Sanath Jayasuriya met with the High Commissioner of India in Colombo, Gopal Baglay, on Monday.
Colombo:
Sri Lanka’s newly appointed tourism brand ambassador and cricket legend Sanath Jayasuriya on Tuesday said his country will focus on promoting the Ramayana trail to Indian tourists, as the island nation is in crisis. crisis seeks to promote tourism to revive the economy.
Sanath Jayasuriya, the former Sri Lankan cricket captain, met the High Commissioner of India in Colombo, Gopal Baglay, on Monday.
“Sri Lanka’s newly appointed tourism brand ambassador, cricket legend @ Sanath07 met the High Commissioner today. The meeting focused on strengthening ties between the peoples of India and Sri Lanka and promoting tourism calendar as a tool for economic recovery,” the Indian High Commissioner tweeted.
In response to the tweet, Mr Jayasuriya on Tuesday thanked Mr Baglay for agreeing to meet with him.
“We will focus on promoting the Ramayana trail to Indian tourists,” he wrote on Twitter. Both India and Sri Lanka agreed in 2008 to work to advance shared cultural and religious values based on the Ramayana heritage.
Special thanks to Mr. Gopal Baglay for agreeing to meet me. We will focus on promoting the Ramayana trail to Indian tourists. @IndiainSLhttps://t.co/gqsXHBO0Fs
– Sanath Jayasuriya (@ Sanath07) August 9, 2022
The Ramayana is one of the two great Sanskrit epics of ancient India and an important text of Hinduism. There are 52 sites on the Ramayana Trail in Sri Lanka.
India in May re-exported to become Sri Lanka’s top domestic tourist market with 5,562 arrivals, followed by the UK with 3,723 arrivals.
Former Sri Lankan cricketer and captain, 53, was appointed Sri Lanka’s Tourism Brand Ambassador last week.
Monday’s meeting between Mr Jayasuriya and Mr Baglay was the second this year. Mr. Jayasuriya met Mr. Baglay in April and sought India’s assistance in purchasing essential medicines for Sri Lanka.
Sri Lanka has seen one of its worst economic crises since Independence in 1948. The government declared bankruptcy in mid-April due to its refusal to pay its international debts. me.
India took the lead in extending economic aid to Sri Lanka by nearly $4 billion during the year.
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