Economic development must be empowered to thrive as a country. Tourism is a major contributor to this. Tourism has adversely affected the tourism industry in the recent past. The latest example is the Easter Sunday attack. It was constantly said that the country was unsafe. It is in this context that we have to make the extra effort to communicate to the world that Sri Lanka is a safe, secure country and a good country for travel.
It was in this backdrop that Indian super Bollywood actress Madhuri Dixit came to Sri Lanka with her family. She also visited Ratnapura. She comes to the Grand Udawalawa Hotel in Udawalawa, Ratnapura to visit the Elephant Quest. The arrival at the hotel was to spend time on the journey, which was aimed at watching the elephants milking. Nobody knew who she was until a few hours after arriving.
But Chandana Pathikumara, Managing Director of the hotel, went to her as a result of seeing her. “Sorry you Madhuri Dixit?” He asked politely at the right time.
She smiled. There was a delicate beauty that was born of the realization that the people who live in the remote villages of the country love Madhuri Dixit.
“Yes, it is I,” she politely replied. She then extended her personal identity card to Chandana. Chandana said that her visit was a great honor for her as well as for her country.
She then spent most of her time visiting the hotel’s Gen luck Gem and Jewelery showroom. She was eager to identify each of the gems. She took photos and videotaped those moments.
She spent a great deal of time identifying each gem and understanding their price and where they came from.
The story of Chandana Padma Kumara, the Manager of the Grand Udawalawe Hotel is fascinating.
“On the 17th, an Indian team arrived at around 10 am. None of us were special. But I know the woman well. Madhuri Dixit? But can he come all of a sudden? I went straight to her and called her. Yeah … it’s Madhuri. She had come with her parents, two children and her husband. ”
“She was a woman of high caliber, modesty, and vision. She spent most of her time enjoying the surroundings. She also visited a tea factory. There was only one thing I wanted. Madhuri is an artist who can build a huge public opinion not only in India but in the whole world. I wanted an idea of her attitude towards our country. That is a very important information for the tourism industry where I work. Because with last Sunday’s attack, the tourism industry was down. This is the resurrection moment. ”
I did not interrogate her and try to break the ethics of this field. Nor did they try to deprive them of their freedom. We developed a very polite and frank dialogue. It was there that I realized that she had a renewed sense of pride. Her views on Sri Lanka are more important to us than the world. I thought it would be a light for tourism in Sri Lanka. Madhuri Dixit and his family were very interested in Sri Lanka’s gems. I’ve seen it. From early morning they spent most of their time in our gem showroom. After visiting the Elephant Parade and having lunch, they returned to see the gems. With permission, she rejoined the conversation. She spoke frankly of our country before me.
“I came to Sri Lanka for the third time. You can hear more good things about Sri Lanka than I have heard in the past. I love Sri Lanka very much.
Madhuri’s husband also took an interest in Sri Lanka’s gem and jewelery, tea products and ivory interiors.
President of the Gem Traders Association, Sampath Samarasekera, commented on how well-known figures such as Madhuri Dixit can make a positive impact on Sri Lanka’s gem business.
“Gem sales have come down due to the scarcity of tourists over the last few years. The development of the tourism industry is a good time for the gem industry. A world optimism about our country It is going on.
USA TODAY has announced that Sri Lanka is the number one country in the hot weather. The LONLEY PLANET website states, “Sri Lanka is a beach lover’s paradise. They are the world’s largest travel guide books. They have sold over one million twenty books on travel destinations. Sri Lanka has shown that we are the Ratnapura Jem City Project Ārṣaṇaya won strong characters can expect to studies made. It is taking place in known or unknown. “He said.
Madhuri’s visit to Sri Lanka is done in secret. She had not been exposed to the media due to a private trip. But we could have used that coincidence effectively for the betterment of tourism. This is not the first time that world-winning Indian actresses have fallen in love with Sri Lankan gems. She once created a gem saree from Rishi Ratanapura. Kumarasiri Ratnayake created the gem saree for her. According to him, if the gem industry is improving, the country’s tourism industry could take a different direction. The world is ready to come to us. If we had a plan to reap the fruits of that plan, the future of the country would be good.
