INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
President Ranil Wickremesinghe says a programme will be prepared to attract local and foreign tourists by modernizing the government-owned
said a new tourism culture should be created by overcoming the traditional functions of renting hotel rooms, providing spaces to enjoy beach
experiences and showing Sigiriya
five million tourists to Sri Lanka every year
To facilitate this, the government, provincial councils, and local government institutions should do a lot of work
these works.He said the responsibilities of meeting the basic needs of the tourism sector are assigned to the Provincial Councils and that
750 million is allocated for the development of related infrastructure, he said adding that necessary support is given to the Provincial
Councils through the Finance Commission.He said there are more than 720 government-owned resorts and tourist bungalows that can provide
and using them to promote tourism
the Kithulgala Water rafting Area, Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage and other tourist attractions around it are being developed as a tourist
promoted as the hub of this tourism region, he said, while pointing out that an amount of Rs
750 million is allocated to implement this project as a joint program within a period of 3 years.Pooneryn City DevelopmentPresident said
that the government will provide Rs
Jaffna - Mannar main road.
