Lanka opens webpage to woo Chinese tourists
(Srilankamirror) - In a bid to attract more Chinese tourists to the island, Sri Lanka has opened a page on the Chinese social networking site - www.renren.com.
Xinhua reports that it is part of an ambitious plan to accelerate tourism in the country after the rout of the LTTE.
The Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau has launched the drive to woo more Chinese tourists.
For the first time ever, Sri Lanka welcomed 750,000 tourists so far this year, achieving its target for 2011 much ahead of Dec 31.