Lo msitho wawuyiNtlanganiso Jikelele yoNyaka yama-58 yoMbutho weehotele zaseSri Lanka (THASL) eyayibanjelwe eShangri La Hotel Colombo. Sesona siganeko sibalulekileyo kwikhalenda yezokhenketho eSri Lanka, kwaye ngaphezulu kwama-380 iindwendwe bezizimase ngorhatya olubabalwe ngu-HE uMongameli waseSri Lanka uRanil Wickremesinghe.
Lo msitho ubuzinyaswe nangabantu abaphambili kurhulumente, kuquka uMphathiswa wezoKhenketho, iMihlaba, iMidlalo, neMicimbi yoLutsha, uHarin Fernando; Unobhala weSebe lezoKhenketho neMihlaba, uMnu. HMPB Herath; kunye namagosa asuka kwi-Hotel Association yaseSri Lanka, kunye neengcali kwishishini lehotele.
Iimbasa zoBomi bonke ngeenkonzo ezinikezelwa kuShishino lwezoKhenketho zanikezelwa ngu-HE uMongameli UMnu. Hiran Cooray, Usihlalo Iqela leJetwing, yaye Mr. Srilal Miththapala, Umcebisi wezoKhenketho kwiBhanki yoPhuhliso lwase-Asia eSri Lanka, owayesakuba yi-CEO ye-Serendib Leisure Management, kunye nexesha elide lokunikela eTurboNews.
Amaqela eJetwing kunye noHiran Cooray bebengabahlobo bexesha elide kunye nabaxhasi eTurboNews ngaphezulu kweminyaka eli-20.
Iqela leJetwing leehotele lelona qela likhokelayo leehotele eSri Lanka.
Injongo kaMongameli kukudlula kwi-5 yezigidi ekujoliswe kuzo ngabakhenkethi kunye nokuguqula iindlela eziqhelekileyo.
Umongameli waseSri Lanka ucinga kakhulu. Umbono wakhe ukufikelela kwiindwendwe ze-7.5 yezigidi kwixesha elizayo Wagxininisa ukubaluleka kokukhuthaza ukutsha kunye nokukhuthaza ukusebenzisana kwishishini ukukhusela ukukhula kwexesha elide.
UMongameli uye waqaphela ukuba kuyimfuneko ukugqithela ngaphaya kwenkqubo-sikhokelo yangoku kunye nokwamkela ukhuphiswano ukuze kuphuculwe indawo yeSri Lanka kurhwebo lwehlabathi lokhenketho. Ufanise iSri Lanka namazwe afana neVietnam kwaye wazibuza ukuba kutheni etsala abakhenkethi abaninzi nangona bekwishishini ixesha elifutshane. UMongameli Wickremesinghe ugxininise ukubaluleka kokufikelela kwabakhenkethi abazizigidi ezi-2.5 kulo nyaka uzayo kunye nokuqhubela phambili ngeli nani.
Umbono kaMongameli ujikeleza ekuphuculeni icandelo lezokhenketho kwaye ugxininise imfuneko yobuchule obukhethekileyo. Wakhuthaza ishishini ukuba lihlolisise amandla angasetyenziswanga eSri Lanka kwaye watsalela ingqalelo kwiingcambu zembali zokhenketho kwixesha le-Anuradhapura, ekhuthaza indlela yobuchule kunye neyodwa yokunyusa.
