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Keheliya says Galle not tourist hub
Thursday, 19 October 2006 - 8:34 AM SL Time
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Government defense spokesman Keheliya Rambukwelle hit out at certain foreign media institutions which termed the LTTE attack in Galle yesterday as an attack on ?a major tourist destination? or a ?commercial hub?.
The Minister said such reports were not accurate as Galle was ?not a major tourist destination? and noted that it had only a single star class hotel and added that such adverse publicity could hurt the tourism sector and the economy of the country.
Meanwhile the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) issued an updated travel advisory saying that Australians should reconsider their need to travel to Sri Lanka at this time because of escalating tension between the government and the LTTE.
The DFAT said recent reports indicated that terrorists may be planning suicide attacks against a sporting event, but did not specify which one.
It also said Sri Lankan Air Force facilities in Colombo and the country`s main international airport may be targeted.
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laveria
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19 Oct 2006 10:58:19 GMT Report for Abuse
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What a classic idiot.
so its not the cultural triangle where the navy busses went boom,
and its not galle where the navy camp went boom,
then where is this tourist hub kehel?
let me guess,,,,, kandy?
hmmmm oh velu...
Edited By - laveria - 19 Oct 2006 11:00:21 GMT |
dumindak
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19 Oct 2006 11:10:09 GMT Report for Abuse
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Yes, Keheliya you are right, specially BBC, AFP tried to show a different picture of the attack and doing NEWS MONGERING. They were carrying out the second level attack on Sri Lanka catagarising the Galle is a tourist hub and this will hit the tourist industry without knowing the real facts and figures
I think this BBC lady reporter is getting paid by LTTE. she should be warned by a responsible person as to how to report news and not to indulge in news mongering.
she always attack the future of sri lanka before talk about the ground level of any attack.
Even one Eranga Jayawardana from AFP was saying the same thing and their reports are real encouragement for LTTE. |
Shakti
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19 Oct 2006 12:20:14 GMT Report for Abuse
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Keheliya says Galle not tourist hub
My Gosh. I never knew this. Looks like so many thing I do not know about Sri Lanka.
All those days I thought there had been a famous hotel at Unawatuna (many smaller ones around that), there was a Fort at Galle which houses a museum and of course some good beaches. I also thought it was the town you passes through to reach other tourists spots in places like Tangalle. How wrong I was.
I also vaguely remember there were at least 10 cyber cafes and so many resturants in Unawatuna. If there are no tourists, I wonder who use them.
I wont be too surprised if Keheliya says tomorrow that Galle is not even a port, but just a small town near the sea.
By the way, I did not even know Guy de Maupassant wrote ?The old man and the sea? till a great scholar taught us so. |
ajan
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19 Oct 2006 12:31:20 GMT Report for Abuse
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Government spokesman Rambukwella denounced the LTTE for killing ?unarmed? sailors on Monday. An attack on naval personnel, armed or not, constitutes far more of a legitimate military target than the indiscriminate use of aerial and artillery bombardments on LTTE-held areas. Rambukwella defended the air force bombing of a school in August that killed scores of female students by falsely declaring the dead were ?child soldiers?. He was not troubled at the time that these ?child soldiers? were unarmed.
Such propaganda is part of the government?s efforts to whip up a climate of anti-Tamil hysteria to justify a war that the vast majority of the population does not want. Following the LTTE attack in Galle yesterday, Sinhala chauvinist mobs attacked several Tamil-owned shops in the area, throwing stones and smashing windows. Rambukwella blamed the LTTE for trying to provoke ?some kind of backlash? but he and the government are chiefly responsible for creating the communal atmosphere. |
donaldcleevel
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19 Oct 2006 13:31:22 GMT Report for Abuse
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Yes, Dumindak
What you have said is correct to a large extend. Galle is not a city of very big tourist significance. I was shock to read the BBC news which highligted Galle as a tourist hub. BBC news is a responsible media which has a obligation to present the news inaccurately. |
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19 Oct 2006 13:59:30 GMT Report for Abuse
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Shakthi,
I do not agree with what Kehelmal Rambukwella says.
However, when I was watching BBC news yesterday I too wondered why the BBC repeatedly portrayed Galle as a Tourist City? The very mention of that word 'tourist' would have kept many potential tourists away from visitng other places too!
I was telling my friend this is bad reporting, perhaps even a deliberate attempt. BBC knows very well how to choose words, it couldnt have been be a coincidence.
If the BBC has described Galle as a port city it would have been more appropriate. |
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