Business Today Sri Lanka Magazine - July 1999

In this issue

Sri Lanka can be the hub, the economic gateway for the South Asian Market, says Kingsley T Wickramaratne, Minister of Internal and International Trade and Commerce.

Tourism is one of the largest foreign exchange earners in the country and should therefore be placed on par with any other export industry, says Prema Cooray, President of the Tourist Hotels Associations of Sri Lanka.

We are not arguing for concessions but instead asking the local authorities to recognize us as an export industry on the basic principle, explains Shironal C. Jayaweera, Managing Director, Jetwing Travels.

Prawn farmers face the threat of banks taking legal action against them due to their inability to pay back the loans taken due to being adversely affected by the 'White Spot' disease. Will the proposed relief package by the government remedy the situation?

Gulf Air expands and modernizes its fleet of aircraft with six new A330-200 airbuses offering its customers a new range of innovative facilities.