Sri Lanka August tourist arrivals fall, winter bookings better: official
Sept 23, 2008 (LBO) – Tourist arrivals in to Sri Lanka in August fell sharply from a year ago but bookings for the winter season look promising for …
Sept 23, 2008 (LBO) – Tourist arrivals in to Sri Lanka in August fell sharply from a year ago but bookings for the winter season look promising for …
SIGIRIYA, September 19, 2008 (AFP) - With wetlands and jungles teeming with colourful butterflies and exotic primates, Sri Lanka is planning to lure a new type …
Sept 15, 2008 (LBO) - India's Taj Group says it has appointed a new manager to the 120-room Taj Airport Garden Hotel in Seeduwa, north of the Sri Lankan …
Sept 09, 2008 (LBO) - Sri Lanka is to offer a new tourism zone for development in Kalpitiya in the country's north western coast, which has 14 islands in which …
Sept 01, 2008 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's Hemas group says its tour operating unit will be more active in the Maldives after a tie-up with Zurich based Diethelm Travel …
Aug 14, 2008 (LBO) - A beach festival in Sri Lanka's Hikkaduwa coastal tourist town has filled up hotels to full capacity and set the stage for an annual event …
July 16, 2008 (LBO) - Sri Lanka is scrambling to head off an imminent travel warning from Japan, in a bid to save the struggling tourism industry from a new …
July 11, 2008 (AFP) - Sri Lanka attracted fewer holidaymakers in June, the island's main tourism promotion authority said Friday, blaming the drop in the …
June 30, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's Aitken Spence conglomerate has won an award for the best water villas in the Maldivian atolls, the company said. Aitken …
June 30, 2008 (LBO) – The World Bank has agreed to provide funds to the Sri Lankan government for a tourism initiative among small entrepreneurs and …
June 13, 2008 (LBO) – Tourist arrivals to Sri Lanka rose a steep 18.5 percent in May against a sharp fall last year but cumulative figures were little …
June 13, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lankan celco Dialog, a unit of Telekom Malaysia said it had partnered with AeroMobile to provide in-flight mobile …
June 09, 2008 (LBO) – The new owners of Sri Lanka's Continental Hotel have taken board control and sought approval from tourism authorities to sell rooms …
June 05, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka is hosting a workshop and familiarization tour for more than 100 German travel agents in a bid to lure more visitors, the …
June 04, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's tourist promotion office had given a million rupees to re-build an old tourist hotel that was damaged in a Tamil Tiger …
May 28, 2008 (AFP) - The Indian Ocean island of the Maldives plans to open 11 new islands to foreign investors to develop upmarket tourist resorts, an official …
May 23, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's April tourist arrivals dropped ten percent to 29,747 compared to the same period last year, despite a surge in visitors …
May 23, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's Hilton hotel has won the regional and global Hilton brand awards for 2007, beating some 500 hotels across the world, a …
May 20, 2008 (LBO) – The tourism industry in southern Sri Lanka, badly hit by recent unrest, is fighting back by highlighting its best attractions and …
LONDON, April 26, 2008 (AFP) - Three people were bitten by a rabies-infected puppy dog in British quarantine, a Health Protection Agency (HPA) spokeswoman said …