Tourism Workshop with “Grand Tour Voyage”
3rd April 2012
Embassy of Sri Lanka in Moscow organized a workshop on Sri Lanka in collaboration with multi-tour operator “Grand Tour Voyage” on the April 3, 2012 the seminar was attended by 40 managers from various agencies. This workshop is one of the continued the series of seminars that the Embassy of Sri Lanka organizes.
The seminar was opened by H.E. Mr. Udayanga Weeratunga, Ambassador of Sri Lanka to Russia. He explained about the features of stay in Sri Lanka, the visa procedures, the Sri Lankan souvenirs, as well as of the main tour routes and sights of the island. H.E. Mr. Weeratunga told about regions and cities of Sri Lanka, and even mentioned some famous legends and interesting stories, which certainly helped the agencies to understand Sri Lanka better and to get an inside view of the country. The Ambassador noted strong growth and development of tourism in Sri Lanka – in the past year 2011 Sri Lanka received 21,385 tourists from Russia, which is 61% more than in 2010.
The Ambassador presented the new Tourism Catalog on Sri Lanka. The book contains complete information about the country, its history, culture, attractions and hotels of the island.
The seminar was also attended by SriLankan Airlines representative. The Head of Moscow Office of SriLankan Airlines Ms. Anna Korolkova spoke about the airline, services on board and also explained about the new product – Air taxi, which allows tourists to reduce the time for internal travel in the island.
During the workshop, all participants received gifts from the Embassy: audio CD-guide, brochures on Sri Lanka and the SriLankan Airlines, the famous Ceylon tea, and of course, the above mentioned Catalog on Sri Lanka.
At the end of the seminar the representatives of “Grand Tour Voyage” and Ms. Julia Shestakova, Tourism Director of the company, told the travel agents about the main tourist packages and hotels in Sri Lanka. Later, all participants were invited to a Sri Lankan dinner, organized by the Embassy.
