Sri Lanka Tourism opens Tourist Information Kiosk

The TIK provides information via the interactive touch screen in an accurate, trustworthy and timely manner. This unit will initially accommodate 10 languages: Sinhalese, Tamil, English, German, Japanese, Dutch, Chinese, Arabic, Russian and Italian.

Tourists will be able to gain more information. Apart from providing necessary information to tourists this will facilitate to earn extra revenue per tourist visiting the country by way of providing easy access to the products and services listed in the kiosk. TIK is a technology driven Digital Information Network (display information through electronic touch screens and LCDs) that provides precise exposure to tourism industry, excellent returns to beneficiaries of tourism and brand awareness to consumers.

The project will see positioning more units in key locations around the country such as tourists information centers of SLTPB, business centres, shopping malls, selected hotels and places with high tourist foot fall. The entire business network is automated requiring minimum human interference.

Theis unique and attractive kiosk (TIK) introduced first time to Sri Lanka, have two screens to be seen in one unit.