Sri Lanka is served by many international airlines from various cities around the world. Following airlines provide regular flights to Colombo (CMB), Sri Lanka's international air port. Some of the airlines may offer special packages to Sri Lanka. Please contact your travel agents or the airlines directly for flight schedule.

	Srilankan Airline			Singapore Airline
	Cathey Pacific			Thai International.
	.Indian Airlines			Emirates
	Saudi Air			Royal Jordanian.
	Malaysian Airline System.			Gulfair

Overseas Travel Agents

Hong Kong
	Sun N Sea Holidays 7/F Fullcorp Centre 53-55 Chatham Road Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong Tel: (852) 2926 1668

Inbound Travel Agents in Sri Lanka

See weather in Sri Lanka

South West Monsoon - (May to August)
North East Monsoon - (November to February)

The sea in these areas would be relatively rough during the respective monsoon seasons. Source(PRIU)

Health
Health conditions in Sri Lanka are of high standards for a developing country. However there are cases of tropical diseases reported every year. Currently there are no major epidemics threatening visitors. Nevertheless all visitors are reminded to follow common sense precautions such as drinking of water recommended as fit for drinking, or bottled water when travelling around.

Common tropical diseases reported in Sri Lanka are Malaria, Cholera and Dengue Fever. Hikers should know local Cobras are highly poisonous.

Safety
Recent ceasefire between the Tamil Tigers and the government has opened up many areas that have been off limit to travellers for many years. Even during the height of the conflict there have been no great threat to the visitors have they been on course.
All travellers should take precautions to protect their own belongings.

Language: English is widely spoken throughout the country.

Sri Lanka Tourist Board - Overseas Offices

Germany Allerheililgentor 2-4, D-60311 Frankfurt, Germany Tel : 00 4969 287734, 288216 Fax : 00 4969288371 E-mail : CTBFRA@T-online.de

United Kingdom 26-27, Clareville House Oxendon Dtreet, LONDON SW1Y 4 EL, United Kingdom Tel : 0044 20 7930 2627 Fax : 0044 20 7930 9070 E-mail : srilankatourism@aol.com

Thailand 5 / 105 - 6 / 105 Soi Rattanaprahm 2 Sukhumvit Soi 54 / 2 Bangkok 10250, Thailand Tel : 00 (662) 332 7761 / 332 9075 Fax : 00 (662) 332 9076 / 333 0892 E-mail : inmark@ksc.th.com France 19, Rue Du Quatre Septembre 75002 Paris, France Tel : 00 331 426 04999 Fax : 00 331 428 60499 E-mail : ctbparis@compuserve.com USA Sri Lanka Tourist Board 111, Wood Avenue South Iselin NJ 08830 , USA Tel : 00 1 732 516 9800 Fax : 00 1 732 452 0087 E-mail : dillan@anlusa.com ctbUSA@anlusa.com India Ceylon Tourist Board C/O TRAC Representations India (P) Ltd. A-61, 6th Floor, Himalaya House, Kasturba Gandhi Marg, New Delhi 11 00 01 Ph. 3730477 Fax. 730476 E-mail: ctbindia@tracrep.com New Zealand Sri Lanka Tourist Board 157, Somerville Road, Howick Auckland New Zealand Tel : 00 64 9 5340101. Fax: 00 64 9 534 355 E-mail : ctbnz@ihug.co.nz

Japan(Tokyo) Dowa Building, 7 - 2 - 22, Ginza Chuo - ku, Tokyo, Japan Tel : 00 81 332 890 771 Fax : 00 81 332 890 772. E- mail: ctb-toky@zaf.att.ne.jp Ireland 59, Ranelagh Road, Dublin 6, Ireland Fax : 00 353 149 65345 Tel : 00 353 14969621 Tel: 00 353 14737477 E-mail : aelred@ireland.com Japan (Osaka) Ceylon (Sri Lanka) Tourist Board Nitto Ichi Bldg, 2F, Nanba 1-8-19 Chuo - ku, Osaka City, Japan 542 Tel : 00 81 774 45 2573 Fax : 00 81 774 451523, 0081 621 12775 E-mail : lankaemb@mba.sphere.ne.jp Australia Sri Lanka Tourist Board No. 29, Lonsdale Street Braddon ACT 2612 Australia Tel : 00 61 2 62306002 Fax : 00 61 2 62306066 | Top |

Photography
To photograph and film all Cultural Triangle archaeological sites, monuments and museums pemits should be obtained from the Cultural Triangle Office, 212, Bauddhaloka Mawatha, Colombo 7.