The Galle fort which has been declared as a World Heritage by the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), attracts over three (3) hundred thousand local and foreign tourists per year.
Under the Greater Galle Development Plan (2021-2030), Galle Fort has been declared a World Heritage Tourism Zone. Further, having conserved the archacologically valued buildings existing in the Galle Fort, the Urban Development Authority has planned an integrated development project programme, themed as the ‘Galle Regeneration Project”.
The Cabinet of Ministers has approved the resolution furnished by the Minister of Transport, Highways and Urban Development to relocate the High Court and Magistrate’s Court, which are currently functioning within Galle Fort, to the newly constructed court complex at Beligaha, Galle and to assign the existing buildings to the Urban Development Authority for the implementation of a tourism promotion project under a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) mechanism under this programme.
