Our Mission:
1. Represent National Tourist Guide Lecturers, protect their interests and foster goodwill with other industry stakeholders within the tourism industry
2. Enhance the knowledge, skills and standards of the members through training courses, workshops and seminars
3. Work in collaboration with other industry stakeholders to ensure sustainability, benefiting all Sri Lankans
4. Support regulatory authorities to implement and regulate the legal framework for tourism management
President
Mr. Janaka Dunusinghe
Secretary
Ms. Isanka Gunawardhana
Treasurer
Mrs. Richard James
Directors
- Mr. Amali De Zoysa (Vice President)
- Mr. Anuruddha Fernando (Vice President)
- Mr. Senaka Jayadewa (Vice President)
- Mr. Manoj Maddage (immediate Past President )
- Mrs. Sanjika Hengst (Chief Organizer)
- Mr. Hashan Fonseka (Director Media)
- Mr. Anil Munasinghe (Director Education)
- Mr. Udaya Dharmawansha (Director legal)
- Mr. Akthar Mohomad (Assistant secretary)
- Mr. Adrian Vandansen (Assistant Treasurer)
- Mr. Mahinda Brandigampola (Director Advisor)
- Mr. Sampath Perera (Director Advisor)
- Mr. Dilan Abeydeera (Director Head Quarters)
- Mr. Dananjaya Liyanage (Director)
- Mr. Nadeesh Kumara (Director)
- Mr. Udaya Liyanage (Director)
- Mr. Ranjith Amarasinghe (Director)
- Mr. Sudesh Wickramarathne (Director)
- Mr. Sampath Silva (Director)
- Ms. Thusitha Rodrigo (Director)
- Mr. Buddhika Ranasinghe (Director)
- Rohana Hettiarachchi (Director)
Patrons:
- Mr. Joe Livera
- Mr. Christopher Silva
- Mr. Ravi Munasinghe
- Ms. Yasmin Abesooriya
- Mr. Bobby Senaweera
Our History
The initial tourism regulations were laid down in 1966 under the Ceylon Tourist Board act. The first batch who were trained as Tourist Guide Lecturers formed the Tourist Guide Lecturers Association in 1968 with 15 members who gathered at the residence of Mr. Dudley Perera electing Mr. Ernest Munasinghe as the president and Mr. Reggie Perera as the secretary. The association was registered as National Tourist Guide Lecturers Association of Sri Lanka (NTGLASL) in 1986. In 2007 the association was registered as the Sri Lanka Institute of National Tourist Guide Lecturers (SLINTGL). The first office was established in 1986 at Connaisance De Ceylan office in Colombo 8. A permanent office was operated in the Taj Samudra complex from 1987 to 1995. In 1995 a building was purchased at no 37/35, Temple Road, Colombo 10 where the present four storied headquarters was built in 2009.
The institute at present has 1480 NTGLs speaking 24 different languages engaged in professional tour guiding in Sri Lanka. The Institute is a full member of the World Federation of Tourist Guide Associations (WFTGA) which is the worldwide international federation representing official tourist guides. To mark “International Tourist Guide Day” (ITGD) which is on 21st February workshops and community activities are organized by the institute. Also to mark the world tourism day on 27th September special programmes are conducted in addition to holding workshops for industry employees and university students studying tourism management.