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By Charumini de SilvaSri Lanka’s tourism potential was spotlighted at the first ever South Asian Tourism Leadership Forum of Sri…

Sri Lanka is expected to rank among the world’s fastest-growing travel destinations in 2025, with tourism spending forecasted to…

A group of representatives from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is scheduled to visit Sri Lanka next week. This delegation w…

The U.S. Department of Justice has on Friday charged an “Iranian asset Farhad Shakeri,” who is accused in a plot to assassinat…

Singapore has once again claimed the title of the world’s most powerful passport, according to the latest Henley Passport Index …

The Department of Immigration and Emigration has proposed to link up with the tourist hotels in future as a practical means to tra…

A new online method has been introduced for the collection of passports, according to the Department of Immigration and Emigration…

Sri Lanka surpassed last October’s total tourist arrivals within the first 27 days of this month, indicating the potential for a…

JERUSALEM, Oct 23 (Reuters) - Israel's national security council on Wednesday called on Israelis to immediately leave some tourist…

An Indian passenger flight arriving from Mumbai has made an emergency landing at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) in K…

Sri Lanka welcomed 63,491 tourists in the first half of October, in continuing with the slowdown in tourist arrivals, ahead of the…

The new Government of Sri Lanka has officially reinstated the previous visa issuing system, effective from 12.00 midnight today, a…

Presidential candidate of the National People’s Power (NPP), Anura Kumara Dissanayake, has outlined his ambitious economic plans…

Pakistan, a country that stood by Sri Lanka in international forums and the fight against terrorism, is upset over the latest visa…

Earnings from tourism have climbed in August and so were the arrivals, although not quite up to the level targeted by authorities.…

Tourist arrivals for the first three weeks of September have reached 21,000. Provisional data shared by the Sri Lanka Tourism Deve…

Tourist arrivals for the first 11 days of August crossed the 16,000 mark, showing signs of a slight improvement in terms of the ra…

Week 1 of March brings over 25,000 tourists Total tourist arrival for the year thus far crosses 200,000 mark Sri Lanka welcomed ov…

Tourist arrivals to Sri Lanka have exceeded 155,000 so far, led by Russians, despite the challenges emanating from the global COVI…

All registered tourist establishments will soon be required to accept foreign exchange from non-residents of Sri Lanka. The Moneta…

In an emphatic presentation on Sri Lanka SL, Tourism Chairperson Kimarli Fernando outlined that the country is ready for post-COVI…

SriLankan Airlines resumed operations to picturesque Gan Island in Addu Atoll of Maldives from December 4 after it had to cease op…

Central Bank (CB) Governor Ajith Nivard Cabraal called the hoteliers to embrace the present challenges in repositioning their prod…

More than 100,000 tourists have visited the country from January up to date, the Tourism Ministry said. Accordingly, 101,872 touri…

Halted UL routes will resume soon to cater to growing demand 25 Indian bloggers currently in SL to create content 76% of tourists…