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Port of Colombo sees transshipment volumes dip in 1Q

Sri Lanka, April 25 -- Transshipment volumes at the Port of Colombo experienced a decline in the first quarter of 2025 compared to the same period last year. For the first three months ending March ... Read More


No Russian charter flights to Sri Lanka until October

Sri Lanka, April 23 -- Sri Lanka will not host Russian charter flights during the off-season due to diminished demand and a lack of summer promotions, according to the Association of Tour Operators of... Read More


Tourist arrivals reach 846,221 by April 20, nearly 15% rise

Sri Lanka, April 22 -- Sri Lanka welcomed 846,221 tourists as of April 20 this year, translating to a 14.5 percent year-on-year (YoY) growth, up from 739,171 tourist arrivals recorded during the same ... Read More


Sri Lanka unveils ADB-funded Marine Tourism Roadmap

Sri Lanka, April 22 -- The Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA), in partnership with the Asian Development Bank (ADB), launched a comprehensive Marine Tourism Roadmap which could transform ... Read More


Global tourism promotion campaign to go live end-April

Sri Lanka, April 10 -- Sri Lanka will launch its long-awaited global tourism promotion campaign by the end of this month, marking a strategic shift from traditional tourism marketing to a comprehensiv... Read More


Tourist arrivals up by 11.5% in first week of April

Sri Lanka, April 8 -- Sri Lanka's tourism sector kicked off April recording 38,615 tourist arrivals for the first six days of the month, which is a 11.5 percent year-on-year growth, the latest data fr... Read More


Sri Lanka's bartending scene set for shake-up with national association launch

Sri Lanka, April 7 -- Aiming to elevate the standards, unify mixologists and create pathways for global competition, Sri Lanka plans to launch its National Bartenders Association on the World Tourism ... Read More


Sala Enterprises eyes South and Southeast Asian markets with AI-powered mouse exports

Sri Lanka, April 4 -- Sala Enterprises, the Sri Lankan company behind the recently launched E Mark AI Mouse, the nation's first AI-powered hardware device, plans to expand its market reach by exportin... Read More


'Diesel Mafia' looms over Sri Lanka's solar power sector again

Sri Lanka, April 2 -- The Federation of Renewable Energy Developers (FRED) Sri Lanka yesterday raised serious concerns about a resurgence of the 'diesel mafia', accusing it of systematically moving to... Read More


Sri Lanka emphasises equitisation to reform SOEs and bolster capital markets

Sri Lanka, April 1 -- The government is prioritising equitisation as a key strategy to enhance the governance of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) and inject liquidity into the capital market, instead of... Read More