Idea 475 of 500. Cluster 25: Sport and the cricket economy
Rowing, kayaking and sailing clubs on the reservoirs and the harbours, open to visitors
The mechanism, from the book
The country's best-known export is cricket, and little of the business around it is built at home.
Every idea in cluster 25 uses this mechanism.
A first step
Ask the managers of the guesthouses and hotels beside one reservoir or harbour whether their guests ask about getting out on the water. Then hire 2 kayaks for a weekend and offer those guests a guided paddle at a set price. Every paid paddle, and every guest who asks about joining for their next visit, tells you whether a club can stand on visitor fees.
- Who pays first
- A hotel guest who wants to be on the water rather than only look at it, and pays for a guided paddle booked at the front desk.
- What leaves today
- The island's reservoirs and harbours earn nothing from leisure, so visitors pay for water sports in other countries because nothing here is open to them.
The idea and the mechanism are from the book. The first step was written for this site as a suggestion; if you know a better one, say so.
The test
Does it keep value that now leaves the island, or build the proof that lets somebody else do so?
The only test any idea on this site has to pass. The four rules that go with it are here.
In the book
- Ch. ThreeWhat We Have Already Built
Cricket among the things Sri Lankans have built
More from cluster 25
- 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
Idea 475 of the 500 in the appendix of Why Not Sri Lanka? Every one can be started by one person, one family or one small firm.