Sri Lanka launches toilet upgrade project in tourist hotspots
EconomyNext: Sri Lanka’s cabinet of ministers has approved a plan for the island nation’s Urban Development Authority to build, or upgrade, 20 toilets at tourist areas such as Nine arch bridge, Ella, Mt Lavinia railway station, and Jaffna Kurikadduwan Jetty complex.
“Due to the lack of sufficient standard sanitary facilities that can be used for public and local and foreign tourists that come in daily to urban areas, the Government has decided to construct sanitary facilities including standard lavatory systems,” minister Nalinda Jayatissa told reporters.
The Urban Development Authority has identified 20 locations around the island according to the urban development plans and the estimated cost is 525.29 million rupees, he said.
The toilets are to be built or upgraded in the following places:
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• Demodara Railway Station
• Sigiriya Hotel Junction
• Lake circus of Nuwara / Kandy
• Gregory Lake, Nuwara Eliya
• Kinniya Beach, Trincomalee
• Marble Beach, Trincomalee
• Nilaweli Coastal Area, Trincomalee
• Pasikuda, Batticaloa
• Ruwanweliseya Parking Area
• Lankapura, Polonnaruwa
• Jaffna Kurikadduwan Jetty complex
• Hikkaduwa Coastal Belt
• Hirikatiya, Dikwella
• Pareiwella Coastal Park, Tangalle
• Nine arch bridge, Ella
• Moragolla Beach, Beruwala
• Mt. Lavinia railway station
• Negombo Coastal Park Project, Phase I
• Battaramulla Junction
• Badagamuwa forest part, Kurunegala
OSL take:
Sri Lanka’s steadily growing tourism industry has become a hotspot for business/investment opportunities. The growing number of foreign travelers to the country, the expansion of tourist destinations as well as the expansion of the tourism concepts presented to foreign tourists have added to the expansion of business/investment opportunities in Sri Lanka’s tourism industry and related sectors. The recognition of Sri Lanka as a must visit tourist destination by many leading travel publications have ensured a steady growth in tourist arrivals to the country creating the need to meet the demands of the growing numbers. The expanding business/investment opportunities in Sri Lanka’s tourism industry range from the development of infrastructure and supplementary infrastructure facilities in many sectors related to tourism like leisure and hospitality. The Sri Lankan government’s decision to engage in infrastructure development programmes to uplift the facilities offered to foreign travelers and the growing interest among international leisure and hospitality brands to enter Sri Lanka’s tourism industry all indicate the growing business potential in the industry and related sectors as well as the lucrative nature of such ventures. Given all these developments, foreign businesses/investors could explore the expanding business/investment opportunities in Sri Lanka’s tourism industry and related sectors.
| Article Code : | VBS/AT/20250704/Z_6 |