The ruling United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA) which succeeded at this week’s parliamentary poll, hopes to establish a single ministry for tourism, aviation and urban development.

This statement was made by UPFA's Gampaha district leader Basil Rajapaksa, also advisor to President Mahinda Rajapaksa, when he met senior executives from Sri Lanka's business community at a Colombo hotel at a pre-election discussion on Sunday night. The meeting had been arranged by Minister and UPFA candidate Milinda Moragoda.

During the discussion, travel trade representative raised issues about the Tourism Ministry and its inconsistencies in recent times with three ministers were appointed in the past few months.