Sri Lanka travel advisories soften
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“The advisory now states that Dutch travellers must be cautious when travelling and they must use formal means of transport and tour operations”, he was quoted saying by the Sunday observer.
De Alwis said there were 19,360 tourists from the Netherlands last year. Up to July this year, there were 10,083 Dutch arrivals, some 20% lower than the same period last year. “We expect the arrivals from the Netherlands now progressively to get back to normalcy with softening of the travel advisory. We are also planning to carry out strong promotions in the Dutch market in the future to regain and develop strong market share”, he was quoted saying.
De Alwsi added that with the softening of the French travel advisory, the Sri Lanka French tour operators are preparing
to promote the country for the fall and winter seasons. He said France is an important market for Sri Lanka, from where around 30,000 tourists arrived, the fourth largest inbound tourism market. French travellers generally spend an average of 11 nights in Sri Lanka and with the drop in arrivals due to adverse travel advisories, the industry had lost over
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