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Leading French travel agents arrive to experience Sri Lankan hospitality Source:Dailynews Seven leading French travel agents arrived in Sri Lanka on June 1 for an eight-night, nine-day tour of Sri Lanka to experience all that Sri Lanka has to offer. During their stay they will be visiting tourism hotspots such Kandy, Passikudah, Sigiriya and Polonnaruwa while also exploring lesser-known destinations such as Mandaramnuwara, Galoya and Inginiyagala. The familiarization tour is organized by leading destination management company Connaissance De Ceylan (Pvt) Ltd & Theme Resorts & Spas (Pvt) Ltd, its hotel arm in partnership with SriLankan Airlines and Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau. ‘In order for the country’s economy to bounce back and to have a steady flow of much needed forex, we should relook at reviving the tourism industry of the country to its former glory. Whatever the domestic issues, tourism industry stakeholders should be facilitated to make a quick ...

German POWs in Britain: 1945 Onwards-by Michael Roberts (2/5) Timewatch the Germans we Kept World War II With the wars end many prisoners were soon on their way back home but a program of re-education was devised to supposedly prepare the prisoners for a new life in a different Germany. The full horrors of the Holocaust were put on show and one prisoner who was at the time a hard-line Nazi remembers that many of his comrades did not believe that the Holocaust had taken place thinking it was British propaganda designed to shame the German people even more…. …. This process of re education determined whether a prisoner would be sent home early or not and interviews took place to determine the prisoners attitude. Many who at first showed contempt for the British realized that the war was now over and the only way to secure their release was ...