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Huge interest in international trade fair:
Jaffna poised for take off
A few years ago, Sri Lanka, with begging bowl in
hand, had to plead with the Western world to raise the funds to run
the country. Today, with the end of the war and a strong Government
in place, the tides have turned and investors are now pursuing Sri
Lanka.
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European flights back to normal, aftermath assessed
Flights in Europe returned to normal Thursday,
one week after an Icelandic volcano eruption caused the continent to
almost completely shut down its airspace.
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More tourist arrivals in March:
IIFA puts Lanka on tourism map
The number of tourist arrivals in Sri Lanka has
increased by over 50 percent in March this year against the
corresponding period of last year. Over 34,000 tourists visited Sri
Lanka in March 2009. The figure stood at 52,352 at the end of last
month, a 53.7 percent increase.
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