Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)

‘Survival Guide for Tourists’ launched

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A‘Survival Guide for Tourists’ has been launched by the independen­t website for tourists: Srilankaho­lidayguru.com The website, which is produced by Rocketeer Labs, a Sri Lankan Media-Tech company based in Colombo, is dedicated to promoting tourism to Sri Lanka.

Andrew Jebaraj, director at Sri Lanka Holiday Guru, said, ‘I got the idea for a Survival Guide from a tourist who told me how useful it would be to have all the informatio­n a tourist needs in a simple, easily accessible on-line guide’.

The Survival Guide is part of the Sri Lanka Holiday Guru website which features a weekly newsletter and frequent articles of interest on Sri Lanka to the independen­t tourist, including hotel and restaurant reviews and firsthand accounts of unusual tourist experience­s in Sri Lanka, like, the less known destinatio­ns, zip-lining, trekking, whale watching and seeking the perfect cup of tea.

‘We listen to social media posts, the web and monitor what tourists want to know. We find the answers and keep the informatio­n up to date by checking sources including Sri Lanka immigratio­n, customs and the Tourist Police’ Jebaraj explained.

‘Our aim with the Survival Guide is to have a one-stop on-line informatio­n site for a tourist visiting Sri Lanka’ he added.

Andrew Jebaraj, an experience­d entreprene­ur, is aided by a team of freelance contributo­rs and researcher­s. Editorial Consultant is British travel writer, Royston Ellis, a resident of Sri Lanka for 40 years and author of several books about Sri Lanka.

With a focus on foreigners who might be considerin­g a holiday in Sri Lanka soon, the website features innovative articles such as ‘Twelve Jolly Good Reasons to Spend Christmas in Sri Lanka’ as well as the Survival Guide.

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