Travel Sri Lanka

Travel

Sri Lanka is one of the most beautiful tropical islands in the world, so it is no surprise that it is a popular choice for a beach holiday. There are many idyllic coastal towns to explore, whether you are seeking surfing spots, tranquil tropical coves or family-friendly water-sports.

Different parts of the island come into peak season at different times of the year so there is always a selection of beaches in Sri Lanka to choose from, whenever you choose to visit. Between December and March, Sri Lanka’s peak tourist season, it is the south coast that has safe seas and sunshine.

Sacho Marketing

General Traders

The goal of Sacho marketing is to provide quality products, services and making business opportunities in Sri Lankan import and export industries.Thereby we have decided to increase export and import sales in several areas and make our business globally recognised. To meet this objective, we offer consultative services in travel and Tourism, Trading quality gems and Jewellery in local and International markets, Import Spare Parts and Textiles, and trading with Real State business.

We are delivering our products and services over the past decade with a well reputed Sacho marketing brand and we have a good Customer base.we are moving forward to several trading areas to satisfy our Customers needs with current market trends.

Textile Industry In Sri Lanka

Textile

Sri Lanka’s apparel industry began to grow significantly in the 1980s as an alternative to India’s garment manufacturers, because of its open economic policy as well as the trade and investment friendly environment. Under the Multi Fibre Agreement, quota regime Sri Lanka became an attractive new venue for businesses. In 1985, Martin Trust, one of the pioneers in the development of “speed sourcing” for the American fashion retail sector, began working with Sri Lankan textile and apparel companies. In 1986 and 1987 he established joint venture partnerships with The Omar Group (formerly known as LM Apparels and part of the Brandix group) and The Amalean Group which helped make the country more competitive through knowledge transfers and technology, attracting further foreign investors. These were the first of nearly two dozen joint venture companies in Sri Lanka which made the country competitive in the garment sector. Including Trust’s partnership with German brassiere maker, Triumph International, and Sri Lankan company, MAS Holdings, to create a new venture called Bodyline.

When the US and other countries eliminated quantitative restrictions on garments produced in China, many garment facilities in Sri Lanka were consolidated. As of 2010, most of the exports to the US are from MAS, Brandix and Hirdaramani Group with smaller amounts coming from Jay Jay Mills Groups. Together, these three companies account for a majority of the value of exports of garments to the US market.

Gem & Jewellery

Gem & Jewellery

Sri Lanka’s gem industry has a very long and colorful history. Sri Lanka was affectionately known as Ratna-Dweepa which means Gem Island. The name is a reflection of its natural wealth. Marco Polo wrote that the island had the best sapphires, topazes, amethysts, and other gems in the world. Ptolemy, the 2nd century astronomer recorded that beryl and sapphire were the mainstay of Sri Lanka’s gem industry. Records from sailors that visited the island states that they brought back “jewels of Serendib”. Serendib was the ancient name given to the island by middle – eastern and Persian traders that crossed the Indian Ocean to trade gems from Sri Lanka to the East during the 4th and 5th century.

Sri Lanka, geologically speaking is an extremely old country. Ninety percent of the rocks of the island are of Precambrian age, 560 million to 2,400 million years ago. The gems form in sedimentary residual gem deposits, eluvial deposits, metamorphic deposits, skarn and calcium-rich rocks. Nearly all the gem formations in Sri Lanka are located in the central high-grade metamorphic terrain of the Highland Complex. The gem deposits are classified as sedimentary, metamorphic and magmatic; the sedimentary types being the most abundant. The mineralogy of the gem deposits varies widely with, among others, corundum (sapphire, ruby), chrysoberyl, beryl, spinel, topaz, zircon, tourmaline, garnet being common.

Residual deposits are mainly found in flood plains of rivers and streams. The metamorphic types of gems constitute 90{1813cf99063da2ffc42bd40e4793c770292d02bfd18f85d2be5af6920cde54e3} of the gem deposits in Sri Lanka. It has been estimated that nearly 25{1813cf99063da2ffc42bd40e4793c770292d02bfd18f85d2be5af6920cde54e3} of the total land area of Sri Lanka is potentially gem-bearing, making Sri Lanka one of the countries with the highest density of gem deposits compared to its landmass.

Ratnapura contains the most gem deposits and derived its name from the gem industry. Ratnapura means “city of gems”.