ECONOMYNEXT – Stakeholders in Sri Lanka’s tourism industry say the island nation is ready to receive tourists as usual in the Winter season as Cyclone Ditwah-hit devastation has minimal damage on the tourism infrastructure. However, the Tourism authorities are yet to assess the full damage to hotels, though they have proposed some post-disaster beneficiary scheme including providing financial support to affected hoteliers. The disaster has killed more than 450 people while the rescue operation is continuing mainly in the central Sri Lankan districts of Kandy and Nuwara Eliya, the two popular tourist destinations. “Hotels are fully operational. We do have…
Sri Lanka says minimum damage to tourism infrastructure; ready to receive foreigners
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