plans to relax laws concerning the sale of alcohol in...
