In an exclusive interview to The Pioneer in Colombo, Namal Rajapaksa, a leading voice of the Opposition in Sri Lanka and a ...

Last week, U.S. President Donald Trump wrote to his Sri Lankan counterpart, Anura Kumara Dissanayake, informing him that the ...

Sri Lanka is further taking concrete steps to welcome more visitors. Visa-free travel for citizens of 39 countries will begin in October, and the tourism industry is optimistic about the reinstatement ...

The Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA) reports that 36,002 foreign tourists visited the country in the first six days of July 2025 alone.

The newly imposed 30% US reciprocal tariff on Sri Lankan exports (on top of the applicable tariffs on specific HS codes) has ...

A debriefing session was held on 14 July to outline the next steps following the successful business dialogue between ...

The World Economic Forum has released a report predicting that the travel and tourism industry will serve 30 billion tourist ...

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s foreign exchange revenue from tourism rose to $169.5 million in June, rising 12.1 percent compared ...

New research forecasts the travel and tourism industry is projected to serve 30-billion tourist trips by 2034. This is revealed in Travel and Tourism at a Turning Point: Principles for ...

The Sri Lanka Convention Bureau (SLCB), under the aegis of the Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau, conducted a MICE Roadshow ...

John Keells Holdings PLC(JKH) and Melco Resorts & Entertainment (Melco) are due to open City of Dreams Sri Lanka on August 2.