News and Updates
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Case for Reopening BIA to Foreign Visitors to be Presented to Cabinet
During a meeting held yesterday with all tourism industry stakeholders on charting the way forward during these unprecedented times, Prasanna Ranatunga, Minister for Tourism...
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Ceylon Tea Trails Wins Multiple Accolades in Tripadvisor Awards
Ceylon Tea Trails is recognised in the categories for top 25 Boutique Luxury Hotels in the world, Top 25 Small Hotels in Asia, and Top 25 Hotels for Romance in Asia...
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UNWTO Introduces New Guidelines for Accessible Tourism
UNWTO has collaborated with the ONCE Foundation of Spain and the European Network for Accessible Tourism (ENAT), to introduce new guidelines to promote accessibility...
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Sri Lanka’s Wildlife Tourism Offering – Where Do We Stand?
Many of us in the tourism industry believe that this time of forced closure and respite due to COVID-19 would be in vain, if we have been unable to re-look at our core tourism...
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World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) ‘Safe Travels’ stamp positions Sri Lanka as an Exemplary Destination
Kimarli Fernando, Chairperson, Sri Lanka Tourism stated that the receipt of the 'Safe Travels' stamp for Sri Lanka by the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) is testament to the way...
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