SLAITO, One Industry One Voice hail lifting of Emergency, French travel advisory

Sri Lanka Association of Inbound Tour Operators (SLAITO) and ‘ One Industry One Voice’ (A coalition of tourism associations in Sri Lanka coming together for the sustainable development of the industry) state that they are happy to hear that plans are in place not to extend Emergency Regulations beyond this weekend.

“This move will no doubt open the doors for tourism to flourish once again. With this important move and the easing of the fuel supplies, we hope the foreign governments will lift the negative travel advisories currently in place, on travel to Sri Lanka which will be another positive move.

It’s time we as an industry get together to promote Sri Lanka once again and also we look forward to working closely with the newly appointed Tourism Advisory Committee in this endeavor. We hope that we will be able to participate in the forthcoming important trade fairs, IFTM Paris, WTM London & ITB Berlin which will no doubt be a boost to the industry. We also hope to host the Travel Agents Association of India congress together with the SLTPB, which has been postponed to November.”

They also said that the French authorities have relaxed the travel advisory to Sri Lanka which is a welcome move and hoped that other countries too would consider this.