Tourist arrivals to Sri Lanka slumped heavily by 70 per cent in May, largely due to visitors avoiding the country after the Easter Sunday attacks in April on three tourist hotels and three churches.
Arrivals last month totalled approximately 37,000 from 129,000 in the same May 2018, Tourism Promotion Bureau chief Kishu Gomes told a media briefing in Colombo on Tuesday. The authorities expect the numbers to improve with about a 30-40 per cent drop in June.
Mr. Gomes believes the numbers should improve by July when most travel advisories are softened by then. (Sunimalee)
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A Sri Lankan man was apprehended at Suvarnabhumi airport for attempting to smuggle wildlife out of the country after three ball pythons were found hidden in his underwear, the Bangkok post reported.
The UK government has unveiled a package of reforms to simplify imports from developing countries which allows for more garments manufactured in Sri Lanka to enter the UK tariff-free.
Read these and more on tomorrow’s edition of the Sunday Times
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