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Sri Lanka’s Pekoe Trail Named One of the World’s Greatest Places

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10 months ago

March 20, 2025

Sri Lanka’s Pekoe Train has made it to the top of The World’s Greatest Places of 2025, ranked by the prestigious Time Magazine.

The 186-mile Pekoe Trail, completed last March, is named after the high-grade black tea produced on many Sri Lankan estates. This trail, the country’s first long-distance walking path, connects thousands of colonial-era dirt roads and railway tracks constructed by the British.

While local companies have offered trekking tours along parts of the route for years, this marks the first time all 22 sections have been unified into a single trail.

The initiative was led by Sri Lanka-based sustainability consultant Miguel Cunat and funded by the European Union and the U.S. Agency for International Development.

For hikers, the Pekoe Trail provides an intimate exploration of Sri Lanka’s diverse landscapes and rich tea history.

The trail begins in the misty Hanthana mountains near Kandy, winding through tea plantations, eucalyptus forests, quaint villages, and the sacred peak of Sri Pada, before reaching Nuwara Eliya, the heart of Sri Lanka’s tea industry.

A newly launched app enhances the hiking experience by highlighting nearby landmarks, providing segment details, emergency information, and more. Each stage of the trail takes approximately three to six hours to hike, depending on its difficulty, and completing the entire route can take several weeks.

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Colombo ranked world’s most unaffordable city for property buyers in 2026

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7 hours ago

January 26, 2026

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Colombo has been ranked the most unaffordable city in the world for buying property, according to the latest Property Prices Index from Numbeo, the world’s largest cost-of-living database.

The data show that the price-to-income ratio in Colombo is 55.3, meaning the average property costs more than 55 times the average annual income.

By comparison, the gross rental yield—the annual rental income as a percentage of property price—is just 3% in the city center and 3.8% outside the center, making property investment less profitable.

Furthermore, the mortgage burden for the average resident is staggering, with mortgage payments equivalent to 774% of annual income. The city’s a

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Sri Lanka Tourism Crosses 2.25 MillionVisitors in 2025!

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1 month ago

December 26, 2025

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Sri Lanka’s tourism recovery continues to gain strong momentum, with total arrivals reaching 2,258,202 visitors from January to 21 December 2025, reflecting renewed global confidence in the destination.

Provisional data shows that 154,609 tourists arrived between 1 and 21 December 2025 alone, underlining strong demand during the peak travel season.

This milestone marks another positive step forward for Sri Lanka’s tourism industry and national economy.

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Singapore to contribute US$100,000 to support relief efforts in Sri Lanka

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1 month ago

December 13, 2025

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The Singapore government will contribute US$100,000 (S$129,000) as seed money to support the Singapore Red Cross’ (SRC) public fundraising efforts for the humanitarian crisis resulting from the recent cyclone in Sri Lanka.

The contribution will supplement the SRC’s pledge of S$50,000 to support the immediate needs of affected communities in Sri Lanka, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) said in a statement on Friday (Dec 12).

Singapore President Tharman Shanmugaratnam and Minister for Foreign Affairs Vivian Balakrishnan have also written to Sri Lanka’s President Anura Kumara Dissanayake and Minister of Foreign Affairs Vijitha Herath respectively to convey their condolences over the tragic loss of lives and destruction caused by the cyclone, MFA said.