Idea 492 of 500. Cluster 27: The north and the east
Passikudah as a family resort town with the standard set by the residents, not the chains
The mechanism, from the book
The land, the lagoons and the savings of families abroad are waiting. What comes first is the small business.
Every idea in cluster 27 uses this mechanism.
A first step
Call a meeting of 10 residents and small guesthouse owners in the town and agree 5 simple house standards: clean rooms, fair posted prices, quiet hours and a welcome for children. Publish the list of those who sign, and offer it to 3 parent groups in Colombo as a family holiday guide. Bookings that mention the guide are your proof.
- Who pays first
- A Colombo family planning a school-holiday beach trip, who trusts a standard set by residents more than a brochure and books from the list.
- What leaves today
- The beach's value is at risk of going to outside chains, with local families as staff in their own town instead of owners.
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
Jaffna in what we have already built - Ch. SixteenThe Bridge
A nurse who comes home with a credential and not only savings
More from cluster 27
- 486Palmyrah co-operatives owning the processing, the way the coconut list works for the south
- 487Jaffna heritage stays in the old Dutch and Jaffna houses, restored by the families abroad
- 488Kilinochchi and Mullaitivu farm co-operatives with a cold chain to Colombo
- 489Batticaloa lagoon tourism: the singing fish, the kayaks, the prawns, sold as a week
- 490Technical colleges in Jaffna and Batticaloa funded by families abroad, with the employers at the table
- 491Trincomalee's Dutch fort and Koneswaram as one managed site, with a shop and a guide service
Idea 492 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.