News digest: Sri Lanka ‘must promote nature and wildlife to attract more tourists’ | Pledge Holidays Travel Blog

NEWS DIGEST: SRI LANKA ‘MUST PROMOTE NATURE AND WILDLIFE TO ATTRACT MORE TOURISTS’ TravelWireNews: Of the 1,798, 380 tourists arrivals in Sri Lanka in 2015, only 375,735 of them—about 20%—visited the country’ s wildlife reserves, including Yala National Park (pictured). *** SRI LANKA TO BE PROMOTED AS INTERNATIONAL FILM LOCATION The Island: Sri Lanka, the beautiful island with so many cultural values and geographical differences including ancient cities such as Anuradhapura and Polonnaruwa, beautiful beaches such as Trinco and Galle, cultural and social differences such as Jaffna and Kandy etc.. has classified as a valuable destination for tourism. *** COLOMBO CITY TO BECOME BEST URBAN CENTER IN INDIAN OCEAN: PM News.lk: Colombo city will be developed to be the best urban centre in the Indian Ocean within the next decade, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has said. *** SAIL LANKA CHARTER HOSTS PM ON BOARD LATEST LUXURY CATAMARAN DailyFT: Sail Lanka Charter hosted Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and his wife on-board their 53ft sailing catamaran Sapphire during the Fairway Galle Literary Festival. *** SRI LANKA GIVES MORE LAND FOR LUXURY TENTED RESORT NEAR WILDLIFE PARK NewsIn.Asia: Wild Coast Lodge, part of the MJF Holdings group, has been allowed to lease extra land near the Yala wildlife park in southern Sri Lanka where it is developing a luxury tented resort. Click below for more. #SriLanka #Wildlife #Colombo #Yala
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