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SLTPB welcomes
luxury vessel “Mv Queen Mary 2” with 2,300 tourists on
board: Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau, (SLTPB)
welcomed the vessel “Mv Queen Mary 2” yesterday, at a
brief ceremony held at the Colombo harbour. The luxury
carrier, owned by a UK based company, had more than
2,300 tourists on board, consisting of USA, British,
Australian, New Zealand, South African and Canadian
nationals. The local excursion tour operator Gemini
Tours and Travels, was thereafter busy with escorting
the tourists from the ship to prearranged destinations
such as Kandy, Pinnawala and the Colombo City. By 11
p.m. yesterday, the vessel is scheduled to leave for
Malaysia, its next
destination. “Mv Queen Mary 2” consists 13 decks,
inclusive of state-of-the-art swimming pools and an
auditorium. Theater a gym, restaurants, a Casino,
Saloon, Spa Center and 1,300 luxury rooms. Having set
sail from USA on January 10 this year, the vessel had
been berthed at Cochin, India, just before resuming its
journey to Colombo. According to SLPA officials, more
than 27 such luxury carriers have already been
programmed to tie up in Colombo by the end of 2013. The
good news to those involved in the tourism sector is
also vital to the economic development of the island,
which has high expectations in boosting the local
tourism industry |
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