Delft Island is one of the seven inhabited Islands of the Jaffna Peninsula. It has been prioritized for ecotourism development after the postwar scenario. Delft Island has unique features to promote ecotourism. However, there are several challenges faced by the relevant authorities during the development process. This study explores to identify the opportunities and challenges in the context of ecotourism development. In-depth semi-structured interviews among the executive level of a government officer, focus group discussions from the community-based organization, and field visits have been carried out to collect primary data. Thematic and qualitative descriptive analysis methods have been used to analyze the data. The result reveals that the government policies, physical and biological features, history, culture and income generation as the opportunities and administrative mechanism, while shortcoming of environmental conservation, improper usage of resources, lack of community aware.....

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