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14/10/2007 - Sunday Island
UNP trying to distance itself from motion against Moragoda
(by Shamindra Ferdinando)
The UNP is likely to distance itself from what political sources called
a Mangala-Sripathy initiative to move a no-confidence motion against Tourism Minister Milinda Moragoda, a key member of the UNP rebel group… Political sources said that the coverage of the no confidence motion by the Sirisa Media Group had embarrassed the UNP leadership… The print media which is essentially supportive of the party had not been willing to target Moragoda... The Sunday Island learns that Moragoda has asked Sirasa management to be 'soft' on the issue as he didn't want a further split in the party…
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17/10/2007 - The Island
Moragoda no faith motion a Mangy group gimmick – UNP rebels
(by Lakshmi de Silva)
The UNP rebel group…said the no confidence motion…had boomeranged on the UNP...only a political gimmick cooked up by SLFP defectors Mangala Samaraweera…
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28/10/2007 - Sunday Times
Moragoda on the helping small-industrialists trail
The Tourism Ministry has stepped in to help small entrepreneurs market their products to foreign and local tourists…the people of Balapana… told Tourism Minister Milinda Moragoda they were facing several obstacles… Moragoda said steps could be taken to help…
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20/11/2007 - The Island
Sri Lanka, Iran signs tourism co-operation programme
…an Implementation Programme of Mutual Cooperation on Tourism between Sri Lanka and the Islamic Republic of Iran... was formally signed by both Milinda Moragoda, Minister of Tourism and Esfandyar Rahim Mashaee, Vice President...of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Teheran... The programme provides for joint marketing operations and tourism promotion in the region and... information centres will be set up both in Colombo and Teheran... The programme also provides for cooperation in the field of hotels and resorts development and educational training institutes while encouraging familiarization tours for professional journalists…
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28/11/2007 - The Bottom Line
Advice from Maha Sangha to boost tourism
Tourism Minister Milinda Moragoda met with the Ministry appointed Advisory Committee of Buddhist priests to advise the ministry in promoting pilgrim tourism locally and internationally… Mr. Moragoda is planning to uplift local and international pilgrimage based tourism…proposed that the support of Buddhist countries like Myanmar, Thailand and Malaysia will be very useful to promote the Buddhist philosophy among tourists worldwide…
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30/11/2007 - Daily Mirror
Sri Lanka, Iran discuss air travel sector expansion
Minister of Tourism Milinda Moragoda during his recent visit to Iran met with the Chairman and Managing Director of Iran Air Saeid Hesami and discussed several areas for Co-operation as well as a framework to develop the air travel sector. Hesami had pledged his support to set up an information center in Colombo for destination marketing.
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13/12/2007 - Daily Mirror
SL should develop into ‘niche market’ – Moragoda tells Parliament
(by Gihan de Chickera and Kelum Bandara)
Sri Lanka must overcome the challenge of terrorism and develop into a leading global ‘niche market’ holiday destination, Tourism Minister Milinda Moragoda said in Parliament…The Minister stressed that Sri Lanka needed to look at what it had to offer the world, in terms of tourism as a product. “We must not be a destination for mass tourism but promote ‘niche tourism’…
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18/12/2007 - The Island
Moragoda requests Ambika Soni to develop Buddhist centers in South India
Tourism Minister Milinda Moragoda requested his Indian counterpart Ambika
Soni to promote Indian Buddhist Centers in South India for the use of Sri
Lankan tourists,…Leaders agreed to convene the meeting of the Joint Working
Group between the two countries at a convenient date to accelerate the pace
of cooperation in tourism sector…
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19/12/2007 - The Bottom Line
India and Lanka for joint tourism promotion
Tourism Minister Milinda Moragoda being welcomed by his counterpart in the Government of India, Smt. Ambika Soni who holds the portfolio of Tourism and culture…
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