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Tourist Board restores travel confidence by ANTON NONIS Speculations about a drastic drop in tourist arrivals has been put to rest, with the Tourist Board claiming that the situation is under control. The claim is corroborated by the British High Commission which in a press release stated that the British government had not advised against travel to Sri Lanka. Speculation has been rife about a drop in tourist arrivals following the sacking of three ministers by the President and the perceived political instability. Ceylon Tourist Board Director General, S. Kalaiselvam, said there had been some tension among the tourists in the first day or two, due to the sudden instability in the political scene. "This resulted in some of the bookings getting cancelled. But the negative effects did not last for long," he said adding that the Ceylon Tourist Board together with other tourist organisations in the country quickly got together and did the needful bringing the situation under control. According to Kalaiselvam, timely propaganda was carried out in Britain to convince British tourists that the situation in Sri Lanka was not bad and that things were fast returning to normal. "It went a long way and enabled to re-activate even those bookings which were cancelled." The Ceylon Tourist Board is also confident that there would not be a depletion in the number of bookings for the Sri Lanka-England cricket tournament scheduled to begin on November 18. The Board has predicted over 10,000 British tourists arrivals for this tournament. |
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