Ambuluwawa tourist project to attract thrill seekers
COLOMBO – The Ambuluwawa Biodiversity Centre will be developed as a tourist zone with opportunities for adventure sports, State Minister of Justice and Prisons Anuradha Jayaratne said.
“We hope to bring 15% of the tourists coming to Sri Lanka to Ambuluwawa,” Jayaratne said, adding that various adventure sports and recreational activities will be offered in an area spread over 8 acres of the 450-acre Biodiversity Centre. The minister was speaking at an event to promote Ambuluwawa as a tourist area.
He said the Ella Odyssey train will stop at Gampola station for a short while so tourists can take in the Ambuluwawa tourism experience, noting that 8% of tourists coming to the island visit Ambuluwawa at present.
He claimed the area would be developed into an economic hub of the Kandy District, particularly Gampola town, with the introduction of a cable car project.
Sri Lanka’s Board of Investment signed an agreement to develop a cable car system in the country in November 2023.
“Amber Adventure signed an agreement for 4.5 million US dollars, in collaboration with Ambuluwawa Bio-Diversity Centre, and technical and product expertise from China Machine-Building International Corporation,” the BoI said on X (Twitter) at the time.
Several proposed cable car systems in various parts of the island, including one in the hill country town of Nuwara Eliya, are yet to materialize.
Chairman of the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA), Priyantha Fernando has said that Sri Lanka is targeting 2.3 million tourists in 2024 with India, Russia, China, the United Kingdom and Germany expected to bring most of the arrivals,
Tourist authorities have maintained that Sri Lanka needs to sell a product that attracts high-spending tourists, even as President Ranil Wickremesinghe said Sri Lanka will have to re-think its tourist policies.
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