Sri Lanka aims to welcome 1 million tourists this year: Harin

 

Sri Lanka’s Tourism Minister Harin Fernando on Saturday said as things get back to normal after the recent political crisis in the island nation, the government aims to receive at least 1 million tourists this year, mostly from India. 

Fernando, who was in Ahmedabad to promote tourism in the island nation, said religious and cultural tourism between Sri Lanka and India “will make a lot of sense”. 

Sri Lanka has already logged five lakh tourists for the current year, and hopes to end the year with 10 lakh tourists, mostly from India, the minister said. There are a lot of values that India and Sri Lanka share,” the minister said.