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Message: <blockquote data-quote="lkdood" data-source="post: 7605937" data-attributes="member: 92282">The Sri Lankan Government has spent almost Rs. 1000 million to  prepare the city of Colombo for the International Indian Film Academy  awards, revealed the Deputy Minister of Economic Development Lakshman  Yapa Abeywardena. Colombo was given a complete facelift in anticipation of hosting the  awards, with several improvements to its infrastructure and venues in  the city. The awards ceremony was held at the Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium, which  was also completely renovated for the event. “450 million rupees was  spent on revamping the stadium, to bring it up to the international  standards required to hold the IIFA awards”, confirmed the Deputy  Minister. When questioned as to how much returns the country would receive  after such a huge investment, Abeywardena responded rather vaguely,  stating that the 2200 Indians who had flown down to Sri Lanka for the  event were quite a source of income. “It is hard to give exact figures on the returns the country has  received – however all the hotels in Colombo were fully booked which is  very promising”.  The Sunday Leader learns however that most of the  hotels gave complimentary rooms to the Indian stars – while other were  given the rooms at special concessionary rates. The Minister is also certain that the exposure the country received  by hosting the awards will boost tourism within the next two years, with  an anticipated increase of 50% in the amount of Indian tourists  visiting Sri Lanka. The FICCI-IIFA Global Business Forum held over the  weekend to promote bilateral trade between India and Sri Lanka is also  set to improve economic growth in the country, he said.<a href="http://www.thesundayleader.lk/2010/06/06/one-billion-rupees-for-iifa/" target="_blank">sundayleader</a></blockquote>

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