Fashion divas from around the world including reigning miss India Parvathy Omanakuttan, miss Sri Lanka, and beauty queens from Sweden, Italy, Belgium, Switzerland, Russia, and China, will be among a host of beauties to walk the ramp at the ‘Colombo Vogue Life Styles Weekend’ on May 30th, 31st and June 1st to raise funds for ‘Green Cover’ a novel initiative launched by Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau to plant ten million trees by 2010. The event is scheduled to take place at Hotel Galadari in Colombo.
A multi faceted event, it will feature a fusion music concert titled Mantra on the 30th of May featuring flautist Bikram Singh, Pradeep Rathnayake, Harsha Makaland and Ravibandu Vidyapathi. The artists will also join hands to produce an album titled ‘Preserve Planet Earth’ the proceeds of which too will go towards the project ‘Green Cover’.
“Green Cover is a joint venture between SLTPB and the Rotary Club of Colombo Regency and Kandy, and we have initiated a campaign to plant 10 million trees over the next couple of years,” said SLTPB Managing Director, Dileep Mudadeniya.
Mr. Mudadeniya noted that Sri Lanka has produced a new road map for the growth of its tourism industry, “A road map that sees Sri Lankan tourism as carbon clean,” he stressed. “We have a program in place for reforestation that provides an ever increasing carbon sink. Our vast tea plantations store carbon. We are determined to bring together appropriate Carbon Offset Programs (COP) to bear on addressing climate change and in particular, to chart Sri Lankan tourism on its new, carbon clean path,” Mr. Mudadeniya observed.
‘Green Cover’ is inspired by ‘Tourism’s Earth Lung project that aims for a Carbon Clean Sri Lanka’.
Sri Lanka is an exotic tropical destination with an abundance of greenery and historical marvels - some even rated as world heritage sites by UNESCO. Every tourist visiting the country has the opportunity to enjoy a vivid culture, varied eco systems and wildlife, and warm, friendly people.
Sri Lanka offers diversity within easy reach in a small island. Among the many epithets showered upon this tiny island include Serendipity, Ceylon, Teardrop of India, Resplendent Isle, Island of Dharma and Pearl of the Indian Ocean to name a few and none comes even close to articulate the true beauty and old world charm of Sri Lanka.
Tourists from all over the world visit Sri Lanka every year in search of a perfect holiday ranging from nature, culture, adventure, education, healing and spiritual discovery to connecting with roots or simply to watch a cricket match.
SriLankan Airlines operates a full Airbus fleet to 41 destinations in 22 countries worldwide. Flights from the Middle East to Colombo connect with onward services to the Maldives, 11 key destinations in India, seven destinations in the Far East including Malaysia, Singapore, China and Thailand.
