Skills Development - Essential to a Successful and Robust Tourism Sector in Sri Lanka-01

Over the decades, tourism has experienced continued growth and deepening ‎diversification to become one of the fastest growing economic sectors in Sri Lanka. ‎Modern tourism is closely linked to development and encompasses a growing number ‎of new destinations. These dynamics have turned tourism into a key driver for socio-‎economic progress.‎

This global spread of tourism in industrialized and developed provinces has produced ‎economic and employment benefits in many related sectors - from construction to ‎agriculture or telecommunications.‎

Today, the business volume of tourism equals or even surpasses that of oil exports, ‎food products or automobiles. Tourism has become one of the major players in ‎international commerce, and represents at the same time one of the main income ‎sources for many developing countries. This growth goes hand in hand with an ‎increasing diversification and competition among destinations.‎

The National Human Resources Development Council of Sri Lanka, Ministry of Tourism and Economic Affairs conducted its 3^rd mass awareness campaign on “Attracting and increasing the students intake and providing  the skills employees in tourism sector” in Kalutara District with collaboration of public and private sector participation in Kalutara District Secretariat, New Conference hall and targeted 372 young participants accompanied with HAMAS, MSU & MSI, SLTHM, CAHM, VTA, NAITA and District Secretariat of Kalutara.

The district secretariat, Kalutara Mr.U.D.C.Jayalal said “The youth should aware the trend of job market and they have to focus the future skill demand and then they have to get ready according the future needs.” The District Planning Director Mr.K.A.D.K. Sriwardana, Asst Director of Planning Mr.D.L.W.D. Samarawickrama and Mrs.S.K.Dayananda participated from District Secretariat of Kalutara.

As well as District Manager from NAITA, Asst Director from VTA, lecturers from SLITM delivered an affective motivation presentation from public sector and then Mr.Kalum from HAMAS, Mr.Stepan from CAHM and Mr.Eranka from MUS and MSI participated and delivered presentations from private hotel schools.