Walkers Tours

Travel company in Sri Lanka

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Walkers ToursCompany type| Private

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Industry| Travel
Founded| 1969
Headquarters| 117 Sir Chittampalam A Gardiner Mawatha,

Colombo

Sri Lanka

Area served

| Worldwide

Key people

| Nalaka Amaratunga
Products| Tour Packages, Bespoke Holidays, Excursions
Brands| Nature Odyssey
Owner| John Keells Holdings PLC
Website| https://www.walkerstours.com/

Walkers Tours Limited is a travel company in Sri Lanka.

Walkers Tours is a destination management company based in Sri Lanka.[1] that operates inbound tours.[2] The company is a destination management operator.[3] It also manages the brand Nature Odyssey,[4] which caters to nature and adventure travel.[2] Walkers Tours is part of the inbound leisure division of John Keells Holdings (JKH), the country's largest listed conglomerate on the Colombo Stock Exchange.

## History

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Walkers Travels was founded in 1969; it was acquired by John Keells Holdings in 1972.[5]

Walkers Tours was awarded a certification[6] as the only tour operator of the country with internationally certified Carbon Neutral vehicle fleet.

## References

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1. ^ "Destination Management". Keells.
2. ^ a b Anne (2016-07-21). "Exploring Sri Lanka with Walkers Tours • The Blonde Abroad". The Blonde Abroad. Retrieved 2020-12-12.
3. ^ "destination management operators".
4. ^ "Nature Odyssey".
5. ^ "1969".
6. ^ "Walkers Tours Commended On Achieving Double Digit Carbon Emissions Reduction". asian mirror. Retrieved 23 December 2015.

## External links

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* Official website

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John Keells Holdings

Hospitality|

| Cinnamon Hotels & Resorts|

| John Keells Hotels|

* Cinnamon Bentota Beach
* Cinnamon Citadel Kandy

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* Cinnamon Grand Colombo
* Cinnamon Lakeside Colombo
* Cinnamon Life at City of Dreams Sri Lanka
* Cinnamon Red Colombo

* Walkers Tours

Food|

* Ceylon Cold Stores
* Keells Food Products

Real estate|

* Crescat Boulevard
* K-Zone Ja-Ela
* Victoria Golf Course

Other|

* Cinnamon Air
* John Keells IT
* Keells (supermarket chain)
* Union Assurance

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