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State sugar firm to seek investors for two tourism PPPs
Daily FT
|August 20, 2025
IN a bid to boost income of the State-run Pelwatte and Sevanagala sugar factories, which are under Lanka Sugar Ltd., the Cabinet of Ministers on Monday approved calling for expressions of interest (Eols) from private investors to set up two tourism projects under a public-private-partnership (PPP) model.
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Speaking at the weekly post-Cabinet meeting media briefing yesterday, Cabinet Spokesman and Minister Dr. Nalinda Jayatissa said it has been identified that four selected places in the Pelwatte sugar factory premises are tourist attraction places drawing special attention to ecotourism, agro-tourism, wellness tourism and conservation-based tourism, based on the recommendations of the feasibility study con
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