Sri Lanka Tourism promotional booth in VFS center Jeddah
His Excellency Pakeer Mohideen Amza, Ambassador of Sri Lanka to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia inaugurated a Sri Lanka Tourism Promotional booth in the VFS Visa Application Center in Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on 1st March 2022.
The booth consists of two attractive panels displaying the beauty of wildlife and sandy beaches of Sri Lanka together with a TV screen displaying the tourism promotional videos which run continuously. This promotional booth will provide useful travel information about Sri Lanka for the visitors who visit the VFS center for their visa and passport services.
At the discussion with the officials of the VFS, HE Ambassador thanked VFS office for arranging this wonderful promotional booth with the view to support Sri Lanka in promoting Sri Lanka Tourism
Mr. Hocine Falek, Deputy General Manager, Mr. Fazmil Casseem Operations Manager and several officials from VFS center, officials from the Embassy of Sri Lanka participated at this event.
Between 2020 and 2021 , tourist arrivals from Saudi Arabia decreased drastically compared to 2019 due to the adverse effects associated with the Covid-19. However, positive growth has been observed from the beginning of 2022 as Sri Lanka has relaxed the covid related safety measures.
Embassy of Sri Lanka
Riyadh
08.03.2022