Water sports expert wins tourism award

Financial Times

Water sports expert wins tourism award

Picture shows Mr Weerasinghe receiving the award.

Tilak Weerasinghe, Managing Director of Lankasportrezien, recently received the “Service in Excellence-Exceptional Individual of the Year 2008” at the Second Presidential Awards for Travel and Tourism.

Mr Weerasinghe entered the industry 20 years ago offering water and nature-based activities through his Water Sports Centres at a time when the country was known mostly for ‘sun and sand’ kind of tourism.

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