Germany mentions Arugam Bay (!)

With the security situation in the country rapidly improving with the collapse of the LTTE in May this year, Germany has further relaxed travel restrictions imposed on German nationals visiting Sri Lanka.

The German Embassy said that a long standing travel advisory had been eased enabling German tourists to visit Yala National Park and Arugam Bay. The Defence Ministry welcomed the move while urging other countries to review existing travel restrictions on foreigners imposed years ago. A senior Ministry official told The Island that the LTTE no longer posed a threat on national security.

Sri Lankaa??s tourism has great potential. The new German Ambassador Jens Uwe Plotner who makes the observation says that the wide diversity tourism covers in Sri Lanka range from cultural sites, sunny beaches, tea plantations to wild life and safaris. It indeed is a small universe which he says has attracted German tourists to Sri Lanka for over three decades.

He was not surprised to find that the most number of tourists to Sri Lanka for several years had come from Germany. “Now is the time for Sri Lanka to exploit its vast tourism potential by assuring stable and reliable investment-conditions, investing in transport-infrastructure and upgrading existing hotels on the Island, she will be able to once again climb to the top lists of Asian holiday destinations,” Ambassador Plotner told The Island Voveran ointment price . He added: The well-established label “Green Lanka” besides is very relevant for tourism. Even during their holidays European tourists are increasingly becoming sensitive to environment-protection and Sri Lanka can develop a real quality-brand!”