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The Minister of Agriculture and Plantation Industry Mr. Mahinda Amaraweera suggested yesterday (13) that arrangements should be made to give a souvenir of Sri Lankan tea at the airport to every foreign tourist coming to Sri Lanka upon their return.
Accordingly, with the aim of popularizing the name of Ceylon Tea in the world, every tourist coming to this country will be given a souvenir containing Sri Lankan tea products.
The Minister presented this proposal in a discussion held at the Ministry of Agriculture and Plantation Industry yesterday regarding the measures to be taken for the promotion of the tea industry.
The discussion was attended by the Sri Lanka Tea Board, Small Tea Estate Development Authority, representatives of the Tea Planters’ Association and representatives of the tea manufacture.
Tourists visited to Sri Lanka are given this souvenir at the time of departure from the airport after the trip and the private tea manufacturers also expressed their agreement. They also informed the minister that they are ready to contribute.
Accordingly, this program is to be implemented with the support of the government as well as the private sector.
The cost for this is to be borne by the Sri Lanka Tea Board and the private sector, and at present a large number of tourists come to Sri Lanka and a large number of them visit the tea factories and tea estates. They also show great interest in drinking tea in Sri Lanka.
For this reason, the Minister of Agriculture and Plantation Industry, Mr. Mahinda Amaraweera, instructed the officials to start this program as soon as possible in order to create interest in the tea of our country among the tourists.
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