Three more hotels from Elephant Reach
Indunil HEWAGE
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Elephant Reach Hotel, which is a subsidiary of Lanka Hotels and
Travels (Pvt) Ltd is looking forward to expand its presence locally by
adding three more major tourists hotels in the years to come.
Elephant Reach will add another 21 rooms while upgrading the existing
35 rooms. In addition Elephant Reach will construct a spa and a museum
for elephants with Rs 100 million worth of estimated investment.
Speaking to Daily News Business Lanka Hotels and Travels Operations
Director Malinga Fernando said Elephant Reach will be promoting agro,
spiritual and eco tourism in a dynamic manner in the face of increasing
demand from local and foreign travellers for these areas. "It is sad to
note that the world has identified Sri Lanka a low budget destination.
"This is a very damaging for the future of the tourism industry," he
said.
"There are ample opportunities to promote spiritual tourism in Sri
Lanka with tourists' keenness and inquisitiveness for Buddhist
philosophy. In addition, we find it difficult to promote and expand the
tourism industry in the Northern and Eastern parts of the country due to
lack of transport facilities and it is the duty of responsible
authorities to look at the civil aviation sector seriously to promote
the tourism industry," Fernando said.
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