SRI LANKAs coastal areas are under serious threat! The Sri Lankan Tourism Development Authority has identified coastal regions like Kuchchavelli and Passikudah on the east coast, and Kalpitiya on the west coast to be built up as government sponsored development zones. According to the Ministry of Economic Developments master plan for the area, 17 hotels with a total capacity of 5,000 rooms are to be built. A wide variety of tourist activities are to be offered including fishing, deep-sea diving, nature-, beach-, sport- and adventure-tourism. While it may sound problematic in this historically isolated and biodiversity rich region, there are also plans for cable car tours, underwater amusement parks, boat safaris, golf courses, observation towers, camping sites, race courses, cricket grounds, botanical gardens, shopping centres, museums, and art and entertainment centres. Since transportation infrastructure is insufficient, development plans also include an airport, helipads, sea flight ports and jetties...
Posted on: Sat, 26 Oct 2013 01:30:04 +0000
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