Once a sleepy fishing community, Mawella in southern Sri Lanka is becoming a tourist hotspot. Native villagers and newer residents have teamed up to protect their ‘virgin beach’.

From Trincomalee’s spiritual energy to Arugam Bay’s surf culture and Batticaloa’s lagoon life, this coast is a patchwork of ...

In the weeks after the attacks, Sri Lanka’s beaches and tourist areas remained pretty much deserted, with hotel occupancy dropping by around 85%. Deserted island ...

Sri Lanka was the Lonely Planet guide's top travel destination for 2019, but since the Easter Sunday attacks on churches and luxury hotels, foreign tourists have fled.

BENTOTA, SRI LANKA/COLOMBO (REUTERS) - Sri Lanka's US$4.4 billion tourism industry is reeling from cancellations as travellers shun the sun and sand Indian Ocean island after multiple suicide ...

The Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA) ... However, the choice of Sri Lanka for “sun and beach” has dropped from 59% in 2008/09 to 49% in 2011.

A decade ago, many travelers weren't even sure where to find Sri Lanka on a map. The independent island-nation was busy surviving a 30-year-long civil war, with tourism stalled. When the conflict ...

Sipping fresh coconut water while sunbathing on deserted Hikkaduwa beach, Alexi Konchayenko, a sports trainer from Ukraine, struck a stoical note. Bomb blasts can happen “anywhere, anytime,&#… ...

Sri Lanka's $4.4 billion tourism industry is reeling from cancellations as travellers shun the sun and sand Indian Ocean island after multiple suicide bombings that killed over 250 people two ...