Colombo (TAN): Sri Lanka has included the two biggest contributors to its tourism market – India and China – in the list of countries whose citizens can avail the island nation’s visa on arrival free of cost.
The visa scheme was originally introduced to increase the off-season tourism during the period from May to October. But then the terrorist attacks in Colombo happened and the tourism sector was hit hard.
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The government hopes the new move will help bring back tourists.
Indian tourists account for around 18 per cent of total tourist arrivals in Sri Lanka.
A total of 49 countries are now on Sri Lanka’s free visa-on-arrival list.
