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(News360.lk) The British owned Arcadia” cruise ship has arrived in Sri Lanka with 2100 tourists onboard.
The Cruise ship is currently being berthed at the Colombo Port and is expected to leave to Thailand, its next destination.
A statement issued by Sri Lanka Tourism says, the luxury carrier owned by the UK based Carnival PLC has tourists [...]
(News360.lk) SriLankan Airlines which presented “wings” to its latest batch of cadet pilots aims to recruit more of them to meet the growing needs of the Airline.
SriLankan says, with its plan to increase the fleet size to 30 aircrafts by 2015, more pilot recruitment is required.
It also points out that the ongoing fleet expansion program [...]
Sri Lanka Tourism is planning to attract Chinese tourists to visit the Island by using the influence of the Great Chinese Naval Admiral of the 14th Century “ZhenG He”.
According to Sri Lanka Tourism, Zheng He has visited the country, six times out of his 7 voyages to around 30 countries made during Chinese Ming Dynasty, [...]
Sri Lanka’s Senok Trade Combine Limited has launched a new domestic air service in a bid to take advantage of the growing tourism industry in the country.
The new airline is named as “Air Senok”.
Yesterday President Mahinda Rajapaksa inspected one of the helicopters the domestic airline is planning to deploy to run its services.
Senior Managers of [...]
(News360.lk) Sri Lanka’s ExpoAir, a domestic aviation firm says it will resume regular flights to the once conflict ridden Northern city of Jaffna, starting from February 1st.
Accordingly, ExpoAir is planning to operate two daily flights to the Northern city and is promising travelers that the time to reach Jaffna from Colombo will be just one [...]
(News360.lk) Sri Lanka’s Ceylon Continental Hotel, a five star property located in the capital Colombo will be closed down from the 1st of February for a major refurbishment program.
The Hotel Services PLC, the owners of the property announced that the hotel will undergo a Rs. 1.8 billion development program thus transforming the property into one [...]
Sri Lanka has been identified as one of the most cost effective destination for Britons, who want to travel out of the country looking for winter sun, says a media report.
A study conducted by the Post Office Travel Money, which has compared 40 destinations across the globe has found that a basket of typical holiday [...]
Sri Lanka has decided to stop charging visa fees from children under the age of 12 years who are visiting Sri Lanka.
The Government has also decided to exempt the transit passengers who stay in the country up to 48 hours from charging visa fees.
Cabinet of Ministers has approved the move, which the Authorities believe will [...]
Sri Lanka’s booming tourism industry has seen the arrival of the members of the British royal family to the country, a media report said.
Prince and Princess Michael of Kent have toured the country on a private visit including a visit to the Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage that houses the world’s largest herd in captivity.
According to philstar.com [...]
A French tourist who was vacationing in Maldives has found dead this morning, after he went missing last evening, a Media report said.
The tourist who was spending a vacation at Male’s Club Med Kanifinolhu with his daughter and wife has gone missing while he was engaged in swimming off north of Kanifinolhu resort.
He has been [...]
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