Sri Lanka’s tourism has great potential - German Ambassador
Sri Lanka’s tourism has great potential! says new German Ambassador Jens Uwe Plotner. He says that the wide diversity tourism covers in Sri Lanka range from cultural sites, sunny beaches and tea plantations to wildlife and safaris. It indeed is a small universe which he says has attracted German tourists to Sri Lanka for over three decades.
He was not surprised to find that the most number of tourists to Sri Lanka for several years had come from Germany. “Now is the time for Sri Lanka to exploit its vast tourism potential! By assuring stable and reliable investment-conditions, investing in transport-infrastructure and upgrading existing hotels on the Island Sri Lanka, she will be able to once again climb to the top lists of Asian holiday destinations,” Ambassador Plotner stated.
He added: The well-established lable ‘Green Lanka’ besides is very relevant for the tourism-branch.
(Source: Daily News – 05th December, 2009)