Month: August 2025
Over Tourism or Over Visitation? – Daily Mirror
… tourists about their safari experience at Yala. Several tour operators have taken Yala off their itineraries. And the impact on the environment …
Shaping future of regional aviation in Sri Lanka – Daily FT
Does Valamka have any plans to address these concerns and encourage more affluent tourists to travel by air inside the country? Dubuisson: Europeans …
July earnings at US$ 319mn – Daily Mirror
… travel in 2025. The July income from the tourism trade was a roughly 3.0 percent slippage from what Sri Lanka earned from a year ago but marked a …
Tourism earnings top $ 2 b in first seven months – Daily FT
With the country recently crowned the world’s best island in 2025 by Big 7 Travel, (https://www.ft.lk/front-page/Sri-Lanka-named-Best-Island-in-the- …
July earnings at US$ 319mn – Daily Mirror
Travel Travel Getaways Travel Tips Business Travel · Medicine Happy News … In 2024, Sri Lanka generated US$ 3,168.6 million in earnings from tourism, …
Tourist arrivals to Sri Lanka surpass 1.4 million in 2025 – Ada Derana
A total of 1408335 tourists have arrived in Sri Lanka so far this year, marking a significant increase compared to the same period in 2024, …
Committees and committees | Print Edition – The Sunday Times, Sri Lanka
From this new list, free visa travel is already permitted for … Tourism is also on a roll with the country targeting 3 million tourists …
Sri Lanka risks Booking.com exit amid new tax – Sunday Times
… travel agents like Booking.com escalate. Market players warn that the … To this end, a new centralised booking system—driven by the Sri Lanka Tourism …
Forex from Lankans abroad surpasses US$4.4 billion | Print Edition – Sunday Times
Also, a part of forex from tourist bookings goes to global travel sites, airlines and travel agents (see the Tourism Minister’s remarks in the …
Long queues at Kaudulla National Park due to ticketing delays – Ada Derana
Tourists and tour guides allege that they have had to wait in queues … tourism and earning valuable foreign exchange for the country without causing …