Chinese tourist arrivals to Sri Lanka have reportedly witnessed the highest growth by the end of the first week of the Sri Lankan government’s new free visa on arrival programme.
The Transport Ministry of Sri Lanka has reportedly announced that it has imported a train from China for the upcountry line at the cost US$ 10.3 million (Rs. 1.83 billion) which will be the first of nine power sets.
Air India has reportedly announced that it would launch direct flights between Mumbai and Colombo from September 21 and that the initial frequency would be five flights per week.
A former official of the Colombo Tea Traders’ Association of Sri Lanka has reportedly stated that the country is targeting US$ 3.5 billion in foreign exchange and 350 million kilogrammes of tea production by 2030.
Sri Lanka’s High Commissioner to India Austin Fernando and Sri Lanka’s Minister of Development Strategies and International Trade Malik Samarawickrama have reportedly met the Indian business community at a Sri Lanka Business and Investment Forum