A small ceremony was held today to welcome the one millionth tourist to Sri Lanka with the participation of officials including Managing Director Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Board Rumy Jauffer at Bandaranaike International Airport in Katunayake.
The couple has visited Sri Lanka on the date of their first wedding Anniversary today and said that they are indeed delighted to be the one millionth tourist of Sri Lanka. Special cultural dance performance was held at BIA to welcome the couple and Sri Lanka Tourism offered a special gift and a complimentary package to the lucky tourist couple who arrived today to visit country’s well- known attractions.
With the arrival of the one millionth tourists today, the booming tourism industry of Sri Lanka has shown early signs of achieving its goal of 1.5 million tourist arrivals target set for year 2014 under the guidance of Ministry of Economic Development, adding another ground breaking record in tourism industry. The key focus for tourism industry for the next two years is to attract a number of 2.5 million arrivals by the end of 2016.
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