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Walkers Tours is a destination management company based in Sri Lanka. [1] that operates inbound tours. [2] The company is a destination management operator. [3] It also manages the brand Nature Odyssey, [4] which caters to nature and adventure travel. [2] Walkers Tours is part of the inbound leisure division of John Keells Holdings (JKH), the ...
An emerging 21st-century travel trend is the "solomoon" or "unimoon", a separate, solo holiday the newlyweds take without their spouse. [15] The New Zealand Herald cites a report by The New York Times [ 16 ] that such alternatives to honeymoons are "particularly suited for couples who just cannot agree on where to go".
Taprobane Island. Taprobane Island, originally called "Galduwa" [ 1] ("Rock Island" in Sinhalese), is a private island with one villa, located just off the southern coast of Sri Lanka opposite the village of Weligama. The island was renamed after the old Greek word for Sri Lanka, by its most famous owner, Maurice Talvande (who styled himself as ...
The Poruwa ceremony appears to have existed in Sri Lanka before the introduction of Buddhism in the 3rd century BC. The Poruwa ceremony was a valid custom as a registered marriage until the British introduced the registration of marriages by Law in 1870. Today's Poruwa ceremony has been influenced by both upcountry and low country customs of ...
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Sri Lanka captain Charith Asalanka won the toss and chose to bat first against India in their ODI opener on Friday. India comes into the three one-day internationals after sweeping the Twenty20 ...
Premnath C. Dolawatte submitted a Private Member Bill to Parliament on the 23rd August 2022 aiming to repeal the colonial-era law banning homosexual sex, to which the current President of Sri Lanka said "we are for it" and his government would not oppose the private members bill, but that "you have to get the support of individual members [for ...
Tourism is a key industry that attracts international tourists yearly. Foreigners visit Sri Lanka to see nature, wildlife, historical monuments, and indigenous culture. In 2018, tourist arrivals peaked at 2.5 million, who spent a total of US$5.6 billion in the country. However, the COVID-19 pandemic caused tourist numbers to decrease by 92% in ...