SLTDA DG Dhammika Wijayasinghe steps down

6 October 2022 04:00 am

Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA) Director General Dhammika Wijayasinghe yesterday announced that she would be stepping down from her role at the entity.

In a letter addressed to the tourism sector stakeholders, Wijayasinghe shared that October 5 was the last day of her tenure as DG of the SLTDA.

“We have gone through turbulent times within the past two and a half years and survived. The challenges brought us all together,” she said.

According to sources, Wijayasinghe is transferred to take up a new role under a different ministry.

Meanwhile, former SLTDA Chairperson Kimarli Fernando in a social media post commenting on the development said, “A corrupted system lost a competent and honest public servant from the tourism industry.”
“A dark day for Sri Lanka Tourism,” Fernando added.