LARGE GROUP OF THAI TOURISTS ARRIVE IN SRI LANKA

Alarge group of tourists from Thailand visited Sri Lanka recently in a bid to express their solidarity with our country. Eighty Thai tourists comprised the largest group that toured Sri Lanka since the Easter Sunday attacks, in a bid to boost confidence in the tourism sector.

The group of Thai tourists were brought down by Bernard Tours in collaboration with the Tourism Promotion Bureau. Thethai pilgrimage tourists included Maheyong Monastery Chief Prelate Ven. Phra BhawanaKhemakun Thera and four other monks. The tourists took part in a donation ceremony of Buddha statues organised by Ven. Rassagala Seewali Thera of Thai Vihara at Mabima in Kelaniya on Tuesday.