Sri Lanka again showed its full potential as a world travel destination at the Embassy Festival 2023 in The Hague, Netherlands.
Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau in collaboration with the Sri Lanka Embassy in the Netherlands, created an attractive Sri Lanka Pavilion. The pavilion was a major attraction and one of the most popular stalls at the event, and had the opportunity to showcase its culture, cuisine, and hospitality to over 50,000 international visitors.
Sri Lanka Tourism took the maximum advantage of this opportunity to highlight Sri Lanka as a compact destination. The Embassy Festival created colourful atmosphere as it brought together all the nations across the world with their cultures.
The event was a sensory delight as the air was filled with the aroma of Sri Lankan spices and teas, accompanied by the enchanting sounds of traditional music and dance, all wrapped in the warmth of Sri Lankan hospitality. Sri Lankan culinary artisans worked their magical hands, whipping up dishes that included spicy koththu, crispy hoppers, and the famous polos cutlet and parippu wade.
The Sri Lankan dance and music with its unique artistic and traditional style, throughout the whole event added more colour and excitement to the Sri Lanka pavilion, offering visitors an opportunity to explore the beauty of this island and its people, renowned across the whole world for their warm smile.
The Embassy Festival 2023 served as a bridge between cultures, fostering connections, and effectively showcasing the beauty of Sri Lanka to the world. Up to last month, Sri Lanka received 2,391 tourists from the Netherlands, which was a considerable change compared with the corresponding period in 2022.
