26th Annual General Meeting of the Sri Lanka – Korea Business Council
January, 27, 2021
The 26
th Annual General Meeting of the Sri Lanka – Korea Business Council (SLKBC) of The Ceylon Chamber of Commerce was held on 12
th January 2021 via MS Teams. The SLKBC was inaugurated on 4th November 1982, in Colombo, Sri Lanka at the request of the late Hon. Lalith Athulathmudali with the objective of promoting trade, investments, tourism and services between Sri Lanka and Korea.
Mr. Priyantha Mendis, Managing Director, Alpha Tours (Pvt) Ltd (General Sales Agent for Korean Air in Sri Lanka & Maldives) was re - elected as the President of the Council for the year 2020/2021. Mr. John Shiran Dissanayake – Chairman, Transmarine (Pvt) Ltd and Mr. Shamil Mendis-Chairman/ Managing Director, Spear International (Pvt) Ltd. were elected as Vice Presidents of the Council.
Tourism industry says everything under control 31 December 2020 09:08 am - 0
Says plans well in place for contingencies with the support of all stakeholders
Three Ukrainians tourists of pilot project test positive for COVID-19
SLTDA distances itself from the project; says it is handled by Tourism Ministry
By Shabiya Ali Ahlam
Stakeholders of Sri Lanka’s tourism industry yesterday assured that the ongoing pilot project carried out as a first step towards re-opening the country for tourists, is going ahead as planned despite some expected hiccups, for which appropriate courses of action has been planned out.
With the arrival of a charter flight from Ukraine on Monday (28), Sri Lanka re-opened its doors to tourists after nine months.