The Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau (SLTPB) together with the Embassy of Sri Lanka in Austria, for the second time, took part at the “Ferien Messe-2011”, the International Fair for Holidays, Travel and Leisure in Vienna from 13-16 January 2011.
Hon. Namal Rajapaksa, Member of Parliament, leading a Parliamentary delegation arrived in Tripoli on 16 January 2011 for a three day official visit. This delegation consisted of Hon. Sajin de Vass Gunawardena, Monitoring Member of Parliament and Coordinating Secretary to H.E. the President, Hon. A. R. Duminda Silva, Member of Parliament, Hon. Lohan Evindra Ratwatte, Member of Parliament, Hon. D. M. Dilhan Tharanath Basnayaka, Member of Parliament, and Mr. Indika Karunajeewa, Senior Assistant Secretary to H.E. the President.
The newly appointed Sri Lankan Ambassador to France, with accreditation to Spain and Portugal, and Sri Lanka’s Permanent Delegate to UNESCO, Dr. Dayan Jayatilleka assumed duties at the Embassy in Paris on 17 January 2011.
Sri Lanka is participating at the Dutch Tourism Expo “Vakentiebeurs 2011”, which is being held from 11th to 16th January, 2011 in Utrecht, in The Netherlands.
The “Vakentiebeurs” is a popular tourism trade fair in the Benelux region which has been held in The Netherlands since 1970. This is the 29th time that Sri Lanka is taking part in the fair as organized by the Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau in close coordination with the Embassy of Sri Lanka in The Hague.
Minister of Public Relations and Public Affairs, Dr. Mervin Silva, donated two human eye corneas to the Government of Myanmar during his visit from 29th December 2010 - 1st January 2011 to mark the friendship between the two countries.
Consequent to an invitation extended by Mr. Suswono, Minister of Agriculture of the Republic of Indonesia, Mahinda Samarasinghe, Minister of Plantation Industries, paid an official visit to Indonesia from 2nd to 4th January 2011. The Minister was accompanied by Mr. P.L.U. Dissanayake, Additional Secretary (Development), Ministry of Plantation Industries of Sri Lanka, Prof. H.P.M. Gunasena, Chairman, Coconut Research Institute (CRI), Dr. S.S.B.D.G. Jayawardena, Chairman, Tea Research Institute, and Dr. H.A.J. Gunatilleke, Officer in charge of the Oil Palm Division in CRI.
