“Info - Travel Sri Lanka 2016” will help Hospitality and Travel Education

Extraordinary Directory release at the International Book Fair

If a person or a Groupof travelers wants to undertake hassle free traveling in and around Sri Lanka within the shortest period, according to their budget, “Info Travel is Sri Lanka” is ready to help the travelers at no cost.

Dinesh Kulatunga, Senior Marketer, Printer, Writer, and Publisher, Chairman and Managing Director of the Neptune Publications Limited and Printel Private Limited has compiled and published a comprehensive Travel Guide for the 12th consecutive year.

By releasing this Travel directory as the 12th Edition of the publication he intends to help all travelers to prepare a tailor-made package for their journey according to their personal budget and wishes.

“Info - Travel Sri Lanka 2016 “publication is released for sale by its publishers, Neptune Publications Private Limited, No.302, Pahalawela Road, Pelawatte, Battaramulla, Sri Lanka. At present it is available at the Neptune Publishers Book Stall No.B 118 of Colombo International Book Fair being held in Sirimavo Bandaranayake Memorial Auditorium premises, BMICH Colombo 07.

This comprehensive travel documentis easy to handle even for children,senior citizens as well as the disables. Anyone who knows a little English can understand and manage the tour with great ease. It eliminates the need for a travel guide. The publication carries 408 pages plus 25folding maps, photograph,road signs and travel tips etc.

Being a sportsman in hiking, national and international traveler, senior journalist and a photographer, according to my knowledge this is the only regularly updated and premier travel guide in Sri Lanka that has ever been published. Also I can introduce this publication as a complete Text book for the Travel trade and the Hospitality education.

According to the Chief Editor and Publisher of “Info Travel Sri Lanka 2016 “Dinesh Kulatunga, with many improvements made over the years,it has now become the most comprehensive and best selling travel guide in Sri Lanka.It is the only such guide compiled by a Sri Lankan author that has competed with foreign publications which dominate the international tourist market.

Publishers’ claim, with justification, that with this expanded edition, a traveler can travel anywhere in the island without any added assistance or hassle. With this innovative approach inconveniences associated with getting lost or isolated has become a thing of the past.

This edition presents much needed information on places of interest and accommodation details in such a way that one can find places that suit his budget. The low budget traveler who constitutes the majority of the local tourists and a significant segment of the tourist community is not overlooked here.

In addition, editors have suggested a lot of leisure activities available within specific areas of the country. Most descriptions are detailed and informative. The author includes many important descriptions that are useful for the discerning traveler.

This work takes into account the modern developments of tourist culture and prepares the tourist, local as well as foreign, to get maximum benefits from his leisure time, while assisting the researcher and academician as well as the religious and educational traveler.

Travelling is a cultural activity that has phenomenally increased today.Presently many people undertake travel more than ever before.

Today, we have a better network of modern roads including a system of super highways. People now enjoy a comfortable drive in many parts of the country. In addition to this,tourist industry enjoys an ever increasing number of visitors annually.

All of this is due to the new technologies that have invaded our modern society. In addition to better and more sophisticated road systems, online information and maps have contributed to this escalation in leisure time activity. Travel and tourism products are purchased or booked directly from the ultimate supplier or mega online booking engines. But as this new travel guide shows, the traditional printed travel guide has not gone out of fashion.On the contrary, it has re-invented itself to become an indispensable tool in the hands of the modern age traveler.

However, publishers are attentive to future trends some of which are, in fact, already with us.In addition to this guidebook, publishers are preparing a mobile application for Info-Travel. This will meet the ever advancing technological needs. Among the highlights of this new edition are:an up-to-date map that includes the new super highways; avaluable chart detailing services available in all the A grade roads. As the traveler goes along, he can find with the help of this chart, all the main services available in the specific area which he is passing through: this includes such important but often overlooked locations including tire service stations,garages, super markets ,restaurants,religious places, etc.

Whether one is a long range traveler or not, it is a guide that a vehicle owner should always keep handy within his vehicle. Further information could be collected from their website www.infortravelssrilanka.com . What is of importance in the present context is that such books like this should have their place in all libraries, and public institutions as travelling becomes an important segment in their work.