* Emirates airline promotes Sri Lanka as a popular destination
Fri, Mar 19, 2010, 10:16 am SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka.

Mar 19, Colombo: Emirates Tours UK has featured Sri Lanka as one of 14 popular destinations in an exclusive luxury holidays brochure produced for Emirates airline's customers in the UK.

The airline's tour operating arm’s catalogue titled Exceptional 2010 brochure has devoted eight pages to Sri Lanka, describing the island as 'a land bursting with colour, energy and history.'

The section provides a description of Sri Lanka's many attractions, historic sites, cultural heritage, wildlife, hill country and beaches, and features 10 hotel properties located in the Cultural Triangle, the hill country and the western and southern coasts.

It offers a wide choice of customized tour packages as well as an eight-day tour labeled 'Essential Sri Lanka' and a 15-day tour titled 'Sri Lanka in Style.'

Emirates Area Manager for Sri Lanka and the Maldives, Chandana de Silva said, "The latest Emirates Tours UK catalogue is a perfect example of how Emirates promotes travel to Sri Lanka to high-end travellers, and is a representation of the continuing commitment of the airline to this destination."

Other destinations in the UK catalogue are Dubai, Oman, Maldives, Mauritius, Seychelles, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, South Africa, India, China Australia, and New Zealand.

Besides the eight-page section in the Emirates Tours UK catalogue, Sri Lanka is also featured prominently in the Emirates Holidays World of Choice global catalogue for 2009-10, with another eight-page section.