Development

Destination development, marketing and international recognition

The Pekoe Trail Company (Guarantee) Limited (TPTC) continues to position The Pekoe Trail as a signature nature-based tourism experience for Sri Lanka,...

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Trail passes are now sold at the Ceylon Tea Museum

Partnerships

Institutional partnerships and public-private collaboration

TPTC’s institutional engagement includes collaboration with government agencies, development partners, private-sector organisations and civil society to...

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Trail Clearing Operations After Cyclone

Development

Trail management, infrastructure and visitor safety

Maintaining a 300 km route across 22 stages requires ongoing coordination, monitoring and investment. During the first half of 2026, the Company undertook...

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Education

Knowledge sharing and education

The Company’s knowledge-sharing activities support a broader understanding of the relationship between tourism, conservation, heritage and community...

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Skills & Training

Tourism industry capacity building

The Company has engaged with destination management companies and travel operators to improve their understanding of the trail, its stages, visitor...

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Women's Empowerment

Trail Host training and community skills development

The Pekoe Trail Company (Guarantee) Limited (TPTC), in collaboration with Steppes Travel and the Women’s Travel Collective, successfully implemented a Female...

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Hands-on Heritage: Learning to Pluck Tea

Skills & Training

Pekoe Trail Host Programme

Discussions are ongoing with interested donor-funded agencies and local government authorities to develop the Pekoe Trail Host Programme as a structured...

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Conservation

Youth participation in conservation

Students from Uva Wellassa University participated in practical activities on Stages 15 and 16, including repainting, waymark maintenance, litter collection...

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Conservation, Biodiversity & Research Initiatives

Conservation

Biodiversity and waste-management initiatives

The Pekoe Trail Company has engaged with environmental and conservation organisations, including the Wilderness and Wildlife Conservation Trust and Zero...

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Conservation

Payment for Ecosystem Services – UNDP BIOFIN and Talawakelle Tea Estates PLC

TPTC Payment for Ecosystem Services (PES) initiative with UNDP BIOFIN and Talawakelle Tea Estates PLC represents a significant development in linking tourism...

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Livelihoods

Community livelihoods and local economic participation

The Company is developing opportunities for local people to participate more directly in tourism through community hosting, guiding, accommodation, local food,...

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Rays of Pekoe: Morning Light Over the Tea Fields

Partnerships

Solidaridad – Community development and sustainability

Engagement with Solidaridad forms part of the Company’s wider stakeholder and sustainability work. This partnership should be documented as a separate...

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