Appointed as the Honorary Secretary of Royal Boxing Club

In Sri Lanka Boxing officially started in 1913 during British colonial period  & at the same year Royal College – Colombo 07 also started Boxing as a sport. Since then Royal college continued Boxing for students & produced champions locally & internationally. The Royal Boxing Club was formed in late 1985 by an enthusiastic band of former Royal College Boxers. They felt that the Club will be an asset to Royal College boxers. In addition it would also assist Old Royalists desirous of competing in National Meets after leaving School. A Constitution was drawn up and the primary objective of the Club was to promote Boxing & Physical Training among Students and Old Boys of the School. Royal College Boys as well as Old Boys have represented the Club at Meets conducted by the ABA of Sri Lanka. The Club has been able to provide assistance to the School by way of Funds, Nourishment and Equipments, ect..

Since 1985 Royal Boxing Club (RBC) has been functioning & managing under honorary office bearers elected at the annual AGM, RBC is also a member of ROGAO (Old Royalists Groups Associations & Clubs Organizers) which  is a part of Royal College Union.

I have been elected & appointed as the Honorary Secretary of Royal Boxing Club at the annual AGM 2014, I am holding this position with pride & passion to contribute something good back to my Alma matter & to this wonderful sport, BOXING which made us confident & positive enough to face challenges in life.

Cheers !

Dhanushka Wijeyekoon

Honorary Secretary – Royal Boxing Club       

 …. Champions aren’t made in Gyms, champions are made from something they have deep inside of them , A DREAM, A DESIRE, A VISION ! ….

Summary of 2013 worldwide tourist movement

In 2013 world tourism arrivals grew by 5% surpassing the expected growth of 4%, in numbers international tourism reached 1087 Million in 2013. Asia & Pacific region was the strongest growing region with 6% growth & 248 Million arrivals, Europe & Africa grew by 5%, south Asian region also grew by 6.1% in 2013.

China was the main source market for tourism in the world with spending 129 USD $ Billion 

South East Asia recorded the biggest growth as a region which is 10.5% & in the South Asian region Sri Lanka has reached the highest growth as a individual country which is 26.7% with 1,274,593 number of passengers in 2013.

Overall in the global context tourism is constantly growing & our region is growing at a higher % than other regions.

In Sri Lanka, usual traditional markets such as India, UK, Germany, France keeps on growing & nontraditional but emerging markets (Far east) like China, Japan, ME, Korea highly contributing to the inbound tourism industry in Sri Lanka.

Summary

·         International tourist arrival grew by 5% worldwide in 2013, reaching a record 1087 million arrivals

·         Asia and the Pacific recorded the strongest growth with a 6% increase in arrivals, followed by Europe and Africa (both +5%).

World tourism Market growth in 2013

·         Europe                         - 5.4 %

·         Asia and Pacific              - 6.2 %

·         South East Asia              - 10.5 %

·         South Asia                     - 6.1%

Asia pacific region market growth % in 2013

·         Norte east Asia       -   3.5 %

·         South East Asia      - 10.5 %

·         South Asia             -   6.1 %

·         SRI LANKA            -  26.7 %

When you look at the above growth it clearly shows that Sri Lankan growth is above all as a % which proves that Sri Lanka is in very high demand. 

Going further I more step, when look at the inbound tourism growth during 1st 5 months of 2014 Overall National growth went up by 26.5 % compared to last year corresponding period.

By Dhanushka Wijeyekoon
Senior Assistant Marketing Manager - Inbound Tours
Nkar Travels & Tours Pvt Ltd
Sri Lanka

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