WHY NOT SRI LANKA? සිංහල

Who starts which

If you are abroad with money

Clusters 1, 4, 6, 8, 12, 13 and 21 are the ones that need capital before they need anything else: the lodges, the balloon, the roastery, the processing plant, the laboratory, the marina, the solar leases. Bring the standard with the money, and Chapter Sixteen says which institutions already exist to help you.

Your clusters

An old brass hotel room key on a leather tag resting on a folded linen map, beside a small cup of tea, on dark teak

1

Stay longer (the $2.4 billion gap)

If Sri Lanka earned what the Maldives earns per visitor, the visitors it already has would bring in $2.4 billion a year...

20 ideas, 1 to 20
A wooden boat with a single lantern on a still dark lagoon at dusk, mangroves behind, the lantern's gold reflected in the water

4

The experience economy

An app that tells people what is happening tonight converts a day visit into a 2-night stay.

30 ideas, 71 to 100
A black clay cooking pot with a rich curry, surrounded by small brass dishes of whole spices on dark slate, one soft light

6

Food and drink as export, not just hospitality

Dilmah says it earns over 3 times the national average price for tea, because it does its own blending, branding and...

30 ideas, 121 to 150
A coconut cut open, a glass bottle of clear coconut oil with a gold cap, a coil of coir rope and a coconut-shell cup on black

8

The coconut, which deserves its own list

The whole-nut principle. Sri Lanka's coconut exports are growing, which makes this the one chain already moving. Almost...

15 ideas, 176 to 190
A jeweller's brass loupe, a rough blue sapphire and a cut blue sapphire on black velvet, one soft light

12

The gem chain, from Ratnapura to the certificate

The sapphire is mined here and cut here, and its value is certified in Basel and turned into money in Geneva. Every...

15 ideas, 236 to 250
The carved wooden prow of a traditional fishing boat with a hanging lantern, on dark calm water at dusk

13

The sea

An ocean eight times the size of the land, and a fishing fleet that sells its catch on the beach. The Maldives built a...

20 ideas, 251 to 270
A small solar lamp glowing inside a glass jar, a brass water tap and a clay water pot on dark stone

21

Energy, water and waste at small scale

The sun shines on every roof and the island imports its fuel.

15 ideas, 411 to 425

145 ideas