SriLankan carries 100,000th tourist from China to Sri Lanka

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Achieving yet another milestone in Sri Lanka’s history of commercial aviation, the national carrier, SriLankan Airlines recently brought the 100,000th tourist from China into the island. Yong He and his spouse Huihua Chen arrived at the Bandaranaike International Airport, Colombo via SriLankan Airlines flight UL867 in the early hours of last Saturday, 11 October as the travellers from China to accomplish this significant number ever since the signing of the Approved Destination Status in 2002 between Sri Lanka and China, enabling the promotion of tourism between the two countries. They were warmly welcomed by the SriLankan airport staff and the officials of the SriLankan Tourism Promotions Bureau. SriLankan, a member of the prestigious oneworld alliance, and an airline that has a strong presence in the Far East currently operates a total of 15 weekly flights to three Chinese cities and Hong Kong. The airline will also be adding Kunming to its current route map of 89 destinations in 44 countries, from December this year.

Yong He and Huihua Chen flanked by airport staff of SriLankan

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