French Students in Social Tourism Program in Sri Lanka

23rd July 2010, www.island.lk

A special group of 101 French students under 18 years, along with 04 professors have arrived in Sri Lanka on the 11th of July

2010. This particular group was organized by the Connaissance de Ceylan and it is partly sponsored by the LEVALLOIS Municipality, a city near Paris.

With the dawn of peace, this is the first time that a group of this nature has come to visit the island. Apart form doing a round tour in Sri Lanka, they were engaged in different social work in social centers down South such as Boussa, Kathaluwa, Ahangama.

The importance of this group is that it helps cultivate a new tourism segment called social tourism in Sri Lanka where the participants are engaged in various social responsibility programs in the host country.

With such arrivals, Sri Lanka will soon be known as an ideal destination not only for authenticity, bio and cultural diversity and sandy beaches but also for ‘social tourism’, providing ample opportunity to meet Sri Lankan population and get to know their social life style. This new segment will build social exchanges between the visitor and the host and provide excellent credibility to the destination.