A group of representatives from Sri Lanka’s tourism sector have completed their post-course workshop to conclude an Australia Awards Short Course on Sustainable Tourism Development.
This third and final component of the Short Course ran for five days earlier this month, and is designed to develop the participants’ capacity to deliver various services for, and within, Sri Lanka’s tourism sector.
The Short Course participants hold various positions in Sri Lanka’s tourism sector, including senior officials from the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority and the Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau, under the Ministry of Tourism Development and Christian Religious Affairs.
Chief executives, directors and managers of reputed tourism institutions in the country were also among the attending ranks, including the CEO of the Sri Lanka Institute of Tourism and Hotel Management.
This Australia Awards Short Course for South and West Asia was funded by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT).
Australia Awards are prestigious international scholarships, fellowships

