Thursday, June 30, 2016
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ARTRA magazine showcases the best of contemporary Sri Lankan creative talent

There is more to Sri Lanka than sun, sea and sand, spectacular scenery, cultural history and mystery, eight UNESCO World Heritage Sites, and more species of wildlife than you can shake a stick at. But you need to know where to look—and ARTRA is a good place to start.
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British authors at literary gathering hosted by Mount Lavinia Hotel in Colombo

A literary gathering at the Mount Lavinia Hotel in Colombo on Saturday, July 9, will be a rare treat for visitors to Sri Lanka looking to add something different to their itineraries.
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Sri Lanka | A Time Lapse Video - Part 1
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The sport of kings in Nuwara Eliya ‘a major boost for Sri Lanka tourism’

They call it the sport of kings, and horse racing at Sri Lanka’s Royal Turf Club (RTC) in Nuwara Eliya is no exception. Moreover, with its excitement, glitter and fantastic sporting spectacle, it is also a major tourist attraction.
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Wednesday, June 29, 2016
Sri Lankan food ‘some of the best I’ve had anywhere in the world’

As we all know, Sri Lanka’s spicy and hugely varied cuisine takes some beating. In fact, according to the Helen in Wonderlust blog, “Sri Lankan food is some of the best I’ve had anywhere in the world”. She writes: “I pretty much ate my way around the country, trying anything and everything so I could report back on my findings (the things I do for you guys) from local street food places to higher end restaurants”.
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Tuesday, June 28, 2016
Destinations News magazine in Dubai is extravagant in its praise of Sri Lanka - Pledge Holidays...
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Destinations News magazine in Dubai is extravagant in its praise of Sri Lanka

It is totally appropriate that the über-high-end Destinations of the World News magazine and website is based in Dubai, where nothing succeeds like excess. But amidst the conspicuous over-consumption and exuberant extravagance—check out Spend It—the mag’s cosmopolitan voice provides a refreshingly readable counterpoint.
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Bolton News UK reports ‘amazing, incredible’ experience photographing Sri Lanka wildlife

An adventurous British photographer had “an amazing, incredible experience” of Sri Lanka during a trip-of-a lifetime photographing our wildlife. The Bolton News in the north of England reports that Brian White spent six weeks trekking through the island's rainforests to snap birds, leopards, snakes and elephants.
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Sri Lanka to enforce new hotel star ranking system to boost tourism

An international-standard star ranking system for Sri Lankan hotels has been launched by government tourism officials, with enforcement backed by tough new penalties. The FT newspaper reports Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA) Director General Malraj Kiriella as insisting “the mechanism was essential to ensure high industry standards in the future”.
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Top new Sri Lankan tea featured on global packing website

A new brand of Ceylon tea is featured on The Dieline, “the most visited website on package design in the world, capturing a readership spanning millions across hundreds of countries”. The brew, Single Estate, is a new limited-edition collection launched by Jaf Tea, “widely known all over the world for superior quality and outstanding taste”.
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Monday, June 27, 2016
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Mystery blonde does fashion shoot in exotic Sri Lankan locations

Don’t ask what this is all about, because it’s a bit of a mystery. Check out the blog, and you’ll see why. All we can glean is that young Jessica travels the world modelling nifty outfits for an outfit called tuula. This this time she’s in Sri Lanka, and if you like great pics of pretty young blondes modelling nifty outfits in exotic locations, this is for you.
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The beauty and tranquility of Sri Lanka’s renowned Hill Country revealed

The beauty and serenity of Sri Lanka’s famed Hill Country and Central Highlands are renowned counterpoints to the hustle, bustle and maritime madness of our renowned beaches. Which is why Newspaper, the blog and catchup for high-end techy business types, has focused a travel-section roundup on five of the region’s prime destinations.
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Sunday, June 26, 2016
Pleasure and leisure boat marinas ‘needed to support Sri Lanka tourism’

Creating pleasure-boat marinas to help promote Sri Lanka’s ongoing tourism drive is a prime focus of the upcoming Boat Show & Fisheries Exhibition Sri Lanka 2016. It will showcase the best of our boatbuilding expertise in the leisure pleasure markets, particularly those devoted to whale-watching, sport fishing and diving.
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UK Guardian on street-food fabulousness in Sri Lanka's capital Colombo - Pledge Holidays Travel Blog
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UK Guardian on street-food fabulousness in Sri Lanka’s capital Colombo

Delicious street food and Sri Lanka go together, nowhere more so than at the various Nana’s to be found clustered along the seafront at Galle Face Green in Colombo. There’s much else that makes Sri Lanka’s street food cornucopia such and amazing experience, of course, including handy snacks made from just about anything it's possible to cook and serve.
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Saturday, June 25, 2016
Sri Lanka Tourism - Serendipitous Encounters
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Friday, June 24, 2016
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The Economist magazine extols Colombo, ‘the fastest growing city destination in the world’

The capital of Sri Lanka is forging a new identity. Once bedevilled by the country's long-running civil war, now a fashion designer, a celebrity chef and an Australian expat will show you why this forward-looking tropical metropolis has become the fastest growing city destination in the world. See what they love about this remarkable place.
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The future of luxury travel—which tribe do you belong to?

To some, one man’s luxury is nothing more than vulgar extravagance designed to impress rather than bestow a tangible benefit. Let’s face it, who actually needs gold bath taps? But the travel and leisure business is different. Luxury is still in the eye of the beholder, but the extravagance really does make a difference.
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Thursday, June 23, 2016
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Asia-Pacific countries ‘are major drivers of world tourism technologies’

Asia-Pacific (APAC) countries, Sri Lanka included, are the major drivers of world tourism technologies, according to a new report. This dominance, and the region's lead in travel consumption and services, is also why it leads the world in travel technology innovation.
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New website helps fight dengue in Sri Lanka and ASEAN tourist destinations

Dengue is the fastest-growing mosquito-borne disease in the world, and combatting it is now a major concern for tropical tourism destinations, including as Sri Lanka. Now the Asian Dengue Vaccination Advocacy (ADVA) has launched a new measure to combat the disease.
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Wednesday, June 22, 2016
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Glam mag ‘Look UK’ writer raves about ‘state visit’ to Sri Lanka

UK glam mag Look, part of the Time Inc stable including marie claire and InStyle, raves about Sri Lanka in their latest online offering, with writer Anna Duff saying she was treated “like Kate Middleton on a state visit”.
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Round-the-world London couple loved Sri Lanka’s ‘stunning’ beaches

Some terrific posts on Sri Lanka, including a report on our “stunning” south- and east-coast beaches, are highlights of the blog written by a young round-the-world London couple.
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Trip101 weblog shares 20 great things to do in Sri Lanka

There are so many amazing things to see and do in Sri Lanka that’s it’s hard to know where to begin. So here’s a shout-out the Trip101 weblog for its useful and colorful roundup of some of the best places to get the most out of a holiday of a lifetime on this Indian ocean paradise island.
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Monday, June 20, 2016
June theatrical productions in Colombo

The famed Lionel Wendt Art Centre in Colombo once again features prominently in this month’s offering of not-to-be-missed theatrical productions in the capital.
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British ‘experience hunter’ tourists are good news for Sri Lanka

New and novel travel adventures are the bottom line for British tourists who see themselves as ‘experience hunters’, according to a study by Hilton Hotels & Resorts. It says that Brits will forgo almost everything if it means being able to experience something new.
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Sunday, June 19, 2016
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Glorious curries in spectacular northern Sri Lanka for Mail Online’s James Delingpole

A leading writer on the world’s most-read newspaper website, the UK’S Mail Online, James Delingpole waxes lyrical about his recent family visit to Sri Lanka, where they enjoyed “the best curries of our lives”. Of course, it wasn’t just the food. He was visiting Jaffna, a deliberate decision to get off the southern tourist beaten track.
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Friday, June 17, 2016
The Grand Hotel, Nuwara Eliya

The Grand Hotel in Nuwara Eliya is unquestionably grand. Very grand, in fact, the kind of grandeur born of its associations with the pinnacles and cornerstones of British colonial rule.
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Are solar chargers the perfect answer for power-hungry smartphones?

Wi-fi and mobile communications are the number-one must-have for today’s world traveller, never more so than when going ‘off the grid’ in a strange land.
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Thursday, June 16, 2016
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Does this spell the end for Sri Lanka’s tuk-tuks? Will the (quite cute) Qute take over?

Does this mean the end of our beloved tuk-tuks? Those noisy, tourist-friendly, most-convenient-form-of-transport-on-the-planet three-wheelers? Possibly. But then again, possibly not.
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Star travel writer John Gimlett hails Sri Lanka in Elephant Complex book

John Gimlett is a star travel writer—and he loves our Paradise island! His latest book, Elephant Complex, Travels In Sri Lanka, is a warm and affectionate look at a country that’s “so diverse it’s like several countries rolled into one”.
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