Evidence-backed Opportunities

SLTDA's public tourism land bank lists four sites in Galle district for tourism investment: Dedduwa Lake Resort (694 ha) and three small plots at Ambalangoda, Baddegama and Unawatuna.

SLTDA's public tourism land bank lists six sites in Matara district for tourism investment, four of them around Mirissa and Weligama and the largest, 2.7 ha, in Matara town.

The BOI state-owned land workbook lists 139 land records in Matara district, about 276 hectares where an extent is given, mostly forest or scrub and vacant land, across 16 DS divisions.

The BOI state-owned land workbook lists 94 land records in Galle district across about 20 DS divisions, most of them vacant, with GN division, extent and present land use for each.

Seven state-owned parcels at the Bentota National Holiday Resort, about 34 acres in total, listed by the BOI as land for investment. The BOI workbook notes a call for investment advertised on 13 July 2025.

The 694-hectare (about 1,700-acre) Dedduwa Lake Resort site in Bentota DS division is listed on SLTDA's public land bank. SLTDA first called expressions of interest for a theme resort there on a 30-year lease in 2023; that call closed on 11 July 2023.

The Cabinet approved moving the High Court and Magistrate's Court out of Galle Fort to the new Beligaha complex and handing the old court buildings to the Urban Development Authority for a tourism promotion project under a public-private partnership.

SLTDA sought a service provider to operate, maintain and repair the sewerage treatment plant at the Bentota National Holiday Resort for 2026/2027. Bids closed on 30 March 2026.

The Urban Development Authority called investor proposals to restore and redevelop the Old Post Office building inside Galle Fort on a 50-year lease, at a base value of Rs. 1,035 million. Bids closed on 4 April 2024.