According to the Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, relaxing the travel restrictions imposed on Sri Lanka by countries such as Germany, Switzerland, India, and China will put new life into the country’s tourism industry that was severely affected by the recent group of events.
Prime Minister Wickremesinghe also, pointed out that the Cabinet has taken a decision to activate a special promotion for tourism concentrating on European countries, India and China to attract tourists by next August.
Furthermore, he also pointed out that Sri Lanka will be able to reach the targetted number of tourists by December this year.
Prime Minister Wickremesinghe expressed his confidence that other countries that have imposed travel bans on Sri Lanka will soon take measures to lift the ban considering the swift measures taken by the government to counter terrorist activities in the country.
