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Over 13 lakh tourists have visited Sri Lanka until August 2024, bringing in more than $2 billion in revenue. | Photo Credit: AFP Sri Lanka’s newly elected government led byPresident Anura Kumara Dissanayake has restored the country’s old visa system, adhering to a recent Supreme Court order that suspended a controversial new portal managed by…
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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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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…