Gili Lankanfushi, Maldives Win Prestigious Awards at World Travel Awards 2012

Gili Lankanfushi, Maldives, has been named as the Indian Ocean’s Leading Spa Resort and Maldives’ Leading Luxury Resort at the World Travel Awards 2012, a red-carpet gala awards ceremony that took place in beautiful Singapore last night, as part of Travel Rave 2012 – the region’s premier travel and tourism gathering under the patronage of the Singapore Tourism Board. Rewarding and celebrating excellence in all sectors of the travel and tourism...

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Four Seasons Maldives wins prestigious Conde’ Nast travel awards

Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts CEO Katie Taylor yesterday received two prestigious Conde’ Nast World Savers Awards, on behalf of the company’s resorts in the Maldives. Four Seasons Kuda Huraa and Landu Giraavaru resorts have been awarded the Conde’ Nast World Savers Awards in the categories of ‘Wildlife Conservation’, as well as the overall ‘Doing it all’ award. “It’s in Four Seasons’ DNA to take steps to support the local community and environment...

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Emerging Tourism Trends in Sri Lanka

The Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA) undertook an airport survey of departing foreign tourists from Sri Lanka from January to June 2011, and the results were published last week. A descriptive sample cross-section of tourists was used in the study, and information was gathered by direct interviews by trained personnel. The total sample size was 4,500, covering 11 market groups. This article attempts to analyze some of the more...

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Wildlife tourism in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka has always been well known for its high level of biodiversity and wildlife. It is rated as one of the world’s 34 biodiversity hot spots (Conservation International) and has the distinction of having established possibly the world’s earliest wild life reserves, when King Devanapiyatissa created a sanctuary in 3rd century BC, in the south of the country (Yala), where animals would be protected. (The National Atlas of Sri Lanka) As identified,...

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