Tourism Authority launches Rooms in Homes project
Harshini PERERA
Fifteen guest houses have been set up without any help in Jaffna soon
after the end of terrorism up to now. This is a healthy sign for the
development of tourism in Jaffna, a senior tourism official said.
A guest house |
Small and medium hoteliers have far more greater potential to
increase tourist arrivals as the country is opened for tourism.
Households are encouraged to provide accommodation to tourists in Jaffna
and other tourist destinations.
Rooms in Homes project will provide opportunities for households to
accommodate tourists and earn an income.
The Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority having understood the
need is now conducting the Rooms in Homes project to assist interested
people to bring more business opportunities to the country.
“Sri Lanka at present has only 14,600 hotel room facilities and this
will give an attractive supplementary accommodation by encouraging
households to provide accommodation for tourists.
The Government understood this as a timely need to support them in
what they need,” Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority Director
General S. Kalaiselvam told Daily News Business. An advertisement about
the project was displayed in November last year to which 300 houseowners
have responded by now.
Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority has already registered 82
house room providers.
Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority will market the product of
Rooms in Homes by linking them with the Sri Lanka Tourism Development
Authority’s corporate website.
An accommodation guide will be given to tourists providing them
information on accommodation in these houses.
“It is expected to conduct this project all over the island covering
even North and East areas. However, a minimal participation was shown in
Jaffna compared with the other districts for the project,”he said. |