As reported by News360.lk, a 65 year old British tourists who was visiting Sri Lanka has died by drowning in the sea, the Police announced. The incident has occurred on the 3rd of November in the seas off Southern Sri Lanka. Lifeguards have attempted to save the British tourist John Kesal by pulling him back into the beach but it has been too late. Read Article
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Khaleejtimes.com reports that Sri Lankan authorities on Friday wiped all the data from the computer of an Australian media rights activist as she and a colleague were kicked out of the country, a local rights group said. Jacqui Park and fellow Australian Jean Worthington were packed onto a plane that flew out of Colombo airport […]
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Shanghaidaily.com reports that a Sri Lankan tour guide has been arrested on the charge of having swindled 900 U.S. dollars from a Chinese woman after guiding her around the capital city, local media reported on Tuesday. The tourist had gotten into a three-wheeler commonly referred to by Sri Lankans as “tuk tuk”, a cheap form […]
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Arabtimesonline.com reported that, Sri Lankan woman tried to commit suicide by consuming a number of pills inside her sponsor’s house in Jabriya area. According to security sources, when the Operations Room of Ministry of Interior received information from a Kuwaiti woman that her housemaid was lying unconscious inside the kitchen, securitymen and paramedics rushed to […]
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Dailymirror.lk reports that belongings worth about four hundred and fifty thousand rupees was allegedly robbed from a Swiss couple while strolling along the road around Kandy Lake on Friday night by a gang who had fled after the robbery. This robbery had taken place around 10pm, and the police suspect the alleged robbers could have […]
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According to dailymail.lk, five persons including four Belgian nationals were injured in an accident in Minneriya. Police Media Unit sources said the van in which they were travelling, crashed into the railings of a bridge in the Batuoya area in Minneriya. Police said the accident happened on Saturday evening. Read article
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According to a transtamils.com report, heavy monsoon rains and strong winds in Sri Lankan tourist towns have killed at least 19 people with dozens more missing, in rough seas, Sri Lankan officials said on Sunday.Capital city and Southern coast ware badly affected and people hundreds are injured by falling trees and wind blown materials. Read […]
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Dailymirror.lk reports that a 31-year-old Afghan tourist drowned while bathing in the sea behind a hotel in Eththukala area in Negombo last evening, police said. He had been a guest at the hotel during the past couple of days. They said a rescue operation with the support of lifesaving groups of the area was underway […]
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As covered by www.emirates247.com, “After two French tourists complained that they had been sexually molested by a foreign guesthouse operator at his guest house in Sri Lanka on Friday, ‘Colombo Gazette’ on Saturday reported that he has been arrested by police. SSP Jayantha Wickramasinghe said 44-year old Oliver Sage, who manages the “French Villa”, a […]
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As reported by Reuters.com the $59 billion economy recorded one million arrivals last year with annual revenue from tourism jumping to an all-time peak of $1.04 billion, helped by the end of nearly three decades of civil war in 2009. The decision to track the tourists, requiring hotels and guesthouses to submit weekly reports on […]
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