New lease of life for Sri Lanka after conflict –  The Financial Times

<p>[December 23 2010]

<p>The end of decades of violent conflict in Sri Lanka has brought a new lease of life for the country and as the tourists start flooding in, so might foreign investors, writes Ginanne Brownell in an article to FDI Magazine (The Financial Times) .

<p>What is also growing in Sri   Lanka is interest from foreign investors, in everything from IT to medical tourism.

<p>According to greenfield investment monitor fDi Markets, last year there was a total of $1.91bn in investments – this year the total stands at $525m as at October, the report states adding Opportunities for investment include a broad range of sectors, from IT, business process outsourcing (BPO) and infrastructure, to agriculture, medical tourism and transport.