Lankan airlines to promote Golf tourism in a big way

Coimbatore: Golf, one of the richest sports, has been identified as the perfect bridge to promote sports tourism between India and Sri Lanka, by the Sri Lankan airlines.
The airlines, which had made its impact on the passenger traffic in india, is now making foray into the sports arena in a big way, by ferrying golfers, Chandana de Silva, head of corporate communications, Srilankan Airlines, told.
Chandana, here as part of the launch of Srilankan Airlines direct flight from Colombo to coimbatore, said modalities have already been worked out and the package would be made known by next month. The company has identified Delhi, Bangalore and Coimbatore for attracting international golfers, he said, adding that it was yet to be worked out whether the tour would be for weekend or weekdays, considering the season. The company is also looking at tapping the good infrastructure Coimbatore is having for motorsports.
29/10/07 Zee News

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