Jetair Flies from Brussels to Colombo, One of the Safest Destinations in the World for Tourists

01st November 2010, www.dailynews.lk

The maiden direct flight from Brussels to Colombo departed from the Brussels International Airport on Saturday. “Sri Lanka is today one of the safest destinations in the world a tourist can expect to fly to, Sri Lanka’s Ambassador to Belgium, Luxembourg and the EU Ravinatha Aryasinha said. The Ambassador made this observation when he addressed passengers travelling to Sri Lanka on the maiden direct flight.

The Ambassador noted that tourist arrivals to Sri Lanka from Belgium had increased by 82.8 percent up to September this year, said this compared well with the 50 percent increase recorded from Europe, and the 44 percent recorded from around the world, in the same period.

Commending Jetairfly and Thomas Cook for being one of the first European collaborations to re-commence direct flights to Sri Lanka, he said it will be a huge boost to the marketing of the destination not only in Belgium, but also in the entire Benelux region (Belgium, The Netherlands and Luxembourg) and would result in an exponential growth in tourists to Sri Lanka from these countries.

He urged visitors to Sri Lanka, on their return, share their experience with others, so that more will be encouraged to make the journey, which will strengthen the people-to-people bonds between Europe and Sri Lanka.

Image: Ambassador Aryasinha with Brussels Airport Director Jos Stroobants, Jetairfly Chairman Elie Bruynick and Thomas Cook Belgium Director Marc Van de Wal at the boarding gate to inaugurate the flight.

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