Iconic Nuwara Eliya Post Office building to be developed for tourism
Daily FT: The Cabinet of Ministers has approved repealing an earlier decision to transfer the iconic Nuwara Eliya Post Office building and its land to the Urban Development Authority (UDA), and to instead modernise the said property to enhance tourist attractions and to develop a new revenue generation channel.
Addressing the weekly post-Cabinet meeting media briefing, Cabinet Spokesman and Minister Dr. Nalinda Jayatissa said the Government will continue the operations of the Post Office as earlier, while preparing to utilise it for tourism promotion activities as well.
The Post Office in Nuwara Eliya is a Tudor-style two-storey red-brick building with a clock spire constructed in 1894 by the British, and hundreds of local and international tourists visit this to see and send postcards home.
OSL take:
Sri Lanka’s steadily growing tourism industry has presented a host of business/investment opportunities to foreign businesses/investors, especially with the fast-expanding tourism concepts being promoted by the country. These factors have resulted in the expansion of tourist destinations/zones in the country, which means an expansion in opportunities in the development of infrastructure and supplementary infrastructure facilities in all sectors related to the tourism industry, especially in the leisure and hospitality sectors. The increasing interest shown by international leisure and hospitality brands to enter Sri Lanka’s tourism industry is indicative of the growing business potential in Sri Lanka’s tourism industry and related sectors. Given all these factors foreign businesses/investors could confidently explore the expanding business/investment opportunities in Sri Lanka’s tourism industry and related sectors as well as explore the possibilities of expanding operations through local collaborations.
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