SRI LANKA -Promoting tourism through sports

Dailynews.lk, 14 September 2007

SPORTS TOURISM Deputy Minister of Tourism, Faizer Mustapha had a discussion last week with Malaysian High Commissioner, Rosli Ismail and CEO of Asian German Sports Exchange Programme, (AGSEP) Dietmar Doering, regarding tours by German sports teams from Munich, Hamburg, Berlin, Cologne, Dresden and
Meet: From Left. Deputy Minister of Tourism Faizer Mustapha, Malaysian High Commissioner Rosli Ismail, CEO of AGSEP Dietmar Doering, Co-ordinators of Marketing of AGSEP Stefan Eggecs, Rebecca Schmalen and Assistant to CEO of AGSEP Isabelle Bogorinsky.
Magdeburg to Sri Lanka and Malaysia.
This would help to promote the two countries as tourist destinations.
AGSEP is presently launching this Campaign which will result in bringing German football, table tennis, volleyball, badminton and tennis teams to Sri Lanka and Malaysia.
Thirty clubs will visit each country next year that will foster closer relationships through sport events.

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