Sri Lanka is planning a golf course in Chilaw as part of an overall strategy to develop a tourism hub in the Chilaw-Iranawila area, Cabinet Spokesman, Bandula Gunawardana said.
“Iranawila and Chilaw will be developed as a tourism hub,” Gunawardana on Thursday.
“A golf course is also planned for Chilaw.”
Sri Lanka already has several golf course in Colombo, Kandy and Nuwara Eliya.
Sri Lanka has five 18-hole golf courses and several 9-hole golf courses and is currently promoting itself as a destination for golf tourism.
A connecting road will also be built between Chilaw and Bingiriya where and export zone is being expanded, Minister Gunawardana said.
The task of developing the Chilaw-Iranawila tourism hub will be handed over to a task force charged with the integrated development plan for Bingiriya.
