German Investors to assist Sri Lanka Tourism
The Sri Lanka – Germany fast track dialogue was held recently at the Ministry of Development Strategies and International Trade with the objective of addressing central issues faced by German enterprises operating in Sri Lanka under the BOI as well as facilitate new investments Jul 03, 2019 .
Malik Samarawickrama, minister of Development Strategies and International Trade led the Sri Lankan delegation assisted by Mangala Yapa, chairman of the Board of Investment of Sri Lanka and W A D S Gunasinghe, additional secretary to the Ministry of Development Strategies and International Trade.
Also present were members of key Sri Lankan institutions whose inputs were essential to ensure a rapid resolution of the matters discussed.The German delegation was led by Jorn Rohde, ambassador of Germany in Sri Lanka who was assisted by Andreas Hergenroether, chief delegate delegation of German Industry and Commerce in Sri Lanka (AHK).
The German companies present were B Braun Lanka Pvt Ltd., DHL, Keells Pvt Ltd, Eskimo ashion Knitwear (Private) Ltd., Go Vacation Sri Lanka (Pvt) Ltd., (Den Touristk), Hellmann MAS Supply Chain (Private) Limited, Kramsli Lanka (Pvt) Limited, Ceylon Oxygen Limited and Wurth Lanka.
Minister Samarawickrama welcomed the German delegation and he stated that Germany was a very important trading partner for Sri Lanka with a volume of trade totaling 1.2 billion euro.And he commended Germany for establishing a culture of punctuality, precision and high standards of integrity.
Ambassador Rohde stated that economic relations should ideally resemble the German autobahns, providing speedy solutions to all issues.And he wanted to see a return of tourist arrivals to Sri Lanka since the Easter Sunday events.
Furthermore, Minister Samarawickrama reassured the German side, emphasized that security had been strengthened at the airport and hotels. Furthermore a tourism promotion campaign will be held in Berlin to address tourists and travel agents and educate them about Sri Lanka. A total of 8 leading tourism generating countries were targeted for a recovery plan.
Many of these outstanding matters were resolved or studied for a solution to be arrived at under a timeframe to solve them.
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