Jaffna International Trade Fair 2011:

Supporting businesses in Jaffna

The Jaffna International Trade Fair 2011 will be held for the second consecutive year from January 21 to 23.

Imran Hassan

The event will be the biggest international event to be held in Jaffna and major support will be given to the businesses in Jaffna with a separate pavilion in the exhibition for Industries in Jaffna.

Furthermore, much encouragement and support is extended to the industries in Jaffna by providing them with free stalls for the exhibition by Lanka Exhibition and Conference Services (LECS).

Participation of India’s National Research and Development Corporation and the National Small Industries Corporation will be an interesting fact while an entire pavilion is reserved for the Kerala business community from India. Apart from the large Indian business gathering for this event, participation of Pakistan and Indonesian business community along with many international business delegates will definitely be an encouragement for the Northern peninsula.

LECS Director Imran Hassan said “Although the exhibition in 2010 ended on a high note, with time, people still assumed that Jaffna was not ready for business.

But we were amazed with the response for this year’s event with almost 300 stalls booked with more than 90 percent of them repeating this year.

We even had to create a new exhibition area using a bare land which includes stalls and other basic facilities,” he said.