Sri Lanka’s inbound tour operators welcome relaxing of travel advisory by the UK
The Sri Lanka Association of Inbound Tour Operators has reportedly welcomed the decision by the UK to relax its travel advisory on Sri Lanka.
“We welcome the relaxation of the travel advisory with open arms because the UK is a very important market for us,” President Harith Perera has been quoted as saying in the local media.
“The UK is the biggest European market, so we are very happy about it and I hope business goes back to usual numbers,” he has said.
The British made up 11 percent of tourists who visited Sri Lanka in 2018.
According to Perera, the travel advisories against Sri Lanka have been relaxed much quicker now, compared to the past when the country went through a civil war.
He has noted that the US is the only large market left to relax the travel advisory on Sri Lanka.
OSL take:
Stakeholders of Sri Lanka’s tourism industry have welcomed the revision of travel advisories of several foreign countries that are also key source markets of the island nation’s tourism industry. The country’s tourism industry together with the Sri Lankan government have formulated several promotional campaigns as well as initiatives to help the industry bounce back from the blow suffered following the Easter Sunday attacks. All these have resulted in the expansion of business/investment opportunities in Sri Lanka’s tourism industry.
| Article Code : | VBS/AT/10062019/Z_7 |