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News Image 45340 - Woman s picture not part of our campaign: Sri Lanka Tourism
Monday, 29 June 2009 - 2:22 AM SL Time - Some news pictures are worth a million words
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Woman s picture not part of our campaign: Sri Lanka Tourism
Sri Lanka Tourism yesterday disassociated itself from an image carried in a tourism promotional article in a state-run newspaper, coinciding with the launch of Sri Lanka Tourism s new brand identity Small Miracle aimed at attracting more tourists to the country.
The controversial image depicting Lord Buddha on the back of a woman was carried in an article along with the promotional article titled Miracles do happen in Sri Lanka - the theme of the tourism promotional campaign. The image has drawn protests from various quarters including Buddhist monks.
Sri Lanka Tourism in a statement said, the usage of the image could give the impression that it was part of the promotional material, designed and developed on behalf of Sri Lanka Tourism s Small Miracle campaign. Sri Lanka Tourism categorically states that the image used in the article is not material produced or approved by Sri Lanka Tourism Promotions Bureau for its promotional campaign.
For reasons best known to the writer of the article, this image was obtained irresponsibly from a personal blog site and not through a credible source. Had there been a need for supporting images associated with the campaign, such images should have been ideally sourced only through Sri Lanka Tourism, the statement added.
The statement said, months prior to the launch of the new brand identity, Sri Lanka Tourism obtained the blessings of the Maha Sangha Advisory Council of the Ministry of Tourism in Anuradhapura after presenting the campaign s vision and proposed promotional material. The new brand identity is an integral part of the repositioning strategy of Sri Lanka Tourism, and comes at an opportune time with the dawning of a new era of peace in Sri Lanka, where there are much expectations and opportunities in the tourism industry.
Sri Lanka Tourism disassociates itself with the image published by the newspaper and expresses strong concerns over the use of this form of imagery, which is culturally offensive not only to Buddhists but also to people of other religions, the statement said.
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Ramz
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 28 Jun 2009 19:57:33 GMT Report for Abuse
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[Woman s picture not part of our campaign: Sri Lanka Tourism]
marketing campaign without women,,,,, it'll be floap... lolz,,,,
you wanna boost tourism, just show them what we have... |
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 28 Jun 2009 20:10:36 GMT Report for Abuse
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you wanna boost tourism, just show them what we have...
To have Buddha Piggy riding on a Srilankan woman sends in wrong signals !
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28 Jun 2009 20:16:40 GMT Report for Abuse
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To have Buddha Piggy riding on a Srilankan woman sends in wrong signals !
you got it wrong,,,,,
women are a marketing brand nowadays,,,, that's what I wanted to tell.....
that promotional mentioned above is wrong,,,, |
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 28 Jun 2009 21:10:51 GMT Report for Abuse
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Is it true that LNP was bought by DailyNews group Lakehouse.
That is why News is boring. |
chennaiguuy
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28 Jun 2009 21:14:41 GMT Report for Abuse
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Buddha Piggy
Voodoo, I did not say it is Piggy Buddha riding but Buddha piggy riding on Srilankan woman...
Hope you understood the diff between these two sentences .
Edited By - chennaiguuy - 28 Jun 2009 21:15:51 GMT |
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 29 Jun 2009 00:25:44 GMT Report for Abuse
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I am a moda chingalaya with a single cell. May be I am incapable of understanding inttelectaul comments. But just for my benefit kindly, What has Buddha got to do with anything here??
If one wants respect to one's religion then respect the religions of the others.
Edited By - sk63 - 29 Jun 2009 00:26:40 GMT |
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29 Jun 2009 00:42:03 GMT Report for Abuse
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Http://www.internationalnewsforum.com/south-asian-news-and-events-forum-f4/sri-lankan-astrologer-is-arrested-t134.htm
waththa ? |
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 29 Jun 2009 01:27:37 GMT Report for Abuse
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sk63 - may be i am incapable of understading intellectual comments
sit on the lingam and touch a ssy then you bcome one with siva you mootan
if one wants to respect ones religion respect the riligions of others
ok i 'll ask my wife to rub hers on a lingam as that religion does
to get pregnant.i respect your comment
wht buddha has got to do anything here
ask dutugemunu |
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