Media support vital to boost tourist arrivals - Musthapha

by Anushka Nanayakkara

The tourism industry needs the support of the media to attract more tourists, Deputy Minister of Tourism, Faiszer Musthapha told media briefing held at the Galle Face Hotel last Friday.

The Deputy Minister said, diverse views might convey a wrong message and what is needed is to convey the right message with proper information to attract tourists to Sri Lanka as a holiday destination.

The present tourist arrival rate of 58 percent, shows that even after the abrogation of the Ceasefire Agreement tourists are keen to visit Sri Lanka.

The tourists who visited the country had conveyed the actual situation in the country and that it has no threat to tourists, he said. The Ministry of Tourism will invite journalists from different regions in the world to convey the right message about tourism in Sri Lanka to other countries, he said.