News digest: tea, luxury and cruise-lines make for a heady Sri Lanka brew | Pledge Holidays Travel Blog

TEA, LUXURY AND CRUISE-LINES MAKE FOR A HEADY SRI LANKA BREW Two of Sri Lanka’s most luxurious and exclusive hotels are featured in a glowing piece on the Hindu Business Line website that aptly combines two of our most thriving industries—tea and tourism. *** EXPLORING SRI LANKA’S FAMED WALLED CITY OF GALLE The best to explore Sri Lanka’s famed walled city of Galle is featured by India Today in a story that described how this UNESCO World Heritage site grew out of a flourishing Old-Testament-era trade in spices, metals, stones, ivory and tropical beasts “leading to its enormous wealth”. ••• SRI LANKA TO SHOWS PRESTIGE IN CRAFTS WORK IN INDIA Our centuries-old crafts and creative skills were on display in India recently thanks to two marketing exhibitions organized by the Hands of Sri Lanka- National Arts and Crafts Foundation. ••• SRI LANKA READY FOR LUXURY CRUISE TOURISM Sri Lanka is poised to join the ranks of top US cruise-ship destinations after a visit to Colombo by Crystal Cruises vice-president Claudius Docekal, the Daily News reports. *** SRI LANKA SHOWCASED AT RUSSIAN TRAVEL MARKET Russia’s biggest travel exhibition recently showcased the best of Sri Lanka tourism, which was also a prime opportunity for the industry to let the world know what our Paradise island has to offer. For the full stories, click bellow. #SriLanka #Galle #Crafts #CrystalCruises #Russia #OTDYKH
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