The two-day annual Hospitality Investment Conference Indian Ocean (HICIO) 2016 kicked off yesterday at Hilton Colombo. The event focuses on the markets of the Maldives, Mauritius, Sri Lanka and the Seychelles within the Indian Ocean (IO) region. Tourism Minister John Amaratunga, Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake and Maldives Deputy Minister of Tourism Hussain Lirar attended the ceremonial inauguration
– Pix by Gitika Talukdar