5000 NEW FRENCH ARRIVALS CONFIRMED TO ARRIVE IN SRI LANKA

Mr.Alain Clavel ,Chairman & Mr.Frank Manin -Director of Antipodes Voyages , of France arrived in Colombo, as Honoured VIP guests at the GALADARI HOTEL ,on Monday morning and were cordially welcomed by Mr.SAMPATH Siriwardana-GM & Chandra EDIRIWEERA of CEYLON TOURS..

ANTIPODES VOYAGES recently signed an agreement with SRI LANKAN AIRLINES  to bring 5000 French Tourists from France for the 2010/11 seasons. This contract ensures a Minimum of 120 Tourists ,each week on Sri Lankan airlines Paris for a whole Year .

All this was initiated by Ex-Minister  G.L.PIERIS , who had initial meetings with ANTIPODES VOYAGES in September in Lyon  & actively encouraged them to invest in Sri Lanka as a preferred Tourist destination  & use it as a Tourist HUB for their operations in South EAST ASIA .

The Management of ANTIPODES are here in Sri Lankan for a week, to have further discussions with the Minister Pieris,Sri Lankan airlines ,Hoteliers, Airport Authorities & others linked to the travel Industry.

On arrival , Mr.Siriwardana stated that ' GALADARI Hotel was delighted to host the first French Tour Operator , who had taken taken huge a step , not only  in taking the commitment to invest in assuring 5000 tourists , but deciding to open their regional Office in the Country ' .