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District level tourism training schools mooted
Daily News (via HT Media Ltd.)
The Government plans to set up tourism training schools at district level as pledged in President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s National Policy Framework, “Vistas of Prosperity and Splendour,” Tourism Minister Prasanna Ranatunga said.
He added that four new hotel schools will be established this year.
He was addressing a Progress Review Meeting of the Sri Lanka Institute of Tourism & Hotel Management recently.
The Sri Lanka Institute of Tourism and Hotel Management under the Ministry of Tourism is the only institution in the country that produces professionals in the Hospitality and Travel Industry fields. It has branches in Kandy, Kurunegala, Anuradhapura, Bandarawela, Koggala, Ratnapura, Pasikudah and Jaffna. The Government plans to establish hotel schools in other districts of the country.