7 Star Hotel for Arugam Bay planned?

By Dhananjani Silva
The dawn of peace in the north east region has given people an opportunity to freely move around in these once war- ravaged parts of the island.

a??With the end of war, a major change in tourism will take place. There will be a natural influx of people to the country and Sri Lanka will not only become a tourist destination but it will be a place, for instance, like Hawaii or Penang island where people will come and build houses or have apartments,a?? said Prasanna W. Jayewardene, a pioneer in the hotel industry. One of his latest initiatives is a massive hotel development project islandwide including in the north and east.

Turnaround City Hotel

Elaborating on his plans, Mr. Jayewardene who is campaigning to a??rediscovera?? the countrya??s potential to attract 10 million tourists annually within the next 10 years said his mission is to facilitate the building of 10,000 rooms. Under this, he said, a number of hotels and sites will be developed and either sold or operated at different stages. However, the main hotel a??Mudliara?? in Kalpitiya which has 2050 rooms will be retained. a??We wona??t sell this as we want this to be our icon,a?? he said.

Under this project a mixture of both mega as well as small individual projects will be launched in different parts of the island. From small hotels of 10 rooms to large hotels with over 1000 rooms, each will have a different name and concept, Mr. Jayewardene explained.

Turnaround City Hotel, a five star hotel with 50 rooms in Kilinochchi, the five star Sun Ocean in Mullaitivu with 25 rooms, Golden Sands hotel and Turquoise hotel in Trincomalee with 25 rooms each, Whale Watch in Trincomalee with its 25 luxury suites, Rising Sun Beach hotel with its 10 rooms in Batticaloa are some of the hotel projects to be launched in the north and east. The five-star Peninsula, a 50-room city hotel project with full conference facilities in the heart of Jaffna town, will be an ideal meeting place for business people, aid workers and officials, Mr. Jayewardene said. The architects will include many of those who worked on the Elephant Corridor project.

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Prasanna Jayewardene

Also planned are four seven star hotels, in Yala, Trincomalee, Arugambay and Kandy designed exclusively with an up-market international hotel operator, said Mr. Jayewardene who was also the founder and the developer of Elephant Corridor.

According to Mr. Jayewardene, lands for the hotels have been identified and the projects are now in the development stage. Since each project has a different concept they have to be developed individually he said.

Emphasizing that at every stage, Sri Lankans will benefit from this project Mr. Jayewardene said it will give an opportunity for Sri Lankan professionals living abroad to come home and provide their expertise towards the projects.

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7 Responses to “7 Star Hotel for Arugam Bay planned?”


  • R.I.P. Arugam Bay.the charm of this place is the fact that it has remained the same for a long time,please don’t allow the board of tourism to ruin it develop other areas.

  • The world doesnt need another Penang, Hawaii, Phuket or Bali.When in Sri Lanka buy local and stay in local owned accommodation that way the local people benefit.Sri Lanka you dont need greedy multinational hotels why not be unique and different and that way more tourist will come to your beautiful country and the money it brings will stay local.

  • ITS A GREAT IDEA… NOW THIS IS THE TIME TO DO THE BEST THINGS IS OUR SRI LANKA.. 7 STAR HOTEL PROJECT IS A GREAT THING.. MANY SRI LANKAN ARE WAITING FOR IT.. HOW LONG WE WILL BE WORKING IN OTHER COUNTRIES……. WIST YOU ALL THE BEST TO DO THIS PROJECT..

  • M.JAWATHULLAH

    It is very good idea. srankan country developmant very soon. thes idea have all person is i wish you all the best.

  • ITS A GREAT IDEA… NOW THIS IS THE TIME TO DO THE BEST THINGS IS OUR SRI LANKA.. 7 STAR HOTEL PROJECT IS A GREAT THING.. MANY SRI LANKAN ARE WAITING FOR IT.. HOW LONG WE WILL BE WORKING IN OTHER COUNTRIES……. WIST YOU ALL THE BEST TO DO THIS PROJECT..

  • I am realy happy when they are going to make a 7 star Hotel in Srilanka. I am working in Dubai and we can come our country and develop our country soon. I am realy happy for this. Then hi profile customers will come to Srilanka and we can earn more money. Dubai devolepe thatswhy. Srilanka also should be like that. Thanks. Iqbal

  • its ok if they don’t harm the natural habitat and as long as any one can access the sea & the beach.

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