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Tourist arrivals near 26,000 in first 6 days of October Source : dailymirror Sri Lanka welcomed 25,966 tourists in the first six days of October, marking a rather slow start for the month, ahead of the winter season, the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA) data showed. In the six days, the daily average tourist arrivals were slightly up at 4327.6 tourists, compared to the daily average of 4071.3 tourists recorded for September this year. The tourist arrivals grew at the slowest pace in September, with a 9.11 percent year-on-year growth rate. India continued to account for the largest source of arrivals in the period, with 7,749 arrivals, followed by 2,437 and 1,737 arrivals from China and Germany. The United Kingdom, Australia and Russia occupied the fourth, fifth and sixth positions accordingly. Meanwhile, the cumulative tourist arrivals reached 1,510,774 tourists. India took the top spot, with 294,305 and the UK remained ...

Oct 10, 2024 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles Tagged Australia, Russia, SLTDA, Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority, Tourist arrivals, United Kingdom

PUTIN’S BLOOD-CURDLING THREAT TO WEST: by JOE VAN LANGENBERG Russia’s increasingly isolated President Vladimir Putin, seems to be losing the plot, if he hasn’t already lost it. Most if not all, may be of the view, that his cognitive powers or what’s left of them, have been severely compromised. Given his invasion of Ukraine and his brutal crackdown on a nation, which finds itself at the mercy of Putin’s military aggression and superiority, a greater percentage of Western nations have been rendering invaluable assistance in the form of military aid, inter alia. Not satisfied with causing widespread death destruction and misery, the intransigent Putin has fired a salvo at the West, a blood-curdling threat, warning all countries which have been coming to Ukraine’s rescue, to butt out, or face dire and unprecedented consequences. That’s disconcerting to say the very least. Putin has even bragged about his nuclear arsenal. Which then ...

Dec 2, 2022 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Joe Van Langenberg Tagged Russia, Vladimir Putin, Western nations

SILLY SIGN LANGUAGE – by Desmond Kelly. Did I read this, right ??. TOILET OUT OF ORDER. PLEASE USE FLOOR BELOW. In a Laundromat. AUTO. WASHING MACHINES. PLEASE REMOVE ALL YOUR CLOTHES, WHEN THE LIGHT GOES OUT. In a London Department Store. BARGAIN BASEMENT, UPSTAIRS. In an Office. AFTER TEA-BREAK, STAFF SHOULD EMPTY TEAPOT AND STAND UPSIDE DOWN, ON THE DRAINING BOARD. In the window of a health-food shop. CLOSED, DUE TO ILLNESS. Spotted in a Safari-park. ELEPHANTS, PLEASE STAY IN YOUR CAR. In a Farmer’s field. FARMER PERMITS WALKERS TO CROSS FARM FOR FREE, BUT THE BULL CHARGES. In a library. IF YOU CANNOT READ, THIS LEAFLET WILL TELL YOU HOW TO GET LESSONS. At a Repair shop. WE CAN REPAIR ANYTHING !. (PLEASE KNOCK HARD ON THE DOOR, AS THE BELL DOESN’T WORK). FYI. RUSSIA BOASTS 120.000 CONTENTED RESIDENTIAL BROWN BEARS, AS A BARE MINIMUM. SRI LANKA HAS ...

Apr 8, 2022 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, DESMOND KELLY Tagged Desmond Kelly, Russia, Sri Lanka

New species of horn-lizards discovered in Sri Lanka’s Salgala forest- By Ifham Nizam A new species of the genus Ceratophora (horn-lizards) found in the Salgala forest in the Kegalle district in the northern part of the wet bioclimatic zone, has been named to honour a renowned scientist in Sri Lanka. ...

Oct 17, 2020 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles Tagged Amphibia, Andrey V. Bushuev, Australia and Dr. Anslem De Silva, Bridgewater, GSP–1, Joint Russian-Vietnamese Tropical Research and Technological Center, Leninskiye Gory, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Majintha Madawala of Victorian Herpetological Society, Massachusetts, Moscow, Nature Explorations and Education Team, Nikolay A. Poyarkov and Vladislav A of Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Russia, Suranjan Karunarathna, Thilina Surasinghe of the Bridgewater State University, USA, Victoria, Vietnam Comments 0