COLOMBO nike vapormax red uk , June 27 (Xinhua) -- Sri Lanka's Tourism Minister John Amaratunga on Tuesday vowed to look into the safety and health of tourists by advising restaurants and eating houses to maintain high quality standards.
In a ceremony to award certificates to restaurants who have been identified as Tourist Friendly Eating Places in capital Colombo, Amaratunga said the government was keen to ensure that Sri Lanka was a safe destination especially for tourists who were looking to enjoy a diverse cuisine.
He said the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA) in collaboration with the Health Ministry and Colombo Municipal Council (CMC) had launched a project to encourage the upgrading of food safety, hygiene and service of eating places supplying food for foreign and local tourists.
The project is named as Certification Scheme For Tourist Friendly Eating Places.
Restaurants and Eating houses in Sigiriya nike air vapormax blue uk , in the Central Province and Unawatuna in the south have already been graded and restaurants in capital Colombo are now under a check.
The Tourism Ministry, Health Ministry and CMC soon plan to expand this program to the outskirts of Colombo, the Central Hills of Kandy and Galle nike vapormax blue uk , in the south.
"It is important to take this program to the other touristic destinations in Sri Lanka. Today tourists who come to Sri Lanka do not stick to Colombo alone. They travel in other parts as well. Therefore the government wants to ensure that their health and safety is ensured," Amaratunga said.
"It is our responsibility to ensure that restaurants and eating houses maintain a basic standard. So that tourists and locals do not suffer from any disease or discomfort from consuming food. We must ensure that this is carried in all parts of the country," he added.
Based upon the inspection scores nike air vapormax white uk , on Tuesday, 25 eating houses in the CMC area were awarded the Grade A and Grade B certification.
A total of 50 eating houses were inspected in Colombo.
Amaratunga said the remaining 25 restaurants will receive their certification after they improve their standards.
"Our objective is to ensure that tourists enjoy remarkable experiences during their stay in Sri Lanka. Colombo, being the island's capital city nike vapormax white uk , is one of the famous destinations among the foreign and local tourists and we need dynamic strategies to improve standards and quality on services that are offered to tourists," Director General of SLTDA, M. Kiriella said.
Sri Lanka received about 2 million tourists last year and this year the island country is expecting 2.5 million tourists.
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Russians finished one-two in women's 20km walk as Anisya Kirdyapkina managed a new Universiade record of 1:28:18. Her compatriot Marina Pandakova followed up in 1:29:52 and China's Hou Yongbo clocked 1:32:42 to secure a spot in podium. Russia also won the team title of the event.
Ekaterina Sokolenko set a tournament record of 9:25.77, followed by her countrywomen Natalia Vlasova's season best of 9:35.99 for the gold and silver medals in the women's 3000m steeplechase. Turkey's Ozlem Kaya had 9:37.79 in third.
Daniil Tsyplakov gave Russia the fourth title in athletics on Friday as he leaped over 2.31 meters in men's high jump to edge off Slovakia's Matus Bubenik's 2.28m. Chinese Taipei's Hsiang Chun-Hsien shared a height of 2.28m to settle in third for the second highest jump count deficit.
Aleksei Kharitonov completed the harvest for Russia when he ran a personal best of 3:39.13 for the men's 3,000 meters title. Abdelali Razyn of Morocco and Staffan Ek also managed personal best of 3:39.20 and 3:39.68 respectively for podium berths.
Russia also won two swimming golds on Friday. Russian quartet won the men's 4X100m medley relay title in 3 minutes 34.56 seconds and Rozaliya Nasretdinova touched home at 24.91 seconds for the title of women's 50m freestyle.
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With two gold medals each from shooting and table tennis, one from swimming and one from taekwondo, China maintained its second place on medal table with 28 gold medals.
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China turned out the big winner of shooting tournament at Universiade with gold medals from 34 events. South Korea also enjoyed a good performance by taking 6 golds.
Zhou Yilin won the women's 200m butterfly title, the fourth from the swimming pool for China. She was timed at 2:07.69.
Guo Yunfei won the first taekwondo for China at Gwangju Universiade as she beat Chuang Chia-Chia of Chinese Taipei 10-9 for the title of women's 67kg category.
Chinese paddlers won the table tennis women's team event after beating Chinese Taipei 3-1 and the men's team gold was also taken by China after beating back a strong challenge from Japan 3-1 in the final.
Host South Korea managed only one gold on Friday as it won the men's 10m air pistol .