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Sri Lanka Elephant Lives Up to His Rambo Name

BY SRILAL MITHTHAPALA, ETN CORRESPONDENT, SRI LANKA | JUN 03, 2013 I first set eyes on Rambo in the early 1990s when I started visiting the Uda Walawe National Park. He was a young male elephant at that time, with a very calm demeanor. He had a very unique identifiable feature, where his right ear [...]

June 3, 2013 · admin · Comments Closed
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The New Breed of Tourists to Sri Lanka: the Flashpackers

BY SRILAL MITHTHAPALA, ETN SRI LANKA | March, 2013 There is no doubt that the overall tourist arrivals to Sri Lanka have shown YOY growth in the past few years. Almost all hotels are returning healthy revenue, occupancy and profitability figures. However there are some “rumblings” from the larger established hotels that the performance has been [...]

March 6, 2013 · admin · Comments Closed
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Wildlife Tourism in Sri Lanka is On the Rise

By Srilal Miththapala, eTN Sri Lanka | Sep 12, 2012 Sri Lanka has always been well known for its high level of biodiversity and wildlife. It is rated as one of the world’s 34 biodiversity hot spots (Conservation International) and has the distinction of having established possibly the world’s earliest wild life reserves, when King [...]

September 13, 2012 · admin · Comments Closed
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Spotlight on Sri Lanka – A Star of the Ancient Silk Road

Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka (Russian: Шри-Ланка) that was known as Ceylon (Russian: Остров Цейлон) untill 1972, is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean and lies in the vicinity of India and the Maldives.

May 9, 2012 · admin · Comments Closed
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Sri Lankan Tourist Arrivals on the Rise

During the last three months 236,910 tourists visited Sri Lanka, Economic Development Deputy Minister Laksman Yapa Abeywardena said. This is a huge increase compared to last year’s figures. According to Economic Development Ministry statistics, 200,582 tourists had visited during the first three months of last year. Therefore, 36,328 more tourists have visited the country in just [...]

April 17, 2012 · admin · Comments Closed
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Sri Lanka’s First Guidebook to Responsible Travel Unveiled

“Nature provides a free lunch, but only if we control our appetites.” – William Ruckelshaus They say an idea brings about change, a vision brings about evolution. On January 19, 2012, an idea was launched, in turn to create a vision. Written and compiled by renowned author Juliet Coombe, with the help of environmental expert [...]

February 14, 2012 · admin · Comments Closed
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Tourism Event In Sri Lanka – Jaffna Music Festival: A Celebration of Traditional Folk Art Forms

Folk music and dancing are wonderful expressions of a country’s rich tradition and diverse culture although very rarely would one pay attention to them. Many folk musicians across the country struggle to keep their traditions alive in the face of falling numbers, and due to lack of incentives and recognition from society, modern-day folk musicians [...]

February 14, 2011 · admin · Comments Closed
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Sri Lanka tourism on the upswing

By Srilal Miththapala, eTN | Aug 15, 2010 (eTN) – The immediate post war period gave rise to a dramatic increase in arrivals in Sri Lanka, confirming the fact that the tourism industry is a front-end industry – first to fall heavily when there are problems, and the first to recover once problems are over. [...]

August 16, 2010 · admin · Comments Closed
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New World Heritage sites established on Hawaii, Tanzania, Sri Lanka

The cultural arm of the United Nations on Saturday established new World Heritage sites in Sri Lanka and Hawaii, while adding an existing natural heritage site in Tanzania to the world’s list of cultural treasures. Meeting in Brasilia, the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) voted to make Sri Lanka’s central highlands a natural [...]

August 3, 2010 · admin · Comments Closed
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Major influx of Middle East tourists to Sri Lanka reported

Destination Sri Lanka reported a major influx of Arab travelers as Middle East tourist arrivals to Sri Lanka surged 50 per cent in January, 2010 compared to the same period last year, according to statistics compiled by the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority and announced by the Middle East office of the Sri Lanka Tourism [...]

February 17, 2010 · admin · Comments Closed
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