Sri Lanka, an Island Nation strategically positioned in the Indian Ocean, has a tremendous untapped potential in maritime tourism industry especially in the area of cruising, yachting, coastal tourism and shipping for leisure around the country. By developing growth strategies of this industry a greater potential is evident to attract local and foreign tourists, benefitting and enriching the local economy with foreign currency.
Wineendra Weeraman, Chairman, Ceylon Shipping Corporation Ltd., since assuming his duties, was eager and ambitious to embark on a passenger transport service along the Coastal belt of the Island Nation and also amongst neighboring countries like India, Maldives etc.
Pioneering the yachting industry in Sri Lanka as well as a game changer in the global yachting industry and Sri Lanka’s tourism sector, Pierre Pringiers, the former Consul of the Honorary Consulate of Belgium in Sri Lanka, is the mastermind behind the iconic group “Sail Lanka Yachting Group”, which was launched in 2014. Sail Lanka Yachting Group designs luxury catamarans, manufactures catamarans using the latest technologies and exports internationally. ‘Sail Lanka Yachting Group’ also charters luxury cruises around the country envisaging to launch in Maldives in near future.
Wineendra Weeraman, the Chairman of Ceylon Shipping Corporation and Kaushal Rajapakse, the Managing Director of Sail Lanka Yachting Group signed a Memorandum of Understanding at the CSC premises on 11th October 2021 to fasten the business relationships between the two entities envisaging to strengthen it with an agency agreement that will be executed in due course.
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