May 3, 2023
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5min
      The airline has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau, reaffirming its support to the island-nation’s tourism and trade industries Emirates has been serving the country for 37 years, carrying over 11 million passengers to and from the country Dubai, UAE – 3 May 2023: Emirates has pledged its […]

January 6, 2022
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4min
Sri Lankan tourism sector is still struggling due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the island nation received the highest number of foreign tourists in December 2021, with bulk of the tourists coming from India. Despite the closure of the islands’ borders during the health crisis, 194,495 tourists arrived in the island nation, with more than one-fourth […]

December 30, 2021
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2min
Around 70,000 tourists arrived in Sri Lanka in December, according to the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA). Dhammika Wijesinghe, Director-General of the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority, said that most tourists arrived from India, England, Germany, Russia, the United States, and Australia. In addition, she said a rise in the number of tourists visiting […]


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