Tagged: Why Sri Lanka

Travel Eye: Discover Sri Lanka’s East Coast

By Karen Edwards The lagoons are vast, the beaches deserted, the colonial ruins overgrown but full of history. Then there’s the food… Don’t get me started on the food. Kottu rotis, hoppers, kiribath (milk...

Tourism bullish Jetwing in Rs. 8 b expansion

Post-war rebound encourages Group to add 162 rooms and villas within a year to bring total to 640 On-going projects in Jaffna and Colombo and new hotels to be added in Dambulla, Wellawaya and...

UNFOLDING STRENGTH

Sri Lanka has welcomed an upsurge in visitors over the past five years. Stefanie Saghbini sets out to discover how stakeholders are achieving this result and how they plan to sustain it Sri Lanka,...

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50 Things to Do in Asia Before You Die

Whether you prefer to meet a holy monkey, eat sushi for breakfast, receive a monk’s blessing, helicopter over the Himalayas, or just enjoy the myriad unique views—we’ve rounded up a bucket list of 50...

Sri Lanka, Admired From Above

Jeff Powell, decked out in shorts and open-toe sandals, doesn’t want anything to do with the big airlines. The 34-year-old Canadian says he is more than happy flying for Cinnamon Air, Sri Lanka’s only...