Adventure tourism to enhance Nepal Sri Lanka ties

November 21, 2001
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Kathmandu: Three enthusiasts from Sri Lanka recently made it known to the Nepalese pressmen that a sort of Adventure Tourism could be made popular in their country provided the Nepalese side supported their endeavor in this regard.

Mr. Elmo Francis, the team leader together with Mr Charith Hemasiri and Marlon Saldin talked to the Nepali media last week at Hotel Annapurna and opined that Nepal was the right country for such kind of tourism for the Sri Lankans.

“We possess sea beaches and you have majestic snow capped mountains”‘, said a beaming project leader Francis.

“We enjoyed the scenic beauties of your mountains from close quarters and have come to a conclusion that adventure tourism could be well initiated for our countrymen for which we need some support from the concerned Nepalese authorities”, added Hemasiri who is also a software engineer.

The third enthusiast Marlon Saldin said that Sri Lanka Tourism Board and the Sri Lankan Airlines had sponsored their project that brought them all to Nepal.

“Apart from Lumbini, the birth place of Lord Buddha, the Sri Lankans will be more than pleased to come to Nepal to see the Nepali mountains under the package of Adventure tourism”, said Elmo Francis.

Surely, if the project worked as per the expectations of the Sri Lankans, it would definitely contribute not only to the promotion of Nepalese tourism but will also enhance our bilateral ties.

The meeting had been arranged by the Sri Lankan embassy in Kathmandu.