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Brides magazine in the US says that “a Sri Lankan honeymoon guarantees an epic journey because nowhere else in the world can you experience such a wide array of cultures and experiences in one compact destination”.
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A bevy of UK beachside beauties gathered in Colombo on a tour of Sri Lanka in the run-up to the Miss England final on July 14, Mail Online reports.
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Every year, National Geographic holds a travel photographer of the year contest, and this picture of a whale watching us watching them is one of the many outstanding entries.
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Every year, National Geographic holds a travel photographer of the year contest, and this picture of a whale watching us watching them is one of the many outstanding entries.
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Here’s one for the ladies courtesy of Femina, “the first and most read women's English magazine in India”, which today bringing you a weekend in Negombo, Sri Lanka’s premier west-coast beach resort.
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The award-winning Asia-Pacific travel magazine DestinAsia says that Sri Lanka’s east coast “is more alluring now than it has been in decades, with new resorts and a newfound optimism putting it firmly back on the tourist map”.
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A US$300 million high-end tourism zone in southern Sri Lanka is being planned by a government anxious to capitalize on the island’s rapidly growing global popularity as a holiday destination.
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The Ministry of Villas says: “Sri Lanka offers unique culture and fragrant tea plantations, traditional fishermen towering over the ocean on stilts and some of the most beautiful train rides on the planet.
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Straight flushed with success following its recent Indian roadshow, Sri Lanka’s premier gambling house Bellagio Casino in Colombo is on a roll.
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Fish stocks are under threat around the world, and sustainable fishing is top of the agenda for food security among the Indian Oceans maritime nations.
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Waking up in the king-sized bed once slept in by Queen Elizabeth II, with a view across a man-made lake to the ramparts of an ancient city once occupied by Sri Lankan royalty, is a heady experience.
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CNN Travel is just the latest to say that “one of the hottest destinations in Asia right now, Sri Lanka continues to make it onto an increasing number of international travelers' itineraries”.
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TTG’s Feizal Samath reports that Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau's new chairman has come into office intent on speeding up a long-delayed destination marketing campaign, with a roll-out targeted in the next few weeks.
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Speer’s, the magazine for the rich and famous, is showcasing the Shangra La Hotel on Sri Lanka’s southern coast, a favourite oasis for fairway-loving tourists and holidaymakers.
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Dining out in Sri Lanka’s capital city is a gastronomic adventure. Here are some of TripAdvisor’s top-ranked restaurants for all you the foodie fashionistas out there! (All pics courtesy TripAdvisor).
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Spies at the CIA—no, not that one, this is the Culinary Institute of America—are urging yankee doodles to “try crab curry from Sri Lanka that’s exploding with flavors!”.
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Sri Lanka has some of the best hospitals and medical centres in Asia, and health tourism is developing in step with our Paradise islands growing reputation as a must-visit holiday destination.
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The Spaces website reports that if you’re searching for the ultimate jungle retreat, “Guava House is a contemporary holiday villa hidden among the trees of Sri Lanka’s lush Kegalle district”.
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Sri Lanka is globally renowned among travellers and marine conservationists as a prime location for watching whales and dolphins in the natural habitat.
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Sri Lanka has issued a stern warning to travellers and tourists who love take selfies on some of our amazingly picturesque railway tracks—DON’T!
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Atlas Obscura bills itself as “the definitive guide to the world's wondrous and curious places. In an age where everything seems to have been explored and there is nothing new to be found, we celebrate a different way of looking at the world.”
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Eccentrips blogger Sachin Bhandary says that “there are some real reasons why Sri Lanka is such an addictive place. One of the BIG reasons is Sri Lankan food. Their curries, sambols and hoppers can make you yearn for them long after you have left the island”.
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An iconic beach hotel designed by legendary Sri Lanka architect Geoffrey Bawa, renowned as the ‘father of tropical modernism’, is to be pulled down and rebuilt.
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To a casual visitor, the Roman Catholic Shrine of Our Lady of Madhu in this north-western corner of Sri Lanka resembles a refugee camp. As indeed it once was, and in many ways still is.
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Back on the trail of the world’s love affair with Sri Lanka’s peerless cuisine, we find Tasting Table on the case in New York’s Staten Island, or Little sri Lanka as it is known.
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Helga’s Folly is one of the most astounding hotels in the world, never mind Sri Lanka—and it is a story of uncompromising eccentricity, tragedy, tears, and an indomitable will to survive.
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The foodie fanatics at HelloFresh are on a mission to change the way people eat—and they’ve been in Sri Lanka to find out why our delicious seafood is renowned the world over!
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Sri Lanka enjoys a host of public-holiday festivals and events during the year, most of which are based on Buddhist festivals, which revolve around the days of the full moon poya days. On these occasions, Sri Lankan Buddhists traditionally make offerings at their local temple, and the most important festivals are celebrated with spectacular peraheras, […]
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US-based Huffington Post (HuffPost) sent Instagramer Ioana Budeanu to check out Sri Lanka. She writes: “My lifetime dream of visiting Sri Lanka had finally come true. Last month, my photographer and I were on the island, for one magical week.”
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