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Sri Lanka Tourism Awards 2024

December 21, 2024

Sri Lanka Tourism Awards 2024 concluded in grand style on 20th December evening at Cinnamon Life. Please refer https://tourismawards.lk to follow the winners.

SLTDA wins the Merit Award at the 2023 Bestweb.lk Competition

August 14, 2023

Design Guideline for the Tourist Accommodation Facilities

July 12, 2022

The Design Guideline incorporates a set of instructions aiming to help designers via the consolidation of already existing national design regulations and standards and best international practices in one single document.  These sets of instructions are intended to cover the minimum design requirements for tourist accommodation facilities to help designers and builders to create facilities that are functional and aesthetic to tourists, all while leaving space for designers to come up with innovative and creative ideas. 

Sri Lanka Convention Bureau joins with Business Chambers & Associations to resume MICE Tourism.

August 25, 2021

Sri Lanka Convention Bureau (SLCB) is a state institute under the Ministry of Tourism with the prime objective of promoting Sri Lanka as a venue for MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences, Exhibitions & Events) activities.

Sri Lanka Tourism launches membership drive for informal sector supported by Australia’s MDF

August 11, 2021

Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA), with the support from Market Development Facility (MDF), Australia’s flagship private sector development program, has launched a membership drive to encourage informal sector tourism operators to register with SLTDA. The membership drive was launched recently with a trilingual video series featuring celebrated cricket legend Kumar Sangakkara.

Sri Lanka Tourism in partnership with UNDP in Sri Lanka take forward National Sustainable Destination Certification (NSDC) as the 2nd phase of the National Sustainable Tourism Initiative.

August 02, 2021

Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority, Ministry of Tourism with the technical and financial assistance of UNDP in Sri Lanka has initiated the National Sustainable Destination Certification (NSDC) scheme to transform 9 chosen destinations in 9 provinces with the best sustainable practices as the 2nd phase of the National Sustainable Tourism Initiative.

Sri Lanka Tourism introduces an e-learning platform for all SLTDA registered tourist guides

July 29, 2021

As an initiative to uplift the reviving tourism industry in the country, Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority in collaboration with Sri Lanka Institute of Tourism & Hotel Management (SLITHM) have introduced the continuous professional development (CPD) e- learning platform to all registered guides to enhance their knowledge and skills.

Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority approves Bolagala Floating Agro Tourism Resort in Katana – a novel Agro Tourism concept.

March 24, 2021

Bolagala Floating Agro Tourism Resort in Katana located close to the Negombo tourism hub will be the newest addition to the inventory of unique experiences for tourists visiting Sri Lanka. This is the first-ever floating resort in Sri Lanka created adopting an agro-tourism theme consists of 50 floating cabanas, including 10 GPS tracker equipped cabanas that could freely move around the picturesque lake giving visitors an exceptional experience: floating swimming pool, floating restaurant, main restaurant, pub & karaoke lounge, underwater spa, gym are the main components of the project.

SLTDA streamlines the tourism investment approval process with one common application collaborating 18 line agencies.

October 08, 2020

Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA) has made the tourism investment process easy by streamlining the project approval process and the facilitation services provided by the Investor Relations Unit (IRU) - the unit established within SLTDA as the centralized facilitation arm for tourism investments in the country.

Sri Lanka Tourism and Australia’s MDF to develop five-year plan to transform tourism research

October 06, 2020

Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA) and Australia’s Market Development Facility (MDF) have joined hands to develop a research roadmap to facilitate Sri Lanka’s position as Asia’s foremost tourism destination....

Press Release: Sri Lanka receives Safe Travels Stamp from World Travel & Tourism Council.

August 20, 2020

Recognizing the safety protocols introduced by the Government of Sri Lanka along with standards mandated by Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA)to ensure the safety of domestic and international travelers.....

All-inclusive Sri Lanka Tourism app now ready.

August 11, 2020

Sri Lanka Tourism is happy to confirm that the all-inclusive Sri Lanka Tourism app is now ready and awaiting authorization from the Immigration and Emigration Department to be linked with the online visa process......

DISTRICT COURT REJECTS LANKA REALTY LEISURE INJUNCTION TO PREVENT ALLOCATION OF LAND BY SLTDA TO FOREIGN INVESTOR

August 06, 2020

DISTRICT COURT REJECTS LANKA REALTY LEISURE INJUNCTION TO PREVENT ALLOCATION OF LAND BY SLTDA TO FOREIGN INVESTOR

විදේශ ආයෝජකයෙකුට සංචාරක කටයුත්තක් සඳහා ඉඩම් බදුදීම වලකාලමින් ලංකා රියල්ටි ලෙෂර් ආයෝජන සමාගම ඉල්ලා සිටි අතුරු තහනම් නියෝගය ගරු අධිකරණය ප්‍රතික්ෂේප කරයි

August 06, 2020

විදේශ ආයෝජකයෙකුට සංචාරක කටයුත්තක් සඳහා ඉඩම් බදුදීම වලකාලමින් ලංකා රියල්ටි ලෙෂර් ආයෝජන සමාගම ඉල්ලා සිටි අතුරු තහනම් නියෝගය ගරු අධිකරණය ප්‍රතික්ෂේප කරයි