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Lanka Pass Founder Kasun Perera
As Sri Lanka’s tourism industry continues to grow, attention is increasingly turning towards how the country can create greater value from every visitor and ensure that more businesses across the tourism ecosystem benefit from international arrivals.
Sri Lanka welcomed more than 2.36 million international tourists in 2025, surpassing its previous 2018 benchmark. At the same time, the way travellers discover and plan their holidays continues to move increasingly online, creating new opportunities for local tourism businesses to reach visitors before and during their time in the country.
It is within this changing landscape that Lanka Pass, a new Sri Lankan travel platform, is being developed.
The platform aims to make it easier for international travellers to discover and access the experiences, attractions and businesses that make Sri Lanka distinctive, while giving local tourism operators another way to reach a wider international audience.
From adventure and wildlife operators to cultural experiences, wellness providers, guides and independent businesses, Sri Lanka has a diverse network of tourism providers operating across the island. Lanka Pass is being built to bring more of these businesses together in one platform and make them easier for travellers to discover.
The platform also aims to go beyond a traditional collection of tours and excursions. Alongside curated experiences, Lanka Pass will bring together savings, exclusive discounts and additional benefits, as well as useful travel content including guides and audio guides, giving travellers more value throughout their journey.
Importantly, Lanka Pass is proudly built and operated in Sri Lanka, with its technology, operations and partnerships managed locally. The platform is being developed with a strong focus on connecting international travellers with Sri Lankan businesses and experiences, while helping more local operators benefit from the country’s growing tourism industry.
Lanka Pass Founder Kasun Perera said: “Lanka Pass came from seeing an opportunity to better connect travellers with the local tourism ecosystem by experiencing similar platforms in Europe and the US. There are so many incredible businesses and experiences across Sri Lanka, and we wanted to create a platform that makes them easier to discover while also giving local operators an opportunity to reach more travellers.”
Perera is a CIMA-qualified finance and analytics professional who has worked across Sri Lanka and the UK and currently works in London in a leading investment bank.
His experience abroad helped shape the idea for Lanka Pass and the opportunity to create a more connected way for international travellers to experience Sri Lanka.
As the platform prepares for launch, Lanka Pass is currently building its first group of local experience providers and tourism partners across the island.
The aim is simple: to make discovering Sri Lanka easier and more rewarding for travellers, while helping more of the local businesses behind those experiences benefit from the country’s growing international tourism industry.
