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Sri Lankan Tourism & Sustainable Development by HELEN BULLE Source: Australian Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade With  the support of the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Griffith University has been proud to support a range of capacity building projects with the Government of Sri Lanka and other stakeholders during the  past decade. Through this, we have built strong people to people and organisational links to create opportunities and support the mutually beneficial relationship between our two countries. The  most recent project, delivered in 2018 and 2020 by Griffith University and  University of the Sunshine Coast, has been an Australia Awards Short Course in Sustainable Tourism, an area of significant importance now and into the future in both Sri Lanka and Australia. This program has focussed on  improving the economic benefits brought into Sri Lanka by the tourism sector while ensuring their long term viability. The participants have been ...