The government, under the instructions of president Maithripala Sirisena, has issued a circular to all ministries, departments and boards advising them to refrain from using luxury hotels for their events and meetings.
All state officials have been instructed yesterday to only organise state functions and meetings at auditoriums and institutions affiliated to the government.
However, this comes in the wake of many tourism industry leaders deciding to boycott the Sri Lanka Tourism Awards ceremony held yesterday, as President Maithripala Sirisena had been invited as the Chief Guest. Sirisena didn't attend the awards ceremony that was held at the Shangri-La Hotel in Colombo.
Tourism industry leaders had expressed their disgust at the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA) has invited Sirisena, the man who is responsible for ruining the tourism industry this year by engineering a constitutional coup and a political crisis, as the Chief Guest of the event.
Former Tourism Development Minister John Amaratunga MP participated in the ceremony organised by the SLTDA and presented a few awards at the start of the event.
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