Representatives from the tourism sector in Sri Lanka have begun a study tour as a part of the ‘Sustainable Tourism Development’ Short Course Award program funded by the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT).
Facilitated by Griffith University’s International Business Development Unit and the University of the Sunshine Coast, the study tour is just one component of the Short Course Award, which is designed to develop more effective training for tourism professionals in developing countries.
The group, consisting of 25 tourism practitioners, government officers and university academics, will take part in a range of workshops, seminars and site visits. The purpose of this Short Course Award is to improve the enabling environment of the sustainable tourism sector, develop linkages between the two countries’ tourism operators and enhance the participants’ overall business planning and processes.
Travelling from various locations in the Sunshine Coast to far north Queensland before finishing the tour in

