A Visa for Sri Lanka?

Posted on: 8 September 2010 by (No Comments)

Some of you might have heard that the Sri Lanka Govt (in their infinite wisdom) decided to abolish visa on arrival for tourists. This cunning ruse has been abandoned after very strong protests from the tourist industry of Sri Lanka who pointed out that it might just be a little foolish to destablise a resurgent Sri Lankan hospitality industry – one of the countries top 3 foreign currency earners (after tea and foreign worker remittances I believe).

So just to confirm: visitors to Sri Lanka plannning to stay for under a month are not required to purchase a visa in advance!

Sam Clark

Sam Clark is one of the founding members of Experience Travel. His passion for Asia was first ignited by the travel writing of Norman Lewis, combined with the sad fact that the furthest he went as a child was to Scotland. Ever since spending his 19th birthday in Northern India, he has been making up for lost time, travelling all over the world including a stint living in Sri Lanka.

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