The cost to obtain a short-term visa to visit Sri Lanka rose from $50 to $100 in April. But the reason for it is disputed. The price hike followed Sri Lanka's transition from using internal Electronic ...

Sri Lanka can be best described as south Asia in miniature form, filled with beaches, elephants, tea plantations, curries, sacred rituals, colourful ceremonies, and most of all, warmly welcoming ...

Travellers to Sri Lanka will no longer be able to obtain a tourist visa on arrival at the airport from October 15 and holidaymakers are being told to apply for their visa online before travelling.

JUST one hour into our safari, we’ve hit the jackpot! “Look, you can just make out its outline,” our guide Dinuka shouts, as he passes his binoculars to me and my boyfriend Andy. Standing on ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jordi Lippe-McGraw is a travel writer and founder of PAK Rêve bags. In Asia's vast landscape of travel destinations, Sri Lanka is ...

Sri Lanka has two first-class rail choices -- ExpoRail and the Rajadhani Express. They offer one of the most scenic, and cheapest, ways to get around the country.

Sri Lanka is an enigma. A little bit of India, a splash of the Maldives and a hint of Bali, the country retains a distinct personality all its own, discernible only in its startlingly diverse corners.

Like most digital nomad visas, Sri Lanka’s comes with a minimum income requirement. Applicants must earn at least $2,000 per month. That threshold remains the same if you have fewer than two children, ...

Sri Lanka is no longer simply attracting Indian tourists. It is increasingly being shaped around them. When Indian and Pakistani supporters packed Colombo’s R. Premadasa Stadium for a high-profile T20 ...

According to a report in the leading international news magazine ‘The Diplomat’, the United Kingdom ranked as Sri Lanka’s second-largest source market at 9.5 per cent in 2025, with 224,643 arrivals, ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Alipay+ recently signed an MoU with Sri Lanka’s National Payment Network – LankaPay towards enhancing inbound and outbound travel experience through cross-border ...