The Ministry of Tourism is in the process of setting up several advisory panels and working committees on the directions of Milinda Moragoda, Minister of Tourism.

The idea is to broaden the tourism stakeholder network almost to the grass roots level in the country and to get actively involved all interested individuals and agencies to work on a common platform for the development of tourism. Three of such committees relating to Hotel School operations, niche tourism product development, and Kalpitiya resort development were appointed today.

These committees comprise professionals, intellectuals and active business operators not only in the field of tourism but in various other fields such as garments, tea, arts and culture, etc. Each committee will have terms of reference and a specific time frame ensuring at the end to suggest workable proposals for implementation by the Government.