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Abstract / Summary

Could Sri Lanka’s tourism sector be a primary driver of economic development – and a way to bring about a lasting peace? This case study looks at the early decision to pursue tourism as a driver of development in the 1950s, and follows the history of Sri Lanka and its tourism industry through 2016. In 2002, the government of Sri Lanka reached a breakthrough with the Tamil Tigers (LTTE) to bring the civil war, which had been going on for almost two decades, to a ceasefire. Bilateral and multilateral development agencies quickly looked to help the country rebuild, and developing the tourism sector was once again a primary economic development goal. The devastating tsunami and renewed fighting threatened these goals, however.

Field of Interest

Global Issues

Author

Manny Fassihi, fl. 2017

Publisher

The Institute for the Study of Diplomacy

Copyright Message

Copyright © 2017 The Institute for the Study of Diplomacy

Content Type

Case study

Warning: Contains explicit content

No

Format

Text

Page Count

27

Publication Year

2017

Publisher

Georgetown University. School of Foreign Service. Institute for the Study of Diplomacy

Place Published / Released

District of Columbia

Series Number

Case 334

Subject

Global Issues, Social Sciences, Individual and Groups Rights, Non-Governmental Actors, Sri Lankan Civil War (1983-2009), Economic development, Tourism industry, Sri Lankan Civil War, 1983-2009, Indian Ocean Earthquake and Tsunami, December 26, 2004, Economics, Direitos Individuais e de Grupo, Derechos del Individuo y de Grupos, Agentes No Gubernamentales, Agentes Não-Governamentais, Ceylon, Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, United States. Agency for International Development, Sri Lanka, Sri Lankan, 21st Century in World History (2001– )

Series / Program

Institute for the Study of Diplomacy Case Study Program

Keywords and Translated Subjects

Direitos Individuais e de Grupo, Derechos del Individuo y de Grupos, Agentes No Gubernamentales, Agentes Não-Governamentais, Ceylon