- Thursday, April 25, 2024
By: Keerthi Mohan
The political crisis in Sri Lanka is slowly starting to affect the country’s tourism industry. According to a Reuters report, the uncertainty, triggered by president Maithripala Sirisena sacking prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and replacing him with Mahinda Rajapaksa, has prompted cancellations by both business and leisure visitors. “We have cancellations in the region of about 20 per cent,” Chandra Mohotti, a manager at the luxury Galle Face Hotel in the capital city of Colombo, told Reuters. “Normally our hotel would be full. We are offering discounts because of the fear that allocations will not be utilised.” Tourism makes up for…
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