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Ukrainian tourists engage in whale watching
Ukrainian tourists engage in whale watching
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COLOMBO (News1st): The first batch of Ukrainian tourists touring Sri Lanka as part of a pilot tourism project engaged in whale watching off Mirissa on Saturday.
“I think this is good news for everyone in the tourism industry,” Udayanga Weeratunga, a former Sri Lankan ambassador to Russia told media.
Weeratunga had accompanied the tourist group that went whale watching.
Another group of Ukrainian tourists visited the Yala National Park that is among the locations permitted to be visited by the health ministry.
Meanwhile, the third flight carrying Ukrainian tourists arrived in the country with 178 passengers, officials said.
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Stakeholders of Sri Lanka’s tourism industry yesterday assured that the ongoing pilot project carried out as a first step towards re-opening the country for tourists, is going ahead as planned despite some expected hiccups, for which appropriate courses of action has been planned out.
With the arrival of a charter flight from Ukraine on Monday (28), Sri Lanka re-opened its doors to tourists after nine months.
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Strict health guidelines for tourists Daily News (via HT Media Ltd.)
Tourism Minister Prasanna Ranatunga has given directions to the Chairperson of the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority Kimarli Fernando on the health guidelines to be implemented during the Tourism Pilot Project which is due to be implemented between December 28 and January 24.
The Pilot Project’s stakeholders include the Department of Immigration, Civil Aviation Authority, Airport and Aviation Services (Sri Lanka) Ltd /Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority and the Ministry of Health.
Tourists can arrive on board Charter Flights, Scheduled Flights or on Private Jets to the Katunayake (BIA) and Mattala MRIA) Airports.