Tourism-reliant Sri Lanka faces backlash over new visa system

May 6, 2024 admin

A fortnight after Sri Lanka switched to a new visa issuing system, authorities are facing a backlash over higher visa costs that could deter tourists, “Indian involvement”, and “corruption” in the subject minister’s push to outsource visa processing. Beginning April 17, 2024, Sri Lanka’s Department of Immigration and Emigration directed travellers to a new visa…

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Looking forward to speed up greater economic cooperation with India: Sri Lanka President Wickremesinghe

April 25, 2024 admin

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickramasinghe during their meeting at the Hyderabad house in New Delhi on July 21, 2023. | Photo Credit: R.V. Moorthy Sri Lanka is looking to accelerate greater economic cooperation with India with the tourism sector taking the lead, the island nation’s President Ranil Wickremesinghe said on…

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