Colombo, Sri Lanka – Devmith Kaggodarachchi’s beachfront hotel in the southwestern coastal town of Hikkaduwa, a tourist hotspot 136km (85 miles) from the capital Colombo, is nearing full capacity.

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

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 ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sipping ice-cold drinks on the lawn of one of the oldest hotels in Asia, tourists watch the sun slip down behind the Indian Ocean. White-coated waiters scoot from table to ...

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 tourism dept removing ‘improper’ bikini warnings. The Sri Lanka tourism department is removing controversial signs at Habaraduwa Beach warning tourists not to wear bikinis.

Beaches along Sri Lanka’s southern coast, a tourism hotspot, are increasingly being contaminated with microplastic pollution, a survey has found. The study found that 60 percent of sand samples ...

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 ...

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 ...