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Best offers From Airlines.

5:22 PM 1/11/2012
Air Asia Offers.
Air Asia offers special offers to Sri Lankan passengers a return ticket to Bangkok for SL Rs.11,369/-

Air Asia the budget airline from Malaysia has started to offer advance booking for those passengers who wish to travel Bangkok during 1 March 2012 till 27 October 2012. Those who want to catch this offer must go online to the Airasia web site and book and pay for their seats from 4 January 2012 till15 January 2012. This offer is valid during this advance booking period only.
Don't forget to read their terms and conditions.

Sri Lanka to offer Visa through online application.

4:27 PM 11/25/2011
Sri Lanka Government had made a major change in the visa issuance for the foreigners who want to visit Sri Lanka for vacation, business and education. Earlier all the foreigners were able to secure on arrival visas for their stay at the entry point from the Srilanka Immigration officers at no cost. Now the tourist arrivals had changed the position of the Sri Lanka Government and all the foreigners will have to get their visas prior to their arrival through the online visa application form.

Those who want to travel from the USA can contact the Embassy of Sri Lanka, 2148 Wyoming Avenue NW, Washington, D.C. 20008, telephone (202) 483-4025, fax (202) 232-7181. Contact the Sri Lankan Embassy by e-mail; the Sri Lankan Consulate General in Los Angeles at 3250 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 1405, Los Angeles, CA 90010, telephone (213) 387-0210; or the UN Mission in New York City, 630 3rd Avenue, 20th Floor, New York, NY 10017, telephone (212) 986-7040.

According to the Sri Lanka Government's latest proposal there will be no visa fees for those children under the age of 12 from 01 January 2012 and for the others it will as follows.

1. Maldivian passport holders and Singaporean passport holder would be exempt from this new requirement, based on reciprocity.
2. South Asian travelers will have pay US$10 for the visa.
3. All the other country citizens (78 countries) must pay US$ 20 to obtain the Electronic Travel Authorization (ETA) system.

So before you book your ticket confirm about the visa requirements.

Many Airlines to introduce new kind of seating.

As many airlines are having trouble in making profit, some of them are taking new measures to introduce economy seating to accommodate more passengers in short flights. The new seats will be called as vertical seats and will be use less leg space and the air ticket price will be too cheap. Keep in mind these kinds of seat fitted flights will have coin operated lavatories too.

Mean while long haul flights are going to offer 3 full seats for the price of 2-1/2 seat price where two people can sleep well during the flight. These kinds of air plane seats are called as sky couch or cuddle class. So next time when you are flying with your wife check for the newly available seating facility for a rest assured flight.

No More On Arrival Visas At Colombo Airport.

6:18 AM 1/2/2011
Latest News.
Sri Lanka President's office has announced that the President has instructed the officials to come with an online visa processing system to speed up the process for those who are willing to visit Sri Lanka as issuing of on arrival 30 days visas at the airport is going to be scrapped soon. Singapore passport holders and Maldives passport holders can enjoy the on arrival visa facility as usual. This is because these two countries are offering on arrival visas to Srilanka passport holders in their countries. So far the visa fee is not decided.

To get the Sri Lanka entry visa visit here www.immigration.gov.lk

Old News.
No more on arrival visas at the Colombo International air port for many country citizens except Singapore passport holders and Maldives passport holders. This will come in to effect from 30th September 2010 according to the Sri Lanka Department of Immigration & Emigration. Travel operators said this may affect the tourist industry specially those tourists who are coming in a lot from India.

The next day the decision was taken back and the authorities decided to issue on arrival visas to all people at the airport.

U.S State Department has canceled travel warning for Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka is looking for tourist and business people from the U.S.A soon as the U.S State Department has canceled the travel warning for Sri Lanka. The separatist war with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) was ended in the year 2009. And there after no incidents were reported about the threat to human beings. So after one year the U.S State Department has made the decision to lift the travel warning for Sri Lanka.

The news will give a big boost to Sri Lanka tourist industry where most of the hotels are waiting for the tourist arrivals after the en d of Sri Lanka war.

Cinnamon Grand, Ceylon Continental Hotel, Hilton Colombo Residence, Taj Samudra Hotel, Galadari Hotel, Hilton Hotel, Cinnamon Lakeside, Earl's Regency are the 5 star hotels which are serving tourists and business people in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
These following hotels too are holding 5 star, but are located out of Colombo. They are Eden Resort & Spa, Heritance, Heritance, Mahaweli Reach Hotel, Taj Exotica, The Blue Water and The Elephant Corridor

Sri Lankan airline cut flights to some Indian cities.

Sri Lankan airlines have announced on Wednesday they are scrapping some routes to Indian cities like Cochin, Calicut, Coimbatore and Hyderabad. They are taking these decisions as they are losing in profits because of the Indian low budget Indian airline companies.

Sri Lankan airline is the national carrier of Sri Lanka and it is partly owned by the Emirates of Dubai, whom have 40% share in the airlines.