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  • Managing the tourism-led development strategy in post-war Sri Lanka

    Author(s)
    Smith, Christine
    Bandaralage, Jayatilleke
    Liyanaarachchi, Susantha
    Fernando, Sriyantha
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Smith, Christine A.
    Bandaralage, Jayatilleke
    Fernando, Sriyantha W.
    Year published
    2014
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    Abstract
    The Sri Lankan tourism industry has been booming since the end of war in 2009. Considering the key role that tourism can play in post-war economic development, the Sri Lankan government launched a Tourism Development Strategy (TDS). This study has evaluated the feasibility of achieving the targets of the TDS by building a simple tourism demand model and by undertaking a qualitative comparative assessment with a selected tourism booms in a number of war-affected countries. The findings suggest that the TDS targets are achievable provided the country manages to expand supply of tourism related infrastructure (hard as well as ...
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    The Sri Lankan tourism industry has been booming since the end of war in 2009. Considering the key role that tourism can play in post-war economic development, the Sri Lankan government launched a Tourism Development Strategy (TDS). This study has evaluated the feasibility of achieving the targets of the TDS by building a simple tourism demand model and by undertaking a qualitative comparative assessment with a selected tourism booms in a number of war-affected countries. The findings suggest that the TDS targets are achievable provided the country manages to expand supply of tourism related infrastructure (hard as well as soft) in a price competitive manner.
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    Journal Title
    Sri Lankan Journal of Business Economics
    Volume
    5
    Publisher URI
    http://mgt.sjp.ac.lk/bec/sri-lankan-journal-business-economics-volume-05-2014/
    Subject
    Tourism Economics
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/344133
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