The Hon. T.K. Jayasundara
Hon. T.K. Jayasundara asked about designating the broader southern wet zone ecosystem, including areas in Galle and Matara such as Kanneliya, Sinharaja, and Hiniduma, as one tourism zone under a single administrative framework. He requested clarification from the Tourism Ministry on the process for gazetting the entire cross-district area as a tourism zone.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Mr. Speaker, along with the Deputy Minister’s answer, my second supplementary is as follows.
¶ 02 Although we call this Matara, the area is part of the southern tropical evergreen wet zone ecosystem including Kanneliya, Sinharaja, and the Hiniduma range. Geographical divisions aside, it is one system. It is better to gazette the entire zone—belonging to both Galle and Matara—under a single administrative framework. I believe the Ruhunu Tourism Agency thinks the same. As the Tourism Ministry, what is the process to gazette the entire zone across both districts as a tourism zone?
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Cite as: The Hon. T.K. Jayasundara. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 23 July 2025. No. 1754386160089643. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/4101