Hi, I am not really an expert on tourism sector but I have studied and lectured on the link between sustainable tourism and energy policy (you can follow me to establish contact and exchanges if you want). I am also living in a developing country and what really strikes me is that almost all (if not all) high-quality tourism infrastructure belongs to non-locals !!! This ultimately means that tourism services are "imported" and nothing to do with "authenticity of locality". Which reflects back to visitors of course - who search this authenticity when come to visit. I have no idea whether this matter is discussed in the literature but should be discussed I think...
A major issue in the case of Sri Lankan domestic tourism is lack of data and research-based information regarding the trends. We highlighted some of the environmental issues related to domestic tourism in this article
http://www.ips.lk/talkingeconomics/2017/06/05/connecting-people-to-nature-a-need-of-the-hour-for-sri-lanka/
Dear Ravindu,
The main issue as per my study and experience in tourism research is the lack of investment and poor governance are the major issues in tourism development.
Poor infrastructure and poor safety and security situation are among major challenges that hinder tourism growth in developing countries
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