Tourism Development

Resource efficiency and environmental protection in Sri Lanka as the key appealing factor as a travel destination for tourism development We live in an era, where the environmental degradation, depletion of resources, destruction of ecosystems, climate changes, occur. On the other hand, human beings are the convicts for the majority of these disasters. There is an increasing awareness of environmental protection that all of us should pay attention to conserve our nature without any further due. United Nations has also critically acknowledged the importance of protecting the environment, consequently naming “resource efficiency, environmental protection and climate change” as one of the main pillars of their tourism sustainability development goals. Amidst such an atmosphere, Sri Lanka can implement plans for the tourism development establishing this key pillar in the island as the main appealing factor to attract tourists. Indeed, Sri Lanka could be an epitome to the ...

Sustainability to Sri Lanka through Community Based Tourism         Lonely Planet named Sri Lanka as the top destination for 2019 on July 3 rd this year! So, the growth of travel and tourism industry was more accelerated by such positive comments and statistics provided by SLTDA (Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority) indicate that this industry is booming day by day bringing down a lot of foreign currency inflow to the country which ultimately contributes to the GDP significantly - tourism statics of 2018 forecasts, direct contribution of tourism to GDP is 4.9%. In fact, according to facts and figures in the 2018 Travel and Tourism Statical Report by SLTDA shows how the travel and tourism industry as a whole, created job opportunities of 388, 487 in both direct and indirect ways. However, it seems that distribution of tourism benefits among local communities have limited only for a certain area of the country, whereas the rest o...

Live Green, Love Green, Think Green    Lately Sustainable tourism, also known as green tourism has become a mediaspeak What is Sustainable Tourism? According to the World Tourism Organization, sustainable tourism is “Tourism that takes full account of its current and future economic, social and environmental impacts, addressing the needs of visitors, the industry, the environment, and host communities" Why is sustainable travel important? Attention have been paid to the relationship between tourism and the environment and to the problems associated with the rapid expansion of tourism. For organisations moving to profitable sustainability isn’t always a luxury that they choose. But it is the environment and the demand  which forces them to do so. Currently the travelers  might claim to be ‘environmentally friendly’, But the truth is that they do not realize how the transportation through which they travel or the food / drink ...

Tourism in a Changing Climate No other industry in this world is more dependent on climate than travel and tourism is. From warm, sunny, beachfront resorts, to majestic, mountainous peeks and turbulence free flights, nearly every aspect of the industry is better off and more profitable when the weather is stable and predictable and travellers can move about safely and without disruption in a moderate climate. Coastal destinations can construct resorts at a given height above sea level, store food for emergencies, implement disaster trainings and preparedness for staff and modify existing infrastructure to standards that can withstand major weather events and disasters. And mountain based businesses can take a “four seasons” approach by offering diverse activities like indoor sports, trekking and biking in warmer months and increasing retail and spa offerings for visitors. There are also opportunities for airlines and online travel companies. Hotels and Resorts Hotels and re...

SriLanka is an identical destination for tourism among many travelers. Furthermore, SriLanka has earned its name as  best tea in the world, best spices in the world, and as an island of Gems, also, SriLanka is blessed with its natural beauty, wildlife, historical edifice, monuments, heritage and culture diversity. All make SriLanka as a paradise island for tourism.  Despite of all this and the beauty, SriLanka faced number natural calamities such as tsunami, landslides, etc. and destroy made by humans such as civil war and Easter attack 2019. Such disasters could paralyzed SriLankan Economy and tourism industry repeatedly in several occasions. By looking at the world history, SriLanka is not the only victim of devastation such as Civil war, natural disaster or terrorist attacks. Even though, such incident could make SriLankan economy and tourism industry to hit the rock bottom, these historical tragedies invented dark tourism attractions which can use as tourism inco...

Tourism can be described as an involvement of five senses of human body. Which is capable to create emotions, feelings and joyful memories. Also, tourism has ability to take the stress away from human mind due to busy lifestyle of modern world. Modern human on the other hand, seeks for solutions to cleanse or heal stressed mind and body. And tourism has identified as one of successful mind healer. Although tourism has ability to relax and heal human mind, by visiting some tourist attractions can cause negative affection to mind and soul. In other words, instead of brightening traveler mind with relax and joyful feelings, some places can cause sorrow, terror or indescribable grief or painful feelings. Such places can change the overall idea and image of tourism because its turn the direction. Traveling to these tourism attractions introduced as dark tourism recently and this has become an upcoming tourist market segment. However, tourists attraction to visit dark tourism hot spo...