Matara Dutch Fort – By Channa de Silva
Source : Channa de Silva Linkedin
Matara Dutch Fort should be now ready to take off as a prominent location in the tourism map of Sri Lanka.
Being less than 45 Km from the famous Galle Dutch Fort, will support Matara Dutch Fort to be an important destination in the tourism map of Sri Lanka.
Unique features of the Matara Dutch Fort
- – Having a beautiful beach and swimmable ocean
- Broad and long river running along side of the Matara Dutch Fort
- Matara having its own culinary recognition – Matara rice & curry is quite unique
- Matara has its own industry such as embroidery which was widely done as a cottage industry specially in the Dutch era.
- Having historical sites such as Dutch Star Fort, Dutch trading center, Dutch churches
- The Government in recent times have been relocating magistrate courts and building a new prison to shift the current prison complexWith all the learning from Galle Dutch Fort reconstruction & repositioning Matara Dutch Fort should not be difficult. So it is time for Matara Dutch Fort to put its hand up in preparedness & keenness to develop Matara Dutch Fort as the next big development for Sri Lanka tourism.
