Cluster 25 of 28. Ideas 466 to 475
Sport and the cricket economy
The mechanism
The country's best-known export is cricket, and little of the business around it is built at home.
The 10 ideas
- 466Cricket academies for the children of Sri Lankans abroad and the world's, in the school holidays
- 467Coaching exports: Sri Lankan coaches contracted to clubs abroad through one agency
- 468Cricket tourism packages built around the international calendar and the domestic grounds
- 469Surf competitions on the east coast on the world calendar
- 470Marathon and trail-running events in the hills and the ancient cities, with the medal worth keeping
- 471Sports-physio and rehabilitation clinics serving the touring teams and the visitors
- 472Equipment manufacturing: bats, balls and kit, which India does and we do not
- 473School-sport leagues sponsored by the businesses in this list
- 474Golf packages at the hill courses, priced for the Asian market
- 475Rowing, kayaking and sailing clubs on the reservoirs and the harbours, open to visitors