Press briefing of Cabinet Decision taken on 2018-10-16

Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion

- The Cabinet has granted approval previously to implement a wide advertising programme to promote Sri Lanka as an attractive tourist destination. In this context, 06 commercial advertising firms have submitted their Expressions of Interest for the implementation of this programme. Accordingly, the proposal made by Hon. John Amaratunga, the Minister of Tourism Development and Christian Religious Affairs, to award the contract for the implementation of this programme to M/s J. Walter Thompson, for a sum of Rs.314 million in accordance with the recommendation of the Standing Cabinet Appointed Procurement Committee (SCAPC), was approved by the Cabinet.