Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority

Attention Visitors in Sri Lanka

Emergency Response Unit

Advisory on Flight Disruptions and Guest Departure Management

𝗦𝗿𝗶 𝗟𝗮𝗻𝗸𝗮 𝗪𝗲𝗹𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱’𝘀 𝗗𝗶𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗡𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗱𝘀 🇱🇰 💻

The Digital Nomad Visa is now live, allowing remote professionals to live and work in Sri Lanka while experiencing its natural beauty, culture, and vibrant lifestyle.

Discover a destination where work and life come together seamlessly.

For more information:https://www.immigration.gov.lk/content/files/visa/digital_nomad/Digital%20Nomad%20Visa%20Category.pdf

Work Freely. Live Fully. Discover Sri Lanka.

𝗦𝗿𝗶 𝗟𝗮𝗻𝗸𝗮 𝗪𝗲𝗹𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱’𝘀 𝗗𝗶𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗡𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗱𝘀 🇱🇰 💻

The Digital Nomad Visa is now live, allowing remote professionals to live and work in Sri Lanka while experiencing its natural beauty, culture, and vibrant lifestyle.

Discover a destination where work and life come together seamlessly.

For more information:https://www.immigration.gov.lk/content/files/visa/digital_nomad/Digital%20Nomad%20Visa%20Category.pdf

Work Freely. Live Fully. Discover Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka emerges as the fastest-growing destination for Australian travelers in 2025 🇱🇰🇦🇺

Australia continues to be a key summer market for Sri Lanka Tourism. Through sustained trade engagement, advertising, and consumer campaigns, Sri Lanka has achieved a major milestone—ranking as the fastest-growing destination among Australian outbound travelers, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

This momentum is set to grow further with direct flights from Melbourne to Colombo launching in August 2026 via Jetstar ✈️

Alongside Australia, strong growth is also seen from key markets such as Japan, Vietnam, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and emerging markets including Israel and Nepal, reinforcing Sri Lanka’s rising global appeal.

A proud moment for Sri Lanka Tourism—and a strong signal of what’s ahead.

2026 New Year Message from Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Employment and Tourism.

As Sri Lanka enters the New Year 2026, the Ministry reaffirms its commitment to rebuilding the nation through principled global engagement, dignified foreign employment, and a modern, sustainable tourism economy. This is a moment for disciplined reform and renewed confidence.

Sri Lanka’s foreign policy is being advanced with clarity and balance strengthening bilateral and multilateral partnerships, restoring international trust, and positioning the country as a reliable and constructive global partner. Diplomacy today must directly support economic recovery, investment, trade access, and national security.

Foreign employment remains a vital pillar of our economy. In 2026, the Ministry’s priority is to protect Sri Lankan workers abroad, expand safe and legal migration pathways, improve skills recognition, and ensure dignity, welfare, and fair treatment for every Sri Lankan serving overseas. A skilled and protected workforce strengthens both remittances and national credibility.

Tourism is being repositioned toward quality, sustainability, and resilience. Our focus is on environmentally responsible tourism, higher value offerings, regional balance, and global standards that protect communities while enhancing Sri Lanka’s international brand.

Rebuilding Sri Lanka requires institutional strength, clean governance, and active engagement with the world. Guided by the Government’s vision, the Ministry will continue to work with international partners, the private sector, and the Sri Lankan diaspora to secure growth, opportunity, and long-term national stability in 2026 and beyond.

Vijitha Herath
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Employment & Tourism
Sri Lanka

ශ්‍රී ලංකාව 2026 නව වසරට පිවිසෙන මොහොතේදී, ප්‍රතිපත්තිගරුක ගෝලීය මැදිහත්වීම, ගෞරවනීය විදේශ රැකියා මෙන්ම නවීන හා තිරසර සංචාරක ආර්ථිකයක් තුළින් ජාතිය නැවත ගොඩනැගීම සඳහා අමාත්‍යාංශය කැපවී සිටින බව අවධාරණය කරමි. මෙය විනයගරුක ප්‍රතිසංස්කරණයක් සහ නව ආත්ම විශ්වාසයක් සහිතව නැගී සිටිය යුතු අවස්ථාවක් වේ.

ද්විපාර්ශ්වික සහ බහුපාර්ශ්වික හවුල්කාරිත්වයන් ශක්තිමත් කරමින්, ජාත්‍යන්තර විශ්වාසය යළි දිනා ගනිමින් සහ රට විශ්වාසදායක සහ ඵලදායී ගෝලීය හවුල්කරුවෙකු ලෙස ස්ථානගත කරමින්, අපි ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ විදේශ ප්‍රතිපත්තිය පැහැදිලිව හා සමබරව ඉදිරියට ගෙන යන්නෙමු. වත්මන් රාජ්‍යතාන්ත්‍රික ප්‍රයත්න ආර්ථිකය යථා තත්ත්වයට පත් කිරීම, ආයෝජන ආකර්ෂණය කර ගැනීම, වෙළෙඳ මාර්ග විවෘත කිරීම සහ ජාතික අවශ්‍යතා ආරක්ෂා කිරීම සඳහා සෘජු සහය ලබා දිය යුතුය.

විදේශ රැකියා අපගේ ආර්ථිකයේ වැදගත් අංගයක් ලෙස පවතියි. 2026 වසරේදී, අමාත්‍යාංශයේ ප්‍රමුඛතාව වන්නේ විදේශයන්හි සිටින ශ්‍රී ලාංකික සේවකයින් ආරක්ෂා කිරීම, ආරක්ෂිත සහ නීත්‍යානුකූල සංක්‍රමණ මාර්ග පුළුල් කිරීම, කුසලතා හඳුනා ගැනීම, වැඩිදියුණු කිරීම සහ විදේශයන්හි සේවය කරන සෑම ශ්‍රී ලාංකිකයෙකුටම ගෞරවය, සුභසාධනය සහ සාධාරණ සැලකීම සහතික කිරීමයි. මනාව පුහුණුව ලත් සහ ආරක්ෂිත ශ්‍රම බලකායක්, ප්‍රේෂණ ප්‍රවාහ වැඩි දියුණු කරන අතර ජාතික වශයෙන් වන විශ්වසනීයත්වය ඉහළ නංවයි.

මේ වන විට සංචාරක ව්‍යාපාරය ගුණාත්මකභාවය, තිරසාරභාවය සහ ඔරොත්තු දීමේ හැකියාව යන අංශ හරහා නැවත ස්ථානගත වෙමින් පවතියි. ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ ජාත්‍යන්තර සන්නාමය ප්‍රචලිත කරන අතරතුරම, ප්‍රජාවන් ආරක්ෂා කරන සහ පාරිසරික හිතකාමී සංචාරක ව්‍යාපාරයක් තුළින් පාර්ශවයන්ට ඉහළ වටිනාකමක් ලබා දෙමින්, කලාපීය සමතුලිතතාව සහ ගෝලීය ප්‍රමිතීන් පවත්වා ගැනීම කෙරෙහි අපගේ ප්‍රමුඛතාව පවතියි.

ශ්‍රී ලංකාව නැවත ගොඩනැගීම සඳහා ආයතනික ශක්තිය, පිරිසිදු රාජ්‍ය පාලනය සහ ලෝකය සමඟ ක්‍රියාකාරී සම්බන්ධතාවක් අවශ්‍ය වේ. රජයේ දැක්මෙන් මඟ පෙන්වනු ලබන මෙම අමාත්‍යාංශය, 2026 වසරේදී සහ ඉන් ඉදිරියටද සංවර්ධනය, අවස්ථා සහ දිගුකාලීන ජාතික ස්ථාවරත්වය සුරක්ෂිත කිරීම සඳහා ජාත්‍යන්තර හවුල්කරුවන්, පෞද්ගලික අංශය සහ ශ්‍රී ලාංකික ඩයස්පෝරාව සමඟ අඛණ්ඩව කටයුතු කරනු ඇත.

විජිත හේරත්
විදේශ කටයුතු, විදේශ රැකියා සහ සංචාරක අමාත්‍ය
ශ්‍රී ලංකාව

இலங்கையானது 2026 ஆம் ஆண்டின் புத்தாண்டை வரவேற்கும் இத்தருணத்தில், கொள்கைசார் உலகளாவிய ஈடுபாடு, கண்ணியமிக்க வெளிநாட்டு வேலை, மற்றும் நவீனமானதும், நிலைபேறானதுமான சுற்றுலா பொருளாதாரம் ஆகியவற்றின் மூலம் நாட்டை மீளமைப்பதற்கான தனது உறுதிப்பாட்டை அமைச்சு மீண்டும் உறுதிப்படுத்துகிறது. இது விழுமியமிக்க சீர்திருத்தங்களுக்கும், புதுப்பிக்கப்பட்ட நம்பிக்கைக்கும் உரிய உன்னத தருணமாகும்.

இலங்கையின் வெளிநாட்டுக் கொள்கையானது, இருதரப்பு மற்றும் பல்தரப்புக் கூட்டாண்மைகளை வலுப்படுத்தி, சர்வதேச நம்பிக்கையை மீட்டெடுத்து, நாட்டை நம்பகமானதும், ஆக்கபூர்வமானதுமான உலகளாவிய கூட்டாளியாக நிலைநிறுத்தும் நோக்குடன் தெளிவுடனும், சமநிலையுடனும் முன்னெடுக்கப்படுகிறது. இன்றைய இராஜதந்திரமானது பொருளாதார மீட்பு, முதலீடு, வர்த்தக அணுகல் மற்றும் தேசிய பாதுகாப்பு ஆகியவற்றுக்கு நேரடியாக ஆதரவளிப்பதாக அமைவது அவசியமாகிறது.

எமது பொருளாதாரத்தின் முக்கிய தூணாக வெளிநாட்டு வேலைவாய்ப்பு தொடர்ந்து திகழ்கிறது. 2026 ஆம் ஆண்டில், வெளிநாட்டில் பணிபுரியும் இலங்கை தொழிலாளர்களைப் பாதுகாத்தல், பாதுகாப்பானதும், சட்டபூர்வமானதுமான புலம்பெயர்தலுக்கான வழிகளை விரிவுபடுத்துதல், திறன்சார் அங்கீகாரத்தை மேம்படுத்துதல் ஆகியவற்றுடன் வெளிநாடுகளில் பணி புரியும் ஒவ்வொரு இலங்கையரினதும் மரியாதை, நலன் மற்றும் நியாயமான அணுகுமுறையை உறுதி செய்வது ஆகியவை அமைச்சின் முதன்மை பெரும் முன்னுரிமைகளாகும். திறமையுடனும் பாதுகாப்புடனும் கூடிய தொழிற்படையானது, பணமனுப்பல்களையும் தேசிய நம்பகத்தன்மையையும் ஒருங்கிணைந்து வலுப்படுத்துகிறது.

சுற்றுலாத்துறை தரம், நிலைபேறானதன்மை மற்றும் மீள்திறன் ஆகியவற்றை மையமாகக் கொண்டு மறுநிலைப்படுத்தப்பட்டு வருகிறது. சுற்றுச்சூழல் நலன்சார் பொறுப்புமிக்க சுற்றுலாத்துறை, உயர்தரச் சேவைகள், பிராந்திய சமநிலை, மற்றும் இலங்கையின் சர்வதேச நன்மதிப்பை மேம்படுத்தும் அதே வேளையில் சமூகங்களைப் பாதுகாக்கும் உலகளாவிய தரநிலைகள் என்பவற்றிலேயே எமது கவனம் உள்ளது.

இலங்கையை மீண்டும் கட்டியெழுப்புவதற்கு வலுவான நிறுவனங்கள், தூய்மையான ஆட்சி மற்றும் உலக சமூகத்துடன் தீவிர ஈடுபாடு அவசியமாகும். அரசின் தொலைநோக்குப் பார்வையை வழிகாட்டியாகக் கொண்டு, 2026 மற்றும் அதனைத்தொடர்ந்தும் வளர்ச்சி, வாய்ப்புகள் மற்றும் நீண்டகால தேசிய நிலைபேறானதன்மையை உறுதிப்படுத்துவதற்காக சர்வதேச கூட்டாளிகள், தனியார் துறை மற்றும் இலங்கைப் புலம்பெயர் சமூகத்துடன் இணைந்து அமைச்சானது தொடர்ந்து தீவிரமாகச் செயற்படும்.

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Sri Lanka Is Ready: Tourism Rebounds with Renewed Confidence
Sri Lanka Tourism is entering a new chapter of recovery and growth following years of challenges - from the Easter attacks and the global pandemic to the recent “Ditwah” cyclonic disaster. Despite these setbacks, the sector is showing strong resilience and renewed momentum.
From 1 January to 8 December 2025, Sri Lanka recorded 2.15 million tourist arrivals, including 50,222 visitors in the first week of December alone. November also marked the highest arrivals for that month in five years, with India leading the market.
All tourism sites across the island are fully open, safe, and operating with enhanced safety measures. Key destinations such as the Southern Coast, Ella, and the Hill Country are bustling with visitors enjoying Sri Lanka’s natural beauty, culture, and hospitality.
SLTPB has requested overseas missions to conduct networking sessions with tour operators and media, alongside arranging targeted media FAM trips to support market recovery.
Last week, the cruise vessel “Mein Schiff” arrived with 2,000 passengers, generating positive media coverage and strong visitor feedback. Meanwhile, a South Korean Buddhist delegation visiting Sri Lanka transformed their pilgrimage into a humanitarian effort, distributing essential supplies to communities affected by the “Ditwah” disaster - with another delegation expected soon.
Tourists continue to explore Sri Lanka’s iconic attractions, praising the warmth, resilience, and unforgettable experiences the island offers. Many have expressed their intention to return, reaffirming Sri Lanka’s enduring appeal.
No storm or cyclone can diminish the spirit of Sri Lankan hospitality. With every heartfelt “Ayubowan”, the island welcomes the world once again - stronger, safer, and ready for a new chapter in tourism.

Sri Lanka Is Ready: Tourism Rebounds with Renewed Confidence

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