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Daily FT
May 7, 20213 min read
Prasanna assures private sector role in tourism
Renews commitment in first-ever engagement with private sector on proposed new legislation Grants three months for industry stakeholders...
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Daily FT
May 6, 20211 min read
SL Tourism restricts expeditions for international travellers
Allows only bio-bubble excursions to Sigiriya, Anuradhapura, Polonnaruwa, Temple of Tooth Relic, Peradeniya Gardens Visits to national...
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Daily FT
May 6, 20213 min read
Snail’s pace BIA expansion irks aviation industry
Stakeholders say haphazard implementation exposes contractor incompetence Industry alleges project begun last Dec., only progressed 10%...
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Daily FT
May 6, 20211 min read
April tourist arrivals down 9%
Reduces to 4,168 from March numbers 1Q records 97.3% drop YOY India remains main source market followed by China, Kazakhstan Tourist...
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Daily FT
May 5, 20211 min read
Sunil Dissanayake shares his suggestions on new legislation for tourism
Veteran tourism industry professional Sunil Dissanayake has shared his insights to the ongoing debate on the proposed new legislation for...
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Daily FT
May 5, 20212 min read
Sri Lanka tourism’s need of the hour
What is needed at the moment is a national tourism policy. So many views and opinions are being expressed by past and present industry...
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Daily FT
Apr 29, 20211 min read
Sri Lankan Airlines announces partnerships with tourism industry experts
The tourism industry connoisseurs – Uga Escapes, Walkers, and Taru Villas have joined hands with SriLankan Airlines’ leisure arm –...
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Daily FT
Apr 29, 20211 min read
Emirates to increase services to Colombo to 7-a-week from 3 May
Emirates has announced it will increase its services to Colombo from six to seven flights a week, with the seventh weekly flight...
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Daily FT
Apr 29, 20212 min read
SLTDA updates tourist guidelines, further eases entry restrictions
Tourists now only need negative PCR test 72 hours before flight, down from 96 hours Industry welcomes further relaxation on entry...
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Daily FT
Apr 29, 20211 min read
Tourism Minister cancels visit to India but says travel bubble is on
Tourism Minister Prasanna Ranatunga has temporarily cancelled a visit to Kushinagar due to the spike in COVID-19 in India but confirmed...
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Daily FT
Apr 21, 20214 min read
New Tourism Act: A travesty to further the interest of a few?
There is much talk about a new Tourism Act being introduced by the tourism authorities. Sadly, this seems to be dividing the industry at...
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Maxime Wickramasinghe
Apr 6, 20211 min read
Latest COVID-19 Procedures by Ministry of Health - 6th April
Please find bellow the extracts of the latest procedures for Travellers coming to Sri Lanka, Dated 6th April 2021.
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Daily FT
Feb 6, 20212 min read
Tourist arrivals post-reopening top 2,500 mark
By Charumini de Silva Tourist arrivals post-reopening of borders have crossed the 2,500 mark with officials confirming thousands more are...
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Daily FT
Feb 6, 20212 min read
Aitken Spence Travels facilitates 1st charter flight from Kazakhstan
Aitken Spence Travels, the leading DMC in Sri Lanka working in partnership with TUI Kazakhstan, will welcome the country’s first charter...
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Daily FT
Feb 5, 20212 min read
New initiative to promote tourism investment opportunities
In 2019, country attracted $ 108 m in investments to tourism sector; last year, it increased to $ 478 m The Government is planning to...
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Daily FT
Jan 25, 20213 min read
SLAITO and One Industry One Voice welcome reopening of SL for tourism
Source DAILY FT The Sri Lanka Association of Inbound Tour Operators (SLAITO) together with its One Industry One Voice partners yesterday...
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