Tourism

Image: Sri Lankan Airlines staff wear masks at Bandaranaike International Airport after Sri Lanka confirmed the first case of coronavirus in the country, in Katunayake, Sri Lanka January 30, 2020. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte. Heads of several chambers of commerce in Sri Lanka said that the deadly coronavirus epidemic has been adversely affecting the Sri Lankan economy […]

Mirissa made headlines for an unpleasant incident earlier this month and the authorities immediately reacted to it by taking actions like suspending the activities of the restaurant and removing unauthorised establishments along the Mirissa coastal belt. Hence, work is in progress to safeguard the tourism industry in the country, with special focus on the South. […]

Northern terrorism is, thankfully, a thing of the past, but, sadly, southern terrorism is on the rise. Underworld figures, with political connections, remain above the law and terrorise hapless men, women and children, with impunity. It was thought that the law and order situation would improve considerably after the 2015 regime change, but there hasn’t […]

Image: Herman Kumara speaking to press during a fishermen’s protest. ( SLB photo) Seefeld, 02.14.2018 – The internationally recognized human rights defender and director of the National Fisheries Solidarity Movement Sri Lanka Herman Kumara was awarded this year to the “TO DO Award Human Rights in Tourism”. The price is 2,018 awarded for the second […]

Photo credit: Newsin.Asia. Rohantha N.A. Athukorala. Over the weekend I was honoured to listen to my teacher from Harvard, Professor Matt Andrew’s lecture to the Masters in tourism students of Colombo University. He voiced that if not for the tourism industry Sri Lanka would have faced a serious financial crisis and he emphasised the importance […]

J.C. Weliamuna Unlawful Arrest & Deportation of British Tourist; A close look at the series of illegal steps taken by law enforcement authorities JC Weliamuna Ms. Naomi Michelle Coleman, a British Tourist with wide travel experience in many Buddhist Countries who had a large tattoo of the Buddha and of a Hindu God on a […]

Bach Boys! ‘Beach boy’ menace would kill the goose that lays golden eggs; Political patronage makes the situation worse The beach boy menace is raising its ugly head once again in some of the key tourist resorts and hospitality industry sources complain that if the steps are not taken to curb their thug like behavior […]

Foreign-tourists Nadia FazlulhaqPolice are recording frequent complaints of sexual harassment of tourists in the South, with the latest report of sexual harassment of an Israeli female tourist by a local. On Sinhala and Tamil New Year’s day, a 32-year-old Israeli tourist was sexually harassed while on the beach, when her husband had gone to the […]

AFP- Sri Lanka’s police have begun keeping track of foreign tourists to “ensure their own safety”, officials announced on Monday. Hotels and guest houses have been told to submit weekly reports of their foreign guests as part of a new security plan for tourists, police spokesman Buddhika Siriwardena said.“Tourists are important to our economy. This is […]