“A pristine white building with a classy brown wooden finish overlooks the blue Indian Ocean at Kankensanthurai, about 19 km from Jaffna in northern Sri Lanka. It’s a luxury resort, and on Sunday mornings, families come here for a meal, a swim in the pool, and to play on the beach. Foot-tapping music plays at the restaurant, and DJs are hired for corporate-sponsored parties.
The owner and operator of this beachfront property, called the Thalasevana holiday resort, is the Sri Lankan Army. It is one of the many commercial establishments that the Sri Lankan armed forces — numbering a massive 300,000 uniformed personnel in this small country of about 2 crore — own.”
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DM (14 avril 2015). “In Sri Lanka, underworked army runs resorts, shops, salons and travel agencies” by Shubhajit Roy. SRI LANKA & DIASPORAS. Consulté le 18 février 2025 à l’adresse https://doi.org/10.58079/u8p9