International Conference on Social Sciences 2013
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Item Tourism industry and traditional fishing industry in down south coastal belt of Sri Lanka(Culture, Globalization and the Developing World, 2nd ICSS, 2013) Gunasekara, I.Tourism industry is a rapid growing industry in the world wide due to its high economic contribution. As a result, most of the countries enter into this remarkable industry as the economic benefits it gains contribute to the development of the country. This industry directly and indirectly affects the other industries in the host country in both positive and negative manner. This study attempts to find out such interrelationships between tourism industry and fishing industry in down south coastal belt of Sri Lanka. Down south coastal belt is one of the famous tourist areas in Sri Lanka due to the water based tourist products offered by the area tourist service providers. Host communities in down south costal belt are mainly fishing communities for centuries. The development of tourism industry impacts this community and their traditional occupation. The major aim of this study was to find out how the traditional fishing industry is being effected through the tourism industry. The objectives were to identify the nature of tourism industry, different typologies of tourist attraction, traditional fishing techniques used by the fishermen in down south costal belt and interrelationship between tourism and traditional fishing industry using both primary and secondary data collection methodologies.Item Martin Wickramasinghe Folk Museum and its contribution towards the tourism industry(Culture, Globalization and the Developing World, 2nd ICSS, 2013) Gunasekara, I.This study focuses on discussing the contribution of Martin Wickramasinghe Folk Museum to the tourism industry of Sri Lanka. Tourism is a widely spread industry which gains high economic benefits to a country. Sri Lanka, as a developing country has paid attention to this beneficial industry. Sri Lankan culture is one of the leading factors among tourist attractions. Museums are significant elements of cultural tourism because they provide cultural awareness for their visitors. In addition, many tourism authorities and tour operators use museums as an attractive way of entertainment. Martin Wickramasinghe Folk Museum is a significant component among Sri Lankan museums due to its collection. This unique collection is consisted of traditional folk culture, which has the ability to provide education on many areas of traditional local communities such as rituals, literature, folk drama and arts, mask industry, traditional handicrafts, folk sports, folk music, traditional fishing industry and much more. The problem of this research was to find the impact of Martin Wickramasinghe Folk Museum on tourism industry in Sri Lanka. The objectives of the research were identifying the different sources of tourist attractions, the impact of Martin Wickramasinghe Folk Museum on tourism industry and the potentials to develop it in cultural tourism in Sri Lanka.The research uses both primary and secondary data for the purpose. According to the gathered data it was found that inspite of many potentials it has the Martin Wickramasinghe Folk Museum contributes very little to the tourism industry in Sri Lanka.