29/04/2009 - The Island
Sri Lanka Tourism comes forward to assist IDPs
Minister of Tourism... Moragoda, noting the necessity to provide relief supplies to the crisis-affected community, requested the Ministry of Tourism, along with Sri Lanka Tourism... to come up with resources to provide relief aid to the IDPs.. held discussions and came up with Rs 1 million, to be utilized in providing relief supplies to the affected population... staff members of Sri Lanka Tourism... also... made voluntary contributions to build up the fund for purchase of items urgently required by the IDPs.…
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10/05/2009 - Sunday Island
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Tourism Minister Milinda Moragoda delivering the keynote address at the International Buddhist Conference in Thailand, recently. It was sponsored by United Nations to commemorate Vesak Day. Over 90 countries and more than 2,000 members of the Buddhist clergy participated in this three-day conference. Moragoda’s speech was based on the international crisis and solutions based on Buddhist vision…
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13/05/2009 - The Bottom Line
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...international conference... Trail of Civilization on Buddhism 2009 held in Borobudur... Moragoda who was on a three-day official visit on an invitation of Government of Indonesia met his counterpart... Minister... Jero Wacil... both leaders discussed matters of cooperation in the tourism sector between the two countries…
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14/05/2009 - The Island
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Tourism Minister Milinda Moragoda recently participated at an international conference on Buddhism in Borobudur, Indonesia. An Indonesian government travel guide with the Minister near the bedrock hill, 265 m (869 ft) above sea level…
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20/05/2009 - Asiantribune.com
Sustainable Tourism through the Buddhist "Trail of Civilisation"
Minister of Tourism Milinda Moragoda took part in... meeting in connection with the Borobudur Declaration, on the invitation of the Indonesian Minister of... Tourism... Thailand... Myanmar and Vietnam agreed in 2006 to cooperate... to... promote... Buddhist... sites... Sri Lanka will seek to link up its... Buddhist... sites to the Trail of Civilisation... become a bridge between South and East Asia in the promotion of Buddhist cultural tourism and pilgrimages... meeting took place during... Vesak celebrations... attended by thousands of pilgrims... held at the grounds of... 9th century Buddhist temple of Borobudur, Indonesia... President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono was the chief guest.…
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25/05/2009 - Daily Mirror
SL Tourism to focus on Iranian Market - Minister Moragoda to lead private sector delegation to Tehran
...will be accompanied by a private sector delegation... in the hospitality industry. The delegation will meet with their counterparts to discuss arrangements for increased tourist traffic from Iran to Sri Lanka, to examine the potential for Sri Lanka hoteliers to invest in Iran and to reach management agreements with Iranian hoteliers, where possible... Moragoda has undertaken the visit on the invitation of Iranian authorities…
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29/05/2009 - Daily Mirror
Iran, Sri Lanka keen to boost cultural ties
Tehran... Head of Iran’s Islamic Culture and Relations Organization Mehdi Mostafvi... underscored the need for strengthening cultural ties... between Iran and Sri Lanka... at a meeting with... Tourism Minister, Milinda Moragoda.Referring to the existing cultural commonalities shared... Moragoda... said friendship and mutual respect would lead to the promotion of cultural cooperation…
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02/06/2009 - The Island
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Tourism Minister Milinda Moragoda hands over a certificate to a policeman during a ceremony to pass out of policemen and police women who had completed a Tamil language course conducted by the Milinda Moragoda Foundation in Colombo yesterday…
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03/06/2009 - The Island
Collaboration for NE development
Following on discussions in Tehran between Mr. Milinda Moragoda and President of the Mostazafan Foundation… Under the... MOU, both the MMIPE and the Mostazafan Foundation will jointly work towards setting up several projects to develop livelihoods in... agriculture and livestock sectors... for all communities... in the Northern and Eastern Provinces…
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07/06/2009 - Sunday Island
A New Theme Song for Sri Lanka Tourism
The new theme song for Sri Lanka was presented to Minister of Tourism Milinda Moragoda,… by Tourism Ambassador for Sri Lanka, Alston Koch… said, “We have a 2,500 year old culture, beautiful… and the song fittingly portrays all such attractions and covers diverse aspects of the island”…
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