Another Green Light for Sri Lanka Tourism

Sri Lanka president appoints his brother and advisor for president Basil Rajapakse as new minister of Economic Development, Tourism is under his portfolio.

Sri Lankan tourism industry is currently on a revival path following the end of the war last year and has seen an increase in the number of foreign tourist arrivals to the country. Over 34,000 tourists visited Sri Lanka in March 2009 and the figure stood at 52,352 at the end of last month, which according to statistics is a 53.7% increase. Indians topped the list of tourists arriving in the country with 8,607 visiting Sri Lanka and tourists from the United Kingdom (8,559) and Germany (5,305) closely following All the tourists throughout the world can be hope economically developed sri lanka to enjoy their life since tourism industry is a subject under Economic Development Ministry.