{"id":17,"date":"2019-05-03T06:20:58","date_gmt":"2019-05-03T06:20:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/mrp\/srilanka-tourism\/?page_id=17"},"modified":"2019-09-10T17:30:08","modified_gmt":"2019-09-10T17:30:08","slug":"homepage","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/mrp\/srilanka-tourism\/","title":{"rendered":"Peace and Tourism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; fullwidth=&#8221;on&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.22.5&#8243;][et_pb_fullwidth_header title=&#8221;Peace and Tourism&#8221; subhead=&#8221;Tourism development in former conflict areas of Sri Lanka&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.22.5&#8243; title_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; title_font_size=&#8221;60px&#8221; subhead_font=&#8221;|600|||||||&#8221; subhead_font_size=&#8221;25px&#8221; background_image=&#8221;https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/mrp\/srilanka-tourism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2019\/05\/20181216_152318.jpg&#8221; min_height=&#8221;600px&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;400px|||||&#8221;][\/et_pb_fullwidth_header][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.22.5&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;4px||0px|||&#8221;][et_pb_row custom_padding=&#8221;0px|||||&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.22.5&#8243;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.47&#8243;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.22.5&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>At Orr\u2019s Hill, a military museum in Trincomalee Town, one can play pretend soldier with a rusted machinegun inside a now defunct bunker.\u00a0(Photo \u00a9 Stephen Cook)\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.22.3&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;9px||4px|||&#8221;][et_pb_row custom_padding=&#8221;7px||8px|||&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.22.3&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_5&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.47&#8243;][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;3_5&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.47&#8243;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.22.5&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;||0px|||&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>The war ended on beautiful, sandy beaches edging the deep blue of the Pacific.<\/p>\n<p>Tens of thousands of civilians trapped in a few square kilometres as shells rained down from government forces. Mullaitivu: where the dream of the Tamil state died, along with the last remnants of the once-formidable Tamil Tigers and their fascistic leader Velupillai Prabhakaran.<\/p>\n<p>Sri Lanka\u2019s 26-year civil war ended in 2009, the bloody culmination of more than a century of colonial divide-and-rule policies and an independence tainted by the Sinhala Buddhist majority\u2019s oppression of minorities.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_5&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.47&#8243;][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;3.22.5&#8243;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.47&#8243;][et_pb_code _builder_version=&#8221;3.22.5&#8243;]<iframe src='https:\/\/cdn.knightlab.com\/libs\/timeline3\/latest\/embed\/index.html?source=1nyZm5H7stECBFYP9yZ4wTMMDkNsn58oK0fdL5D_vG64&#038;font=Default&#038;lang=en&#038;initial_zoom=2&#038;height=600' width='100%' height='600' frameborder='0'><\/iframe>[\/et_pb_code][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;3.22.5&#8243;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_5&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.47&#8243;][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;3_5&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.47&#8243;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.22.5&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;||0px|||&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>In the decade that has since passed, an uneasy peace has held together in a Sinhalese-dominated state that has taken few steps towards reconciliation.<\/p>\n<p>That fragile state of affairs was torn asunder in Easter 2019 when a previously little-known group of Islamic extremists killed hundreds in bombing attacks on Christian places of worship and hotels.<\/p>\n<p>While this project does not directly address that tragedy, many commentators have said that violence cannot be considered separate from the violence and de facto disenfranchisement the Moors, Sri Lanka\u2019s Tamil-speaking Muslim minority, has experienced during the war and afterwards.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This project is the story of tourism development in post-conflict areas, a lens through which to view a nation that has yet to experience a true and lasting peace.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_5&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.47&#8243;][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;3.22.5&#8243;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.22.5&#8243;][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.22.5&#8243;][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.22.5&#8243;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.22.5&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>By Stephen Cook<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; fullwidth=&#8221;on&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.22.5&#8243;][et_pb_fullwidth_portfolio posts_number=&#8221;5&#8243; show_date=&#8221;off&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.22.5&#8243; caption_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221;][\/et_pb_fullwidth_portfolio][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At Orr\u2019s Hill, a military museum in Trincomalee Town, one can play pretend soldier with a rusted machinegun inside a now defunct bunker.\u00a0(Photo \u00a9 Stephen Cook)\u00a0 The war ended on beautiful, sandy beaches edging the deep blue of the Pacific. 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