The Fairway Galle Literary Festival 2017 – Galle’s biggest tourist attraction

The annual Fairway Galle Literary Festival 2017 opened on 11th January, at the Dutch Galle Fort, with a prestigious mix of local and international invitees and participants attending. The festival featured 110 events covering five days, including the favourite MAS Children’s Programme. Plus, there was a day of free Sinhala Programmes, followed by a Children’s Programme in Jaffna, that takes place on the 17th & 18th of January 2017. Some of the acclaimed names in attendance include Channa Daswatte, Caroline Courtauld, Colm Tóibín, and Jemima Foxtrot. In addition to being one of the most looked forward to literary events in South Asia, the Fairway Galle Literary Festival is also a big tourist attraction in the country. Tourist arrivals double and nearly all the hotels in and around Galle, like the Amba Ayurveda Boutique Hotel, for example, a luxury Ayurveda hotel Sri in Lanka, are booked to capacity.