Sri Lanka appoints all-male Tourism Advisory Committee

March 21, 20251 Mins read52

Dileep Mudadeniya (L) has been appointed as the Chairperson of Sri Lanka's tourism advisory Committee by Minister Vijitha Herath.

A new Tourism Advisory Committee has been appointed by the government to drive the tourism agenda in the country.

The 14-member all-male committee is chaired by Dileep Mudadeniya, a former managing director of Sri Lanka Tourism and currently senior vice president of John Keells Holdings.

Other members include SriLankan Airlines CEO Richard Nuttall; Nuwaraeliya Hotels Company deputy chairman/managing director Gerard George Ondaatjie; Connaissance de Ceylon and Thema Collection chairman/managing director Chandra Wickramasinghe; Galle Face Hotels group vice president Nihal Muhandiram; and three heads of state agencies involved in tourism.

The mandate of the committee is to advise the government on strategic and sustainable tourism development, so as to enhance the growth of the tourism industry in line with the National Tourism Policy.

The committee has been appointed under the current Tourism Act and is expected to continue during the term of the incumbent government.