In an interview to the Indian daily Times of India, Hambanthota district parliamentarian Namal Rajapaksa has said that the government is planning to build a golf course in Hambanthota and a Chinese company has already come up with a proposal.
Discussing his plans to bring the Commonwealth Games to the area in 2018, MP Rajapaksa has said that plans are afoot to construct a state-of-the-art athletics stadium next year.
He has revealed plans to construct a private university in the area and the university students will be able to use the facilities for training.
"We are getting a lot of help from the Indian government as well as other countries. We are hoping to make this the sports village�" Namal Rajapaksa has told the Times of India.
MP Rajapaksa also has said that the construction of a five star hotel is to begin in the middle of this year.
"We have signed a host of contracts with five-star hotel companies like JW Marriot, Hyatt and Shangrila," he has said.
The Hong Kong-based luxury hotel group Shangri-La announced in January that it plans to develop a 300-key city resort on approximately 100 acres of land in Hambanthota, to open in 2013.
According to the MP, a fully functional international airport will be ready by November 2012 to boost air transportation for athletes and cricketers to travel to Hambanthota.
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