Sri Lankan personalities demand more consistent travel advice from FCDO

Wednesday, January 17, 2024

One of the top tourism providers from Sri Lanka and the UK have called for the government to improve the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office travel guidance concerning the safety issues of the nationals of UK in abroad.

Today, in an open letter that was unveiled, current advice is branded excessively harsh by the said campaigners who find the government guilty for methodically discouraging the travel industry in Sri Lanka and asks for an improved approach to attain consistency.

The former Captains of the Sri Lankan Cricket Team, Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene, have signed the open letter compiled by an important travel company, Experience Travel Group.

Also, the said open letter details about the impact on the tourism industry of Sri Lanka, which at present employs more than 380,000 people in 2023. The campaign asserts that the suggestion could injure Sri Lanka’s tourism, harmfully impacting one in five people in Sri Lanka who depend on tourism generated income. 

The Co-founder and Managing Director of Experience Travel Group, Sam Clark, says that it is clear that the travel advice of FCDO is no longer appropriate for purpose in regards to Sri Lanka. 

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