Wed, Apr 8, 2015, 10:50 pm SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka. Apr 08, Colombo: Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau says that the country is set to receive a massive boost from in its seventh key market USA with the Disney documentary movie 'Monkey Kingdom'.
'Monkey Kingdom', a feature-length wildlife documentary billed to debut in US cinemas on 17 April and rolled down to 12,000 cinemas across the country.
Disney predicts that 'Monkey Kingdom' will be a hit with families everywhere and has released a 74-page educators' guide with school projects, games and quizzes for children. The guide mentions Sri Lanka, a country to which only the most adventurous Americans venture, no less than 39 times.
According to Sports and Tourism Minister Navin Dissanayake, who also oversees the subject of wildlife, his Ministry plans to extract the maximum benefit for Sri Lanka's tourism industry from this propaganda windfall.
"The movie portrays Sri Lanka as a genuinely exotic destination and shows not just the monkeys but also their association with the historic city of Polonnaruwa and its people", he said.
"No one pays much attention to these monkeys in Sri Lanka, and most people think of them as pests. But this film shows how fascinating these animals are and I hope it will inspire people to pay more attention to their conservation."
Filmed almost entirely around Polonnaruwa, the film documents the life of a troop of wild toque-macaque monkeys (rilaw), including breathtaking action sequences set in the precincts of the sacred city.
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'Monkey Kingdom', a feature-length wildlife documentary billed to debut in US cinemas on 17 April and rolled down to 12,000 cinemas across the country.
Disney predicts that 'Monkey Kingdom' will be a hit with families everywhere and has released a 74-page educators' guide with school projects, games and quizzes for children. The guide mentions Sri Lanka, a country to which only the most adventurous Americans venture, no less than 39 times.
According to Sports and Tourism Minister Navin Dissanayake, who also oversees the subject of wildlife, his Ministry plans to extract the maximum benefit for Sri Lanka's tourism industry from this propaganda windfall.
"The movie portrays Sri Lanka as a genuinely exotic destination and shows not just the monkeys but also their association with the historic city of Polonnaruwa and its people", he said.
"No one pays much attention to these monkeys in Sri Lanka, and most people think of them as pests. But this film shows how fascinating these animals are and I hope it will inspire people to pay more attention to their conservation."
Filmed almost entirely around Polonnaruwa, the film documents the life of a troop of wild toque-macaque monkeys (rilaw), including breathtaking action sequences set in the precincts of the sacred city.
more and source: http://ift.tt/1OetSkt
Sri Lanka to target US tourists through Disney's Monkey Kingdom
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