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News Sri Lanka Travel: Sri Lanka expands visa-free scheme halted after bombings

Published on: Tuesday 23 July 2019
Sri Lanka expands visa-free scheme halted after bombings
News source: https://news.yahoo.com/sri-lanka-expands-visa-free-scheme-halted-bombings-080052313.html

Sri Lanka has re-introduced and expanded a visa-free entry scheme for visitors in a bid to revive its flagging tourism sector after the deadly Easter bombings, officials said Wednesday. "As the security situation has improved, the cabinet of ministers decided to revive the visa-free scheme and

News Sri Lanka Travel: Sri Lanka is tops in travel mag’s list

Published on: Monday 15 July 2019
Sri Lanka is tops in travel mag’s list
News source: https://www.thestar.com.my/news/regional/2019/07/16/sri-lanka-is-tops-in-travel-mags-list/

Colombo: Travel + Leisure, a US travel magazine has ranked Sri Lanka Number 1 in its list of “The 15 Best Islands in the World” released on July 10. The New York-based travel magazine which has 4.8 ...

News Sri Lanka Travel: Is it safe to travel to Sri Lanka?

Published on: Wednesday 10 July 2019
Is it safe to travel to Sri Lanka?
News source: https://www.theweek.co.uk/102200/is-it-safe-to-travel-to-sri-lanka

The Government of Sri Lanka has announced plans to slash the charges paid by airlines, in an attempt to revitalise the country’s ailing tourism industry. The South Asian island nation has struggled to ...

News Sri Lanka Travel: Sri Lanka welcomes FIFA ruling Macau out of WCup qualifying

Published on: Friday 28 June 2019
Sri Lanka welcomes FIFA ruling Macau out of WCup qualifying
News source: https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/soccer/2019/06/29/sri-lanka-welcomes-fifa-ruling-macau-out-of-wcup-qualifying/39638659/

Sri Lanka's soccer authorities have welcomed a FIFA decision to advance its team to the next round of the 2022 World Cup qualifiers removing Macau for its refusal to travel to Sri Lanka owing to the recent terror attacks

News Sri Lanka Travel: Sri Lanka safe for tourists, travel advisories issued after blasts to be withdrawn soon: Tourism Min

Published on: Tuesday 25 June 2019
Sri Lanka safe for tourists, travel advisories issued after blasts to be withdrawn soon: Tourism Min
News source: https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/sri-lanka-safe-for-tourists-travel-advisories-issued-after-blasts-to-be-withdrawn-soon-tourism-min-119062501108_1.html

Read more about Sri Lanka safe for tourists, travel advisories issued after blasts to be withdrawn soon: Tourism Min on Business Standard. Sri Lanka Tourism Minister H Amartunga Tuesday said its government is regularly in touch with intelligence agencies to ensure that the island nation is safe, adding travel advisories issued in the wake of the recent blasts will be withdrawn

News Sri Lanka Travel: US relaxes travel advisory on Sri Lanka

Published on: Monday 24 June 2019
US relaxes travel advisory on Sri Lanka
News source: http://www.dailymirror.lk/breaking_news/US-relaxes-travel-advisory-on-Sri-Lanka/108-169959

The US State Department has relaxed its travel advisory for Sri Lanka, the US Embassy said. Accordingly, the State department has downgraded the level of travel advisory for Sri Lanka from three to ...

News Sri Lanka Travel: Sri Lanka safe for tourists, travel advisories issued after blasts to be withdrawn soon: Tourism minister

Published on: Tuesday 25 June 2019
Sri Lanka safe for tourists, travel advisories issued after blasts to be withdrawn soon: Tourism minister
News source: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/south-asia/sri-lanka-safe-for-tourists-travel-advisories-issued-after-blasts-to-be-withdrawn-soon-tourism-minister/articleshow/69946187.cms

NEW DELHI: Sri Lanka tourism minister H Amartunga on Tuesday said its government is regularly in touch with intelligence agencies to ensure that the island nation is safe, adding travel advisories ...

News Sri Lanka Travel: India Woes Sri Lanka, Maldives to Checkmate Dragon

Published on: Sunday 09 June 2019
India Woes Sri Lanka, Maldives to Checkmate Dragon
News source: https://www.marinelink.com/news/india-woes-sri-lanka-maldives-checkmate-467074

The re-elected Indian prime minister Narendra Modi's first foreign travel was to the neighbouring Maldives and Sri Lanka as part of his "neighborhood-first policy." China is also trying to exert its ...

News Sri Lanka Travel: Sri Lanka looks to woo tourists with hotel rooms at 50% discount, sports

Published on: Monday 10 June 2019
Sri Lanka looks to woo tourists with hotel rooms at 50% discount, sports
News source: https://www.business-standard.com/article/international/sri-lanka-looks-to-woo-tourists-with-hotel-rooms-at-50-discount-sports-119061100053_1.html

Read more about Sri Lanka looks to woo tourists with hotel rooms at 50% discount, sports on Business Standard. To lure tourists back, Sri Lanka is hosting international sporting events and has mothballed a rule on minimum rates for hotel stays

News Sri Lanka Travel: World Cup Qualifier in Sri Lanka Canceled After Macau Refuse to Travel

Published on: Sunday 09 June 2019
World Cup Qualifier in Sri Lanka Canceled After Macau Refuse to Travel
News source: https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2019/06/10/sports/soccer/10reuters-soccer-worldcup-asia-qualifiers.html

Sri Lanka's World Cup qualifying clash with Macau, which was due to be played on Tuesday, has been canceled after the team from the former Portuguese colony refused to travel to Colombo, the Asian Football Confederation confirmed on Monday.

News Sri Lanka Travel: Cricket: Sri Lanka may travel to Pakistan for the Test series

Published on: Monday 03 June 2019
Cricket: Sri Lanka may travel to Pakistan for the Test series
News source: http://www.sundaytimes.lk/article/1089972/cricket-sri-lanka-may-travel-to-pakistan-for-the-test-series

Presidential Secretariat issues gazette on resignation of Hizbullah, Azath Salley as governors Pakistan, starved for ten years of international cricket at home, is desperate for it to end. And Sri ...

News Sri Lanka Travel: India lifts travel warning issued for Sri Lanka

Published on: Tuesday 28 May 2019
India lifts travel warning issued for Sri Lanka
News source: https://menafn.com/1098580466/India-lifts-travel-warning-issued-for-Sri-Lanka

(MENAFN - Leisure Plus) />India has lifted the travel warning issued for Sri Lanka following the Easter Sunday attacks. In a statement issued in New Delhi today, the Indian Government noted that ...

News Sri Lanka Travel: India issues updated travel advisory for Sri Lanka

Published on: Tuesday 28 May 2019
India issues updated travel advisory for Sri Lanka
News source: https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/india-issues-updated-travel-advisory-for-sri-lanka/article27281911.ece

The External Affairs Ministry says the security situation is gradually returning to normal in the island nation but Indian nationals travelling there need to be careful and vigilant India on Tuesday ...

News Sri Lanka Travel: Indian nationals travelling to Sri Lanka advised to be careful, vigilant

Published on: Tuesday 28 May 2019
Indian nationals travelling to Sri Lanka advised to be careful, vigilant
News source: https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ani/indian-nationals-travelling-to-sri-lanka-advised-to-be-careful-vigilant-119052801043_1.html

Read more about Indian nationals travelling to Sri Lanka advised to be careful, vigilant on Business Standard. Acknowledging the return of normalcy in Sri Lanka following the Easter Sunday terror attacks, the Indian government on Tuesday advised its citizens to be "careful and vigilant" while traveling to the island nation, unlike the previous travel

News Sri Lanka Travel: Fresh Advisory Issued On Visiting Sri Lanka In Aftermath Of Bombings

Published on: Tuesday 28 May 2019
Fresh Advisory Issued On Visiting Sri Lanka In Aftermath Of Bombings
News source: https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/fresh-advisory-issued-on-visiting-sri-lanka-in-aftermath-of-bombings-2044377

The external affairs ministry on Tuesday issued a fresh advisory asking citizens travelling to Sri Lanka to be careful and vigilant in view of last month's bombings in which over 250 people were killed.

News Sri Lanka Travel: Switzerland relaxes travel advise on Sri Lanka

Published on: Tuesday 28 May 2019
Switzerland relaxes travel advise on Sri Lanka
News source: https://menafn.com/1098579679/Switzerland-relaxes-travel-advise-on-Sri-Lanka

(MENAFN - Leisure Plus) />Switzerland has relaxed a travel advise imposed on Sri Lanka, the Swiss Ambassador to Sri Lanka and the Maldives Hanspeter Mock said. He said that Switzerland no longer ...

News Sri Lanka Travel: Sri Lanka wants adverse travel advisories revoked

Published on: Thursday 23 May 2019
Sri Lanka wants adverse travel advisories revoked
News source: https://menafn.com/1098562532/Sri-Lanka-wants-adverse-travel-advisories-revoked

(MENAFN - Leisure Plus) />The Government says its top priority at present was to engage with foreign representatives in the country and convince them to either revoke or down grade the adverse ...

News Sri Lanka Travel: Sri Lanka PM Appeals To Global Community To Lift Travel Advisories

Published on: Friday 24 May 2019
Sri Lanka PM Appeals To Global Community To Lift Travel Advisories
News source: https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/sri-lankan-prime-minister-ranil-wickremesinghe-appeals-to-global-community-to-lift-travel-advisories-2042714

Sri Lankan PM Ranil Wickremesinghe appealed to the international community to lift travel warnings issued after the Easter bombings, assuring that the security situation has improved in the country after the crackdown on Islamist groups and networks.