Tuesday, April 5, 2022
The tourism industry of Sri Lanka, which continues to experience obstacles intermittently in its progress towards revitalization, is likely to witness hindrance due to the stringent government measures to silence the people from sharing their difficulties and problems.
Yesterday, while speaking to Mirror Business, The Hotels’ Association of Sri Lanka (THASL) said that it’s annoying the government got its main concerns mixed up at a time when the prime sectors that bring forex into the country must get help anyhow.
To quote THASL President M. Shantikumar, “The tourism industry is being killed. They are killing it. They talk much about how the sector will bring in the foreign exchange but they ignore all the issues it is going through to revive.” Following the attack on Easter Sunday, and then soon after the pandemic situation, the tourism industry got impacted harshly. The sector became idle due to close down of borders.
As the sector was slowly picking up the momentum, it started facing the problem related to power cuts and fuel shortages, affecting its services to tourists. As the stakeholders were fighting hard to look for solutions to stay floating somehow during the challenging times, the government added more problems by inflicting curfews.
“The curfew was imposed within such short notice. There was hardly any time for us to make the necessary arrangements. Making matters worse was the social media ban. Tourists were unable to communicate with their families about their situation in Sri Lanka. This is highly irresponsible,” stressed Shantikumar.
Tags: Sri Lanka Tourism
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