Srilanka Tourism to register service providers via online

Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority is planning to launch an online system to register new tourism establishments in a bid to cater to the growing demand for such businesses in the country.

The Authority says, once the automated licensing system comes into place starting from the 1st of May, they will be able to register a new establishment or renew the license of an existing firm within a few hours.

‘We want our customers to spend minimum time in getting our approvals and license. This system will ensure that all applications can be handled on time as well as effectively and efficiently’, said Dr. Nalaka Godehwa Chairman Srilanka Tourism in a statement issued in this regard.

The new system will store data of each application along with inspection reports, photo graphs and other documents.

“Manuel system took long time for document acceptance and verification. Sometimes applicant had to come several times and each year same documents had to be produced”, added the statement.

According to SLTD, there are nearly 6800 registered tourism establishments in the island covering 22 categories of service providers.

Those services includes tourist hotels, guest houses, travel agents, Restaurants, home stays, bungalow, boat operators, tour guides, chauffeur guides, jeep operators etc.