Sri Lankan Tour Guide

 Threats for Sri Lanaka Tourism Natural disaster Natural disasters - floods, rains, etc. impact hugely the tourism industry of the affected destinations. Sri Lanka was affected by Tsunami in December 2004. Approximately 40,000 lives were lost and much damage was done to properties along the coastal area. Sri Lanaka took nearly two years to recover fully from this disaster. The country has a Tsunami warning system in place and has revised its crisis management plan. During the time of Tsunami two-third of districts in east and south coast were hardly affected. The mangrove forests and coral reefs were reduced and damage by this Tsunami. The larger of coral sections were broke down and destroyed the balance of ecological system. And some coral have been moved from the reef. Many coral colonies were totally buried in sand. Some soft corals reef were entirely destroyed by this natural disaster. Therefore our natural resources are destroyed by the disaster. And this may affect the touri...

  Cameras Most feature films produced in Sri Lanka are shot on 35mm Cinemascope. Almost all commercials are produced on 35mm standard formats if not on Video. Unfortunately Cameras and Lenses are not available off the shelf - like in America or Europe. Individual equipment suppliers in Sri Lanka have a basic Camera set-up with Camera body, 5 or 6 standard Prime Lenses, a couple of Zooms, standard filters in each Camera Package. There is a wide selection of Artifex ꠲s and Artifex 435s and Artifex 535s available from India(some 435 owners have now upgraded to Ultra Primes in India).  Lights  There are a couple of rental houses in Colombo - Sri Lanka that work predominantly for foreign crews filming in Sri Lanka. There is a selection of HMIs - PARS, FLICKER FREE AND NORMAL - 16,12 and 8 KWs from India. 6KWs and below plenty - thought Pars & Flicker frees are limited. TUNGSTEN LIGHTS - 10KWs, 5KWs and below - plenty KINOFLOS. GRIP Equipment  High end Grip packag...

                       Executive Summary  The macro environment of film industry in Sri Lanka. The macro environment consists of larger societal forces that affect the entire micron virement. The six forces making up the company's macro environment include political, economic, social, technological, environment and Legal. In this report, express these forces. Shape opportunities and pose threats to the film industry in Sri Lanka. And we suppose  some recommendations to those threats. The present state of Sri Lankan cinema does not offer much hope. The Political environment consists of laws, agencies and groups, That influence or limit marketing actions. The political environment has under some three changes that affect marketing worldwide. Increasing legislations regulating film industry, strong govemment agency enforcement, and great emphasis on ethics and socially responsible actions. The economic environm...

 Recommendations for socio cultural environment The Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority pay careful attention to these possibilities because the negative impacts involved here can cause long-term social problems that can affect Sri Lanka in general. These risks can also lead to a decrease in the number of tourists wanting to visit a certain area if the issues accelerate to an extent of giving that particular area a bad reputation. Therefore controlling these risks as much as possible will not only benefit the local community but will also safeguard the sustainability of the tourism industry in a given location, the report showed. Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority intends to develop sustainable tourism and as recommended at the World Summit in 2002, to develop community- based initiatives on tourism to to build the capacities to diversify tourism products, while protecting culture and traditions and effectively conserving and managing natural resources. The product develop...

 Socio Cultural Environment The socio cultural Environment, than, consists of the whole range of behaviours and relationships in which individuals engage in their personal and private lives, including: The characteristics of the population (e.g. age, sex , race or ethnicity, class) Values and attitudes Lifestyles and relationships. Culture is an attribute of groups, and this can mean society as a whole, groups within society, or even groups of societies and nations. For example, the culture of Sri Lanaka has been influenced by many thing in the past but has For example, the culture of Sri Lanka has been influenced by many things in the past but has managed to retain much of its ancient and rich aspects. Mostly it has been influenced by religion and colonization by the Dutch, the Portuguese and the British. As with other aspects of the environment, the relationship between business, culture and society involves a two- way interaction. Although we tend to think of business as operati...

               Life of a South African Woman "Make education your husband ," my mother used to say, " He will never tire of you. if I were growing up during these time of yours, my child, I would not bother getting married. I would just make sure I got an education and then work for myself."   Even as a young child. I was aware of the tremendous importance of education. "Akaboni"('s/he is blind'), say the Xhosa people of one who cannot read. Mama told me repeatedly that I would be insane not to fit myself with the only means of self-support that I could ever hope for- an education. She believed that just as we teach children to walk, so we should give them at least primary education. Education is a debt that each generation owes the next. For an African woman of her age and circumstance, Mama was very progressive in her thinking. Even today, as we approach the end of the twentieth century, there are still countries in Africa, w...