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I Love Una - 11th January 2014

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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;">A Lifestyle...For friends... By friends. Kicked off in 2010, ''I Love Una'' was a spur of the moment, just-for-kicks idea which was originally planned to be a small gathering of close friends in Unawatuna. What it eventually turned out to be was far more than what we imagined. Now with the annual ''I Love Una'' event we bring people of all walks of life together to enjoy the beach, the music, and the essence that is Unawatuna. The signature of the event is the 'I Love Una'' brand T-shirt, which gives the event a unique signature style of its own. In addition to the event www.iloveuna.com will strive to all your beach going needs.</span></div>
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I Love Una - 11th January 2014

A Lifestyle...For friends... By friends. Kicked off in 2010, ''I Love Una'' was a spur of the moment, just-for-kicks idea which was originally planned to be a small gathering of close friends in Unawatuna. What it eventually turned out to be was far more than what we imagined. Now with the annual '…

31Dec2013

Sri Lanka Tourism Promotional Song - “Paradise Calling” Launched

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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;">Sri Lanka Tourism’s promotional song titled “Paradise Calling” was ceremoniously launched at a function held at “Ape Gama” in Battaramulla in the presence of Hon. M.L.A.M Hizbullah – Deputy Minister of Economic Development, Dr. Willie Gamage secretary to the Ministry of Botanical Gardens and Public Recreation . Mr. Bhashwara Gunarathna Chairman of Sri Lanka Tourism , Mr. Rumy Jauffer Managing Director of Sri Lanka Tourism Promotions Bureau, Dr.D.S Jayaweera – Director General of Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority and Mr. Nilmin Nanayakkara Board Member of SLTPB. The song’s Musical concept and Direction was done by Sri Lanka’s famous young artist duo Bathiya & Santush. The lyrics were written by veteran song writer Mr. Kelum Srimal. The launching ceremony was held with the participation of more than 24 young vocalists and many distinguished guests representing travel and tourism industry of Sri Lanka. This is the brain Child of Hon. Basil Rajapaksa Minister of Economic Development to produce a promotional song for Sri Lanka Tourism industry.</span></div>
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Sri Lanka Tourism Promotional Song - “Paradise Calling” Launched

Sri Lanka Tourism’s promotional song titled “Paradise Calling” was ceremoniously launched at a function held at “Ape Gama” in Battaramulla in the presence of Hon. M.L.A.M Hizbullah – Deputy Minister of Economic Development, Dr. Willie Gamage secretary to the Ministry of Botanical Gardens and Public…

23Dec2013

Sri Lanka Tourism Set for Another Record Breaking Year

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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">During the first eleven months of this year Sri Lanka tourism industry’s has surpassed the record breaking 1,005,605 visitors it attracted during the year 2012 thus marking an another record year of tourist arrivals.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Celebrating the achievement, Sri Lanka Tourism today(30th November) held a special program at the Bandaranaike International Airport, where it presented a surprise gift to a Russian tourist couple, who arrived in the Island for a holiday.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Managing Director of Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau – Mr. Rumy Jauffer, Director Marketing of Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau Ms. Madubhani Perera, Mr. Mervin Fernandopulle – Board Member of Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau, Mr. Mahen Kariyawasam President of Sri Lanka Inbound tour operators Association, Mr. Suresh De Mel President of Small and Medium Tourism Entrepreneurs representatives from travel and tourism industry warmly welcomed the guests who arrived in Sri Lanka via flight UL 543 from Moscow at 6.15am.</span></div>
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06Dec2013

National Bird Watching Month 2013

<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The tropical climate and exotic landscape of the paradise isle of Sri Lanka make it a true haven for bird watching enthusiasts. Home to more than 400 bird species with around 23 endemics and 200 migratory from India, Siberia, Scandinavia and Western Europe, the best time for bird watching enthusiasts to visit the island is  towards the latter part of the year. In fact the month of December has been declared as the National Bird Month by the Field Ornithology Group of Sri Lanka, the national affiliate of Bird Life International. There are many bird sanctuaries spread throughout the island including the Kumana National Park, the Kalametiya Bird Sanctuary, the Biodhinagala Sanctuary and Udawatte Kele among many others and many activities are organized during the National Bird Month for the public, exposing them to the treasures of bird life.</span></span><br />
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The tropical climate and exotic landscape of the paradise isle of Sri Lanka make it a true haven for bird watching enthusiasts. Home to more than 400 bird species with around 23 endemics and 200 migratory from India, Siberia, Scandinavia and Western Europe, the best time for bird watching enthusiast…

06Dec2013

Sri Pada ("Adam's Peak") Annual Pilgrimage Season

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Hatton Adam’s Peak or Sri Pada is an important pilgrim site. The devotees of many religions climb the mountain to invoke blessings. Buddhist believes the impression on the summit is the footprint of the Buddha. Sripada is the 4th highest mountain in Sri Lanka and it takes 4-5 hours to reach the peak by foot. The mountain is also named as Samanala Kanda or Butterfly Mountain. The area is rich in biodiversity and surrounded by the Peak Wilderness Sanctuary. The pilgrimage season starts on Unduwap Poya.</div>
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Sri Pada ("Adam's Peak") Annual Pilgrimage Season

Hatton Adam’s Peak or Sri Pada is an important pilgrim site. The devotees of many religions climb the mountain to invoke blessings. Buddhist believes the impression on the summit is the footprint of the Buddha. Sripada is the 4th highest mountain in Sri Lanka and it takes 4-5 hours to reach the pea…

06Dec2013

Commonwealth Heads Of Government Meeting (CHOGM) 2013

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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">CHOGM is held every two years and is the Commonwealth’s highest consultative and policy-making body. Commonwealth leaders agreed on Sri Lanka as the 2013 host for the meeting when they met in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, in 2009. They reaffirmed this decision at the 2011 CHOGM in Perth, Australia.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The President said: “As a committed member of the Commonwealth family, Sri Lanka is pleased to be hosting CHOGM. The Commonwealth shares a strong commitment to the twin pillars of democracy and development. We look forward to welcoming all Commonwealth leaders and delegates to our country for what I am confident will be a successful and mutually beneficial summit in true Commonwealth spirit.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He added: “As the host country, we look forward to sharing experiences in areas of collective interest, including rural development, youth empowerment and people-centred socio-economic growth within our Commonwealth family, and engaging with all members to achieve a significant outcome."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Secretary-General said that CHOGM brings together leaders representing around a quarter of the world’s countries, and a third of the world’s population.</span></div>
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Commonwealth Heads Of Government Meeting (CHOGM) 2013

CHOGM is held every two years and is the Commonwealth’s highest consultative and policy-making body. Commonwealth leaders agreed on Sri Lanka as the 2013 host for the meeting when they met in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, in 2009. They reaffirmed this decision at the 2011 CHOGM in Perth, Aust…

01Nov2013

Exploring The Wonder Of Asia

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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">An exposition on <b>Trade, Tourism & Investment</b> parallel to the CHOGM <b>13th-17th November 2013 in Colombo</b></span></div>
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01Nov2013

Upcoming Event - Annual Golf Classic

<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The best golfing tournament in the country, the Sri Lankan Airlines Annual Golf Classic attracts the finest golfers island-wide and from all over the world. Held at Victoria golf course off Kandy, the tournament is set most idyllic of surroundings with beautifully landscaped terrain and an equally splendid backdrop of mountains and lakes. </span></span><br />
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Upcoming Event - Annual Golf Classic

The best golfing tournament in the country, the Sri Lankan Airlines Annual Golf Classic attracts the finest golfers island-wide and from all over the world. Held at Victoria golf course off Kandy, the tournament is set most idyllic of surroundings with beautifully landscaped terrain and an equally s…

18Sep2013

Kandy Esala Perahara - August 11th - 21st

<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The most magnificent festivals is the Kandy Esala Perahara. A spectacular medieval day pagent is held for 10 nights with Kandyan dancers and Drummers in colorful traditional costumes.</span></span><br />
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16Aug2013

Chinese Tourist Arrivals To Sri Lanka On A Steady Rise

<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Chinese tourist arrivals to Sri Lanka is on a steady rise, as the country has received 16,582 tourists during the first six months of this year, compared to 9,622 visitors received during the same period of last year. This is a 72.3-pct year on year growth. The latest jump shows encouraging signs as the Government of Sri Lanka is campaigning vigorously to capture a slice out of the growing Chinese outbound tourism market, which during the year 2012 stood at 83 million tourists.</span></span><br />
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Chinese tourist arrivals to Sri Lanka is on a steady rise, as the country has received 16,582 tourists during the first six months of this year, compared to 9,622 visitors received during the same period of last year. This is a 72.3-pct year on year growth. The latest jump shows encouraging signs as…

30Jul2013

The Elephant Gathering At Minneriya National Park

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The Elephant Gathering At Minneriya National Park

Around August – September every year, the receding banks of the Minneriya Lake are covered by about 300 Asian elephants in search of food and water. This spectacular phenomenon known as ‘the Gathering’ is possibly the highest concentration of Asian elephants in a single location and ideal setting to…

29Jul2013

Sri Lankan Night At The “Third Rome”

<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;">The two week long “Mega Tourism Caravan” commenced its first phase on beginning of July in the capital city of Russia, Moscow. This promotional campaign which will be conducted in Moscow, Nizhny Novgorod, Kazan, Ufa and Yekaterinburg covering a distance of almost 4000 kilo meters on wheels is the follow up of the “Mega Tourism Road Show” held in March – April 2013, in the Russian Federation, Ukraine and Republic of Kazakhstan. This enormous task of organizing   weeks long tourism campaigns firstly in four major cities of Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan and subsequently in four major cities in Russia for the second time would not have been a reality, if not for the resolute and untiring efforts of His Excellency Udayanga Weeratunga, the Ambassador of Democratic Republic of Sri Lanka to the Russian Federation.</span><br />
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Sri Lankan Night At The “Third Rome”

The two week long “Mega Tourism Caravan” commenced its first phase on beginning of July in the capital city of Russia, Moscow. This promotional campaign which will be conducted in Moscow, Nizhny Novgorod, Kazan, Ufa and Yekaterinburg covering a distance of almost 4000 kilo meters on wheels is the fo…

11Jul2013

Sri Lankan Night At “Markin Square”, Nizhny Novgorod

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Sri Lankan Night At “Markin Square”, Nizhny Novgorod

On Monday, 8 July the “Mega Tourism Caravan” arrived at the fifth largest city of the Russian Federation. Nizhny Novgorod, colloquially shortened to Nizhny, is, with a population of 1,250,615, the fifth largest city in Russia and the Administrative centre of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast. From 1932 to 1990…

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Pigeon Island National Park - In Sri Lanka

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Pigeon Island National Park - In Sri Lanka

Pigeon Island National Park is one of the two marine national parks of Sri Lanka. The national park is situated 1 km off the coast of Nilaveli, a coastal town in Eastern Province, encompassing a total area of 471.429 hectares. The island's name derives from the Rock Pigeon which has colonized it. T…

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Xi’an Tourism Road Show

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The Road show held in
Xi’an was successfully concluded parallel to the Beijing International Travel
Fair 2013 (BITE 2013), with promising prospect to the future of Sri Lanka
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His Excellency Ranjith
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who took part in the BITE 2013. This event was conducted under the guidance of
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Xi’an Tourism Road Show

The Road show held in Xi’an was successfully concluded parallel to the Beijing International Travel Fair 2013 (BITE 2013), with promising prospect to the future of Sri Lanka Tourism. His Excellency Ranjith Uyangoda, the ambassador of Sri Lanka to the People’s Republic of China was the chief guest o…