Sri Lanka is expediting the work on building a sea plane landing facility in Seeduwa Dadugam Oya near the country's international airport in Katunayake. The project to set up the facility for the convenience of the incoming tourists is jointly carried out by the Tourism authority of the ministry of Economic Development and the Provincial Road Development Authority.The facility will have an access road and a terminal facility to take the tourists arriving in the country directly from the airport to their desired resorts elsewhere in the country.
The passengers to and from the Katunayake international airport can embark and disembark from the facility.
The Minister of Economic Development Basil Rajapaksa, who visited the site Tuesday to inspect the progress of the facility, has instructed authorities to expedite the work to be able to make use of the service by first week of April.
The demand for sea plane facility for internal tourism from the inbound tourists is on the increase, the Ministry says.
Sri Lanka which had nearly 900,000 tourist arrivals in 2011 expects a surge of more tourists exceeding one million tourists this year.
"Sri Lanka is famed for its hospitality among tourists. Therefore we should create more and more facilities for the wellbeing of visiting tourist," the Minister has said.
Minister Felix Perera, Western Provincial Minister Nimal Lansa and the Parliamentarian Sudharsani Fernandopulle have accompanied the Minister during the inspection tour.
Training for seaplane training
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