Sri Lanka, Sept. 25 -- Weeratunge said prior to him being appointed Ambassador to Russia arrivals to Sri Lanka were less than 7,000 and he increased it by over hundredfold. Many people in Russia did not even know that a country such as Sri Lanka even existed and I coordinated with several local companies and held road shows and events to promote Sri Lanka

Opening new vistas in the Sri Lankan tourism landscape, former Sri Lankan Ambassador to Russia Udayanga Weeratunga has successfully launched a mega tourism camping in Russia to woo their tourists to visit Sri Lanka from next month.

Tourists from Russia and the former breakaway states of USSR are already flying to the Dominican Republic,Turkey's beach destinations and the Maldives. They...