Renton de AlwisTrees for tourism
A speech that India’s former President Dr. Abdul Kalam made on the Indian conscience when he was still President was widely circulated here in Sri Lanka too.
Random thoughts on the future of tourism business
When teaching the first lessons in conventional marketing and sales, the story of the two salespersons sent to Africa was always told.
The boss of a multinational shoe company sent two sales persons to several countries on the African continent to assess the potential for selling shoes there.
Encouraging the reading habit
This is a story told in pictures of a free mobile library service. The place is Kiula, a village in the Deep South of Sri Lanka. Every Saturday afternoon, a three-wheeler (tuk-tuk) leaves our home with books. Nalaka, a young person living with us in the village, is its librarian.
Focus on the profession of tour guiding
Just this week Monday night, we met Richard. Richard is the English version of his Polish name Ryszard. Polish born, he works for an Austrian company based in Beijing, China. Richard is in Sri Lanka for two weeks, on an assignment to set-up a water purification project. We were strangers having dinner at a hotel in the Deep South. He was seated at the adjacent table all alone and we got chatting.
Building ‘Brand Sri Lanka’
In the recent past I have seen and read several articles, conceptual papers and heard many opinions and views on branding our nation and her offerings. Some of it was in relation to tourism promotion, while others were more generic, referring to overall nation branding.
Get real… Be the wonder
It was a friendly tour guide lecturer who shared with me a few years ago some stark details of the nature of the commission structure that prevails within our tourism industry.
350 action on 10-10-10 in Kiula – Every drop counts
On the morning of 10-10-10, in the village of Kiula in the Deep South of Sri Lanka, we all gathered at the Temple Sunday School at 8 a.m. There were 150 children at the school.
Tourism and terrorism: What’s in common?
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Just this week, the US and UK Governments issued warnings for its citizens not to travel within Europe. Last month the Eiffel tower was closed for visitors for there was a threat of a terrorist attack.
The many faces of tourism
Last week my column was about my recent experience in walking through casinos in Macau (SAR), China, and of the concept of integrated resorts. I shared with readers how integrated resorts were used to contain hundreds of thousands of people in a world of dreams, within an artificially-created environment.
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