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August 5, 2020

Customers from across Emirates’ network can now travel to Dubai as the city has re-opened for business and leisure visitors with new air travel protocols that safeguard the health and safety of visitors and communities. From August 1, passengers will be required to have a COVID-19 negative test certificate that is valid 96 hours before […]

June 24, 2020

Since its inception in 2018, Aarunya Nature Resort & Spa, which overlooks the Knuckles Mountain Range and sits on 7 acres of mixed plantations, spice and tea gardens, has been glowing in the limelight with multiple awards under its belt. Recently during the lockdowns, the resort was humbled to be officially crowned the Signature Mountain […]

June 11, 2020

Tourism Alliance: What is the Data Telling Us About Consumer Travel Behavior? With more countries seeming to take control of the COVID-19 pandemic and lifting lockdowns, dare we ask if the worst is behind us? Experts are hesitant to answer this question, as there is still no effective treatment for the virus. However, there […]

May 20, 2020

In response to COVID-19, Cathay Pacific has implemented a number of measures to safeguard the wellbeing of its passengers and crew. The airline has introduced face coverings for additional protection onboard and in situations where passengers cannot maintain physical distance of two meters from others, or as directed by airline employees. Effective immediately, all […]

May 3, 2020

While the world yearns to travel once again, meet and hug loved ones, seek new adventures and close those business deals, Emirates is busy protecting and readying the world’s largest all wide-body fleet to take to the skies. This could have proved daunting, but Emirates Engineering, a division of the airline and one of the […]

April 24, 2020

The Eastern region in Sri Lanka offers many opportunities for tourism growth and investment despite the tribulations faced by the region in terms of the decades-long conflict and the 2004 tsunami. The massive infrastructure developments underway enabling accessibility and the shift in tourism in the recent past towards experiential travel has paved the way for […]

April 18, 2020

Sri Lanka Tourism is in the process of gathering details of all the International Tourists/Businessmen and Expatriates engaged in the Tourism Industry of Sri Lanka and extends an invitation to register with Sri Lanka Tourism. The registration will allow Sri Lanka Tourism to reach out and provide assistance during emergency situations such as the Covid-19 […]

April 2, 2020

The World Travel and Tourism Council has warned the COVID-19 pandemic could cut 50 million jobs worldwide in the travel and tourism industry. Asia is expected to be the worst affected. Once the outbreak is over, it could take up to 10 months for the industry to recover. The tourism industry currently accounts for 10% […]

April 2, 2020

Bigger travel companies have a “responsibility” to pay smaller firms on time to avoid a “catastrophic” knock-on effect to the industry. Laurence Hicks, chairman of touring and adventure aggregator TourHound, said one of the biggest challenges facing many firms in the midst of the coronavirus crisis was collecting money. He said: “A challenge many businesses […]

March 17, 2020

Germany partially closed its borders with Austria, Denmark, France, Luxembourg and Switzerland in an effort to slow the spread of the new coronavirus. Although goods and cross-border commuters can still enter and leave the country, other travellers are being turned away. The measures are an abrupt reversal by Germany’s chancellor, Angela Merkel, who had only […]

Travelling to Dubai and Beyond: new guidelines issued for passengers

Aarunya Nature Resort Crowned Signature Mountain Resort Regional Winner in Asia

Tourism Alliance: What is the Data Telling Us About Consumer Travel Behavior?

Cathay Pacific requires all passengers to wear face coverings while travelling

Emirates protects and prepares its all wide-body fleet

Driving Tourism Resilience and Promoting Sustainable Development Initiatives through “The Gateway to the East” Initiative

“Tourist & Expatriate Support Center” is in Sri Lanka is in the process of gathering details of all the Tourists / Expatriates in Sri Lanka

World Economic Forum : This is how COVID19 could affect the travel and tourism industry

COVID19: Bigger travel companies have ‘responsibility’ to pay smaller firms

More than 80 countries have imposed travel bans to curb the new coronavirus