All you need to know prior to holiday in Sri Lanka

Local tour operators are the experts of the ground. They know the historical weather patterns and also the recent changes. They can assist you to select the best places to visit during the travel period in the country.

Understanding the culture will help a lot to enhance the experience where you visit. Even a non-national who has travelled in the country can assist you on the geography. But someone who is native of the country has the best understanding about the culture of the country.

Personalising the Tour Plan based on Age, preference, budget etc
If you are planning a country which has seasonality effects due to the reasons such as weather, holidays etc, the prices also vary based on the time you visit. Therefore, a local tour operator can closely assist you to select the best dates to travel. For an example, if you are planning to visit a country like Sri Lanka, it is advised to consult a local travel agents in Sri Lanka to whom can provide the best advises to finetune your holiday.

Your age, other holiday preferences will tailor your holiday and make it suit you. Local Tour operator is the best person to make any suggestions for you.

Minimum Operational Issues
Unlike reserving a tour package from an online tour operator, if you buy a tour package from a local tour operator, you won't be deserted while you need someone to assist you while you are on tour.

It is much better if you get an opportunity to be with a tour operator via a messenger service such as whatsapp or viber.

Problems You Face Might not the Same Others Face. ( FAQs can't help all the time)
Crisis situation can arise at any point of your travel period in a strange country. It is not the crisis but the most important thing is how you handle them. Trustworthy on ground assistance is very much important to recover from any crisis situation while you are on travel.

Sri Lanka is ideal as just a getaway or a long holiday. This article is about various types of available tours in Sri Lanka which can be from 1 day tour to 30 nights.

When you think of visiting Sri Lanka as your next travel destination, the above question is the very first question you will get.

This is a difficult question as Sri Lanka has a lot to offer to a traveller. (Please read about a detailed article on travel in Sri Lanka) As a travel professional, I have designed a tour programme of 31 nights which had only Jaffna & Sigiriya for 3 nights but rest are either 2 nights or single night stays. Therefore, I know for a fact that you can even have a few months of a busy travel schedule visiting various places around Sri Lanka.

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Sri Lanka is considered a year round destination where anyone can travel around the country, anytime of the year. Whatever the time you visit Sri Lanka, you can easily stay for more than 10 nights (10 nights stay is the average time spend by all the tourists to Sri Lanka) of fully active travel itinerary by selecting your favorite spots to visit. However, there are few considerations you MUST take into account prior to making the decision of the best time to visit this beautiful island Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka is considered a year round destination where anyone can travel around the country, anytime of the year. Whatever the time you visit Sri Lanka, you can easily stay for more than 10 nights (10 nights stay is the average time spend by all the tourists to Sri Lanka) of fully active travel itinerary by selecting your favorite spots to visit. However, there are few considerations you MUST take into account prior to making the decision of the best time to visit this beautiful island Sri Lanka.

When it comes to travel and leisure industry, the United Kingdom (UK) ranks as originate place of industrial revolution two centuries ago. Mass scale leisure travelling also started from the United Kingdom in 1841 when Thomas Cook introduced the leisure trips to his customers. There onwards, industry expanded best known as “Travel & Hospitality Industry” expanding its limits to infinity.

While travel & tourism industry is one of the economically valuable industries in the world, the population of the United Kingdom with 65 millions of people (0.008% of the world population) had been performing well in the travel industry who used to have the biggest empire on earth less than a century ago.

United Kingdom is the fifth largest economy in the world, comprising 3.5% of world GDP. When it comes to tourism, United Kingdom is the 4th largest tourism spender in the world according to UNWTO report. There are 70 million foreign trips recorded from the country.

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Explore beautiful Sri Lanka with local sustainable tour operators. You will have a guilty free holiday at a reasonable price.

One of the city icons in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The Cenotaph War Memorial in Viharamahadevi Park.

The human touch of travel is at a challenge with rising online travel agents. This article shows 5 solid reasons that the human touch of travel cannot be replaced.

As a tour designer who handles direct enquiries from holiday makers from all around the world, I face a huge challenge of beating out OTA’s that sell cheap travel packages without knowing nothing about the destination. This article is about the reasons why human touch of travel cannot be replaced with robots during the era of online systems taking over the most of the commercial activities of the world.

I agree the fact that OTAs are becoming a huge challenge to traditional travel agencies especially among the travel & tourism tech innovations at a higher level and growing faster. But my argument is that, Human Touch of Travel will not be replaced but the value of the position will be enhanced by the tech disruption happening in the industry.

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