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JETWING ECO HOLIDAYS
• Dinitha Edirisinghe
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Team Members
• Introduction to eco tourism in Sri Lanka
• Jetwing Travels
• Jetwing Eco Holidays
• Interview with Mr. Gehan de Silva Wijeyeratne (CEO of Jetwing Eco Holidays)
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Eco Tourism in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka Eco Tourism Foundation
“To make Sri Lanka one of the most sought after ecotourism destination in the world and to built a professional ecotourism network, which serves as a model for ecotourism in the Asia and pacific Regions ”
Jetwing Travels
Jetwing Travels is a private Limited Liability Company started in 1980
Shiromal Cooray (Chairperson)
Hiran Cooray (Deputy Chairperson)
JETWING ECO HOLIDAYS
This was mainly created for those who love outdoor adventure.
Bird watching Adventure Tours
Leopard Safaris Wildlife Photography
Dragonfly and Butterfly watching
Elephant Safaris
Whale and Dolphin watching
Natural History
Excursions for Business travelers
Film Crews
CEO of Jetwing Eco Holidays
Mr. Gehan De Silva Wijeyeratne
• Why Eco Holidays?
Jetwing Eco Holidays was created to cater to specialist travelers and small, specialist tour operators who would think that a big travel company has no time for them
Interview with Mr. Gehan de Silva Wijeyeratne
What is the process( Do you travel with the clients) or is there a team to take up the office work and travel?
Gehan decides on the product development and the office staff executes his decisions. They make sure to be on the field to assure to the clients that all their needs are satisfied to the optimum. Yet, making time to check on new arrivals and schedule a tour for them.
Interview with Mr. Gehan de Silva Wijeyeratne
How do you promote eco tourism add to the Jetwing Eco Holiday website?
Gehan is the lead author and photographer of many publications of Books on this subject. Thus, creating a source of additional information for the potential travelers. Add to Gehan, leading publishers such New Holland and Bradt releases information
Interview with Mr. Gehan de Silva Wijeyeratne
How did you decide to select your team since its not just a 9 to 5 job in office it is outbound as well?
The criteria were as follows:
The Directors are all personally interested in wildlife, culture and conservation.
The directors firmly believe in developing the community.
The Directors and staff travel regularly within and outside Sri Lanka, to update their knowledge.
The employees have a high degree of empathy due to their commitment to work.
Interview with Mr. Gehan de Silva Wijeyeratne
Tell us about the “Eco” tour leaders /how versatile are they in their knowledge?
The expert tour leaders are as follows……..
Wicky : knowledgeable about the Sri Lankan cultural sites
as well as nature
Hetti : birding knowledge is impressive, he is able to filter
and differentiate the sounds of the birds.
Jaya : has been leading birding tours for many years and
has lately taken an interest in primates
Interview with Mr. Gehan de Silva Wijeyeratne
Who are your main clients?
Interview with Mr. Gehan de Silva Wijeyeratne
Clients Reason
Birders Birders such as Brian and Margaret Sykes, two council members of the Oriental Bird Clubhas travelled with Jetwing.
Interview with Mr. Gehan de Silva Wijeyeratne
Clients Reason
TV Celebrities Lyndal Davies together with Oxford Scientific Films visited Sri Lanka in March 2004 for the production of a TV documentary on Elephants for the TV programme “Animal Angels”, telecast on the channel 'Animal Planet'.
Interview with Mr. Gehan de Silva Wijeyeratne
Clients Reason
Wildlife Artists and Photographers
Marianne Nightingale travels often with Jetwing Eco to visit her adopted baby elephant
Interview with Mr. Gehan de Silva Wijeyeratne
Clients Reason
Travel Writers Peter Myers from Lifestyle + Travel visited Sri Lanka to produce a supplement on what Sri Lanka offers to the ‘luxury traveler'.
Interview with Mr. Gehan de Silva Wijeyeratne
Clients Reason
Staff Outings and Business Travel
Leisure/ Annual trip from the Company employed to.
Anything you would like to tell us on behalf of Jetwing Eco Holidays?
Jetwing Eco Holidays believes in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). Therefore to manifest this belief Jetwing does not encourage tour leaders to influence the travelers to shop, only upon request by the traveler.
Part of the revenue generated from this venture is retuned back to the conservation of the very source, to sustain for the consumption of the future generations.
Jetwing encourages carbon offsets-Thus, refusing plastic bottles in its hotels.
Discourages additional packing material Switched to energy efficient lighting Training trishaw drivers to be part and partial of the
inbound travel. Training provided by Dr Sriyanie Miththapala who trains
the staff on environmental best practices.
Interview with Mr. Gehan de Silva Wijeyeratne