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Website to promote tourism opened by Venerable Samitha

by Telwatta group correspondent

The special Website Sri Lanka Map to promote tourism in Sri Lanka was opened by Venerable Baddegama Samitha Thera, MP for Galle district recently at Hikkaduwa Jungle Paradise Holiday Resort.

This is the first time a map of Sri Lanka came through website, furnishing information for tourists in nine languages viz. English, French, Italian, Czech, Russian, Sinhala etc. (The website- wwwSRILANKA.MAPGUIDE com and Email lankamap@mail visual.lk)

After lighting the oil lamp by distinguished guests. Anura Abeykoone, Managing Director Avin Money Exchange Ltd., Hikkaduwa was the first to obtain Sri Lanka map through this website.

Speaking to the gathering Venerable Samitha said that Digital website units should be installed in this area, especially at the tourist resort of Hikkaduwa to enable foreigners to get actual knowledge about our country.

He said, for the last twenty years we have been fighting with each other in vain, but not thought of future developments or progress of the country. Now time has come to develop the country leaving all crises aside. We should take firm steps to give computer, webs, digital education to our children in village areas.

Further Venerable Baddegama Samitha Thera said that all new methods of education are limited only to Colombo, that is unfair, village and remote area children should also be provided such education facilities equally.

He said, the website launched today was fulfilling a most important requirement, to guide foreigners through website.

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