Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Sri Lanka logs over 150,000 tourist arrivals in 2021

COLOMBO — Sri Lanka saw the 150,000-tourist-arrival mark passed with over 47,000 arrivals in the first 20 days of December, Tourism Minister Prasanna Ranatunga said Thursday. According to official figures, Sri Lanka recorded a total of 47,120 tourists in the first 20 days of December, surpassing November’s arrival figures. Ranatunga said that in an effort … Read more

Sri Lanka to declare 2022 as “Visit Sri Lanka Year” to revive tourism industry

COLOMBO — The Sri Lankan government is all set to declare 2022 as the “Visit Sri Lanka Year” in line with the integrated five-year Global Communication Campaign (GCC), as its aims to attract 6 million tourists and 10 billion U.S. dollars in earnings by 2025 despite the challenges by the COVID-19 virus, local media reported … Read more