March 2009 – Udayanga Weeratunga

Thursday March 19th, 2009in Receptions 0 Comments 0 Likes

Reception “MITT 2009″

Reception on the occasion of “MITT 2009″
19 March, 2009
The second day of the Fair was dedicated to a press conference and Sri Lankan traditional dinner. The Minister of Culture and Tourism and the Minister of Fisheries and Agriculture of the Republic of Maldives, together with the Deputy Director of the Tourist Board of the Republic of Maldives, were the special guests at this dinner reception. This was attended by more than 100 guests including travel companies, media organizations and officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.
At this reception, His Excellency’s presentation was supported by the Audio Guide in the Russian language and this Audio Guide CDs were given to the all media personnel, and also some Russian tour operators were awarded with the Certificates of registration in the Embassy of Sri Lanka as tour operators to promote Sri Lanka.

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Wednesday March 18th, 2009in Exhibition 0 Comments 0 Likes

MITT 2009

Tourism & Travel Fair “MITT 2009″
18 -21 March, 2009
Moscow International Tourism and Travel (MITT) Fair is an annual event for the Russian travel market, which was held 18th-21st March 2009 in Moscow. This year 17 Sri Lankan companies with the Sri Lankan Convention Bureau participated in this event. The Sri Lankan pavilion was constructed in traditional Sri Lankan style highlighting the famous Kandy Perahera pageant on the outer walls and the middle part was decorated with colorful images of the most famous Sri Lankan sceneries.
Decorated cornered columns were connected with three cornered flags with the new logo “Small Miracle” as in a Buddhist temple during the fest. The Sri Lankan pavilion was ceremonially declared open by His Excellency Udayanga Weeratunga, the Ambassador of Sri Lanka in RF, who wished the participants all the good luck in the fair.

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Monday March 16th, 2009in Workshop 0 Comments 0 Likes

Workshop with Astravel

Workshop for travel agents with Astravel travel company
16 March, 2009
A number of workshops devoted to Sri Lanka took place in March 2009 with participation of Mr. Udayanga Weeratunga, H.E. the Ambassador of Sri Lanka in the Russian Federation. On 16th of March 2009 one more workshop was organized in cooperation with tour operator ASTRAVEL listed in the unified tour operators register dealing with Sri Lanka and covered about 40 agents.
The program of the meeting was completely devoted to Sri Lanka as the best destination within Asia. During 1.5 hours H.E. the Ambassador was telling about the country, some aspects of traveling, customs and visa formalities, and souvenirs as well as the main historical heritage and ancient towns, culture and nature together with the main itinerary for tourists. During the meeting participants had an opportunity to see the new images of Sri Lanka on the big screen.
All participants got presents from the Embassy such as video and brochures about Sri Lanka.

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Thursday March 12th, 2009in Workshop 0 Comments 0 Likes

Workshop at the Embassy

Workshop for travel agents at the Embassy
12 March, 2009
On the 12th & 13th of March 2009 the Embassy of Sri Lanka opened its door for travel agents. About 30 agents participated the meeting and got awareness about Sri Lanka as a tourist destination. At a tea break all agents had an opportunity to taste some of Sri Lankan food and Ceylon tea as well. The program of the meeting was completely devoted to Sri Lanka as the best destination within Asia.
During 1.5 hours H.E. the Ambassador was telling about the country, some aspects of traveling, customs and visa formalities, and souvenirs as well as the main historical heritage and ancient towns, culture and nature together with the main itinerary for tourists. During the meeting participants had an opportunity to see the new images of Sri Lanka on the big screen.
All participants got presents from the Embassy such as video and brochures about Sri Lanka.

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Wednesday March 4th, 2009in Receptions 0 Comments 0 Likes

Reception for UpDK

Reception for UpDK MFA of the Russian Federation
04 March, 2009
H.E. the Ambassador Udayanga Weeratunga organized a special reception and dinner for the UPDK officials together with Deputy Director Mr. Viktor Liyaskin. All staff members also participated this reception.