Sri Lanka Tourist Board to publish a tourist supplement in the Independent

Nov 05, Colombo: The Sri Lanka Tourist Board (SLTB) will publish an eight page tourist supplement in the Independent, a United Kingdom newspaper, concurrently with the World Travel Market (WTM) being held in London on November 6-9 at the ExCeL Exhibition and Convention Centre.

The cost for the supplement is estimated at Rs. 4.8 million and SLTB is bearing Rs. 3.6 million of it, while the rest is being supplied by Sri Lanka's private sector in the hospitality trade.

WTM last year was attended by 48,211 travel industry professionals representing over 202 countries and regions. Over 50 Sri Lankan tour operators and hotels are participating in WTM 2006. Low