LNP - Sri Lanka’s tourism income hits US$768 mn in first two months of 2025

2025-03-17   |   Travel

Earnings from Sri Lanka’s tourism trade has continued to remain robust during the height of the seasonal peak as arrivals have been stronger. This i...

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LNP - March tourist arrivals cross 100,000 mark in two weeks

2025-03-16   |   Travel

The tourist arrivals to Sri Lanka have surpassed 97,000 within the first 13 days of March, the latest provisional data from the Sri Lanka Tourism Deve...

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LNP - Sri Lanka records over 500,000 tourist arrivals in first 2 months of 2025

2025-03-08   |   Travel

The total number of foreign tourists who have arrived in Sri Lanka in the first two months of 2025 has already surpassed 500,000, according to the lat...

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LNP - Sri Lanka climbs 5 spots in global passport rankings

2025-03-06   |   Travel

Sri Lanka has been ranked 91st in the latest Henley Passport Index, which assesses global passport strength based on visa-free travel access.  Th...

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LNP - Sri Lanka has potential to attract more Indian travellers: Indian tourism experts

2025-02-28   |   Travel

Sri Lanka’s variety of attractions in a compact destination as well as a new casino set to open in Colombo mid-2025 will provide Indian travellers w...

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LNP - Passport queues to end in a month: Immigration Dept.

2025-02-12   |   Travel

Although the root cause of the prevailing passport queues is due to the mismanagement of the previous governments, the Department of Immigration and E...

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LNP - January tourist arrivals surpass 170,000 in three weeks

2025-01-27   |   Travel

Tourist arrivals to Sri Lanka have crossed the 170,000 mark within the first three weeks of January, provisional data from the Sri Lanka Tourism Devel...

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LNP - Tourist arrivals cross 100,000 mark within first 2 weeks of January

2025-01-22   |   Travel

Tourist arrival crossed the 100,000 mark within the first two weeks of January, recording a Year-on-Year (YoY) increase of 22 percent. Provisional dat...

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LNP - Sri Lanka to revisit IMF agreement?

2025-01-21   |   Travel

The government plans to revisit the International Monetary Fund (IMF) agreement to provide additional relief measures for the public, Deputy Minister ...

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LNP - Sri Lanka ranked 9th best destination to travel in 2025 in BBC’s first-ever travel guide

2025-01-19   |   Travel

By Nuzla RizkiyaSri Lanka has been ranked among the top 10 destinations to travel in 2025 by BBC Travel’s inaugural guide to the world’s top trave...

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