ECONOMYNEXT – Tourist arrivals to Sri Lanka has remained higher in the last eight days of October compared to last year, the official government data showed, despite the U.S. Embassy in Colombo and six other foreign missions issued travel advisories over a potential attack on a tourism hot s...
Tourism operators have raised concerns over possible cancellation of bookings due to the travel advisories, though there has been hardly any cancellation so far. Any adverse impacts on the tourism industry could derail Sri Lanka’s recovery from an unprecedented economic crisis after declaring sovere...