OPINION: The Sri Lankan tourist industry’s ignorance of the North starts at the top
By Jekhan Aruliah I must first congratulate the Sri Lanka Tourist Development Authority (SLTDA) before I criticise it. Just a few days after the publication of …
By Jekhan Aruliah I must first congratulate the Sri Lanka Tourist Development Authority (SLTDA) before I criticise it. Just a few days after the publication of …
By Jekhan Aruliah According to the Sri Lanka Tourist Development Authority’s (SLTDA) map of “Tourist Attractions” at the time of writing this post, the …
By Jekhan Aruliah The British author Charles Dickens created a character, Mr.Micawber, who was permanently in debt. Translated into a Sri Lankan context, …
By Jekhan Aruliah Don’t be misled by the 2014-2015 Provincial GDP Growth figures . The Northern Province had the joint highest GDP growth rate that year. …
By Jekhan Aruliah We have all made excuses to explain why we didn’t do stuff. I still remember a boy at school attempting the legendary “dog ate my …
By Jekhan Aruliah At my usual breakfast haunt in Jaffna I pay Rs40 for two fresh dosai with all the spicy pol sambal and tasty sambar I can eat (tea is an …
By Jekhan Aruliah More than seven years since the end in 2009 of the decades long Sri Lanka civil war, job creation initiatives in the North remain mainly …
By Jekhan Aruliah Despite the Jaffna district having the second highest Literacy Rate in Sri Lanka, it does badly on employment and dismally on incomes. What's …
By Jekhan Aruliah Deloittes, one of the top global accounting firms, has for many years produced a "London Office Crane Survey". The Deloittes website states: …