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THASL, SLAITO hand over proposals on Tourism Act
The Hotels Association of Sri Lanka (THASL), the Sri Lanka Association of Inbound Tour Operators (SLAITO) and its ‘One Industry One...

Daily FT
Aug 16, 20211 min read
First year digital nomad visa fee fixed at $ 500
Immigration and Emigration Dept. yet to decide on visa criteria, fee for extended stay By Charumini de Silva The Immigration and...

Daily FT
Aug 16, 20212 min read
SL opens up for biggest tourist source market India
Health Ministry announces favourable rules effective from yesterday but with COVID safety guidelines SriLankan Airlines to launch...

Daily FT
Aug 16, 20212 min read
SriLankan Airlines returns to Moscow with direct flights
SriLankan Airlines the National Carrier of Sri Lanka and a member of the OneWorld alliance is delighted to announce the commencement of...

Daily News
Aug 3, 20212 min read
Entice twice – vaccinated Indian tourists
Hoteliers have told Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa to entice Indian tourists who have been injected twice for the Covid 19 pandemic to...

Daily News
Aug 3, 20212 min read
Sri Lanka Tourism unveils new effort to register informal sector operators
Iconic cricketer Kumar Sangakkara volunteers to help in initiative involving digital media Video campaign titled ‘Come, together let’s...

Daily FT
Aug 3, 20212 min read
SriLankan Airlines offers special ‘buy one get one free’ offer to Moscow for Russian holidaymakers
SriLankan Airlines yesterday announced a special ‘buy one and get one free’ offer for the Russian holidaymakers to visit Sri Lanka during...

Daily FT
Aug 3, 20211 min read
More tourists from Russia as SriLankan Airlines returns to Moscow with direct flights
SriLankan Airlines, the national carrier of Sri Lanka and a member of the oneworld alliance, announced the commencement of direct flights...

Daily FT
Aug 3, 20212 min read
Tourism industry upbeat on Minister’s initiative
The Tourism industry was upbeat about the revival of the industry by the end of September following Tourism Minister Prasanna Ranatunga’s...

Daily News
Jul 19, 20212 min read
Tourism sector gets a boost
The tourism sector in Sri Lanka got a boost last evening following a webinar hosted by Daily Mirror yesterday, where proposals and...

Daily Mirror
Jul 15, 20212 min read
Basil’s entry as Finance Minister hailed
Tourism sector stakeholders yesterday welcomed the appointment of Basil Rajapaksa as the Finance Minister, and expressed confidence in...

Daily Mirror
Jul 15, 20211 min read
SLAITO and OIOV welcome appointment of Basil Rajapaksa
The Sri Lanka Association of Inbound Tour Operators (SLAITO) and One Industry One Voice (OIOV) members, in a statement expressed their...

Daily FT
Jul 14, 20212 min read
Sri Lanka to give 1-year visas for ‘digital nomads’
Influential French travel and tourism operator Club Med rank Sri Lanka as world’s second-best for digital nomads in 2021 The Government...

Daily FT
Jul 14, 20213 min read
Global tourism promotion campaign: Campaign halted pending committee nod
By Imsha Iqbal The global tourism promotional campaign of Sri Lanka Tourism, which would carry the tagline “So Sri Lanka”, was halted...
TheMorning.lk
Jul 14, 20212 min read
Reviving tourism in Sri Lanka: Why condemn the golden goose for wanting to lay again?
The tourism industry is, by far, the worst affected industry, in this Covid-19 pandemic; not just in Sri Lanka, but across the world. In...
TheMorning.lk
Jul 14, 20214 min read
Govt. steps up moves to make tourism safe and secure for quick revival
Vaccination drive of tourism frontline workers begins today Green-lights inter-provincial travel for vaccinated, negative PCR tourists;...

Daily FT
Jul 11, 20213 min read
President approves partial reopening of restaurants, bars & priority vaccination for tourism sector
CCHA, CCRC and SLAITO hail move which allows operation of SLTDA-approved food and beverage outlets of hotels and other restaurants and...

Daily FT
Jul 6, 20213 min read
Thailand’s Phuket welcomes first international tourists
BBC: Thailand has welcomed its first quarantine-free tourists back to the island of Phuket as the country tries to reboot its tourism...

Daily FT
Jul 5, 20212 min read
Bloomberg boost for Sigiriya with listing as one of new Seven Wonders of the World
Sustaining its brand visibility and universal appeal on a global platform, Sri Lanka Tourism is once again in the spotlight with the...

Daily FT
Jul 5, 20212 min read
Air France announces ‘Colombo-Malé’ flights from November
French carrier to operate to Sri Lanka first time after 35 years Connaissance De Ceylan Chief Chandra Wickramasinghe urges tourism and...

Daily FT
Jul 5, 20213 min read
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