INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The Travel Agents Association of India (TAAI), the largest tourism organization in India, is returning to Sri Lanka after 18 years with its
annual event, is expected to invigorate Indian outbound travel to Sri Lanka following several years of setbacks, the national carrier said
450 agents and 50 international travel media personalities, some of whom are booked to fly to Sri Lanka on SriLankan Airlines.Renowned for
generating widespread coverage and tourism footfall for the host country every year, the event will certainly help encourage Indian
Airlines said coincides with its regional hub strategy, with its prime location in the Indian Ocean extending connections to multiple
countries to the north, east and west of India.Dimuthu Tennakoon, Head of Worldwide Sales - Distribution of SriLankan Airlines commented on
reflected in the fact that nearly 40 per cent of our current operations are concentrated to India
We want to continue growing our presence in India with a strategic focus on leisure and MICE travellers and will introduce more flights and
cities to our Indian service in the future
It is therefore exciting to collaborate with TAAI on their biggest calendar event, which serves as a strong starting point for a renewed
comfortingly familiar vacation spot among Indian travel industry players and travellers
An image, a reality, that SriLankan Airlines said it takes the initiative to promote through its communications in India.As Sri Lanka gets
ready to welcome the guests of the TAAI convention, SriLankan Airlines vowed to continue in its role as the present-day maker of journeys
between Sri Lanka and India, in a travel tradition dating back millennia.
