200 hotels for N-E [October 21 2010]

Two hundred new tourist hotels will be built in the coastal areas of the North and the East, according to Minister of Youth Affairs Dullas Ahalapperuma.

The Minister said that there were ample resources to establish hotels upto international standards in the North and the East and with these new hotels a large number of foreign tourists could be attracted to the country.

He also predicted that nearly 2.5 million tourists are expected to travel to Sri Lanka in the next five year period. (AP)