O tagata faatupu faalavelave i le Aso Sa o le Eseta o lenei tausaga ia Aperila 21 na pomu ai falesa ma faletalimalo taugata i Sri Lanka, fasiotia le silia ma le 250 tagata, e aofia ai le 42 tagata mai fafo. O le i'uga, ua tele atunu'u ua tu'uina atu fa'amatalaga femalaga'iga, ua fa'aleagaina ai le tele o pisinisi tau turisi a le atunu'u.
O tagata asiasi mai fafo na taunuu mai ia Me na paʻu i le 70.8 pasene, o le maualalo talu mai le faaiuga o le taua a Sri Lanka i le sefulu tausaga talu ai. O femalagaiga turisi i le lautele mo le afa muamua o le tausaga na paʻu i le 13.4 pasene.
Ia taumafai ma toe aumai turisi, o le Sri Lanka Matagaluega Turisi o loʻo ofoina atu ni visa turisi e leai se totogi pe a taunuʻu i atunuu e 48, e aofia ai Saina, Initia, Peretania, Taialani, Amerika, Ausetalia, Korea i Saute, Kanata, Sigapoa, Niu Sila, Malaysia, Suitiselani, Cambodia, Tenimaka, Suetena, Nouei, Finelani, Iceland, Rusia, ma atunuu EU.
O visa turisi e masani ona tau $20 i le $40 ma e talosaga mo luga o le initoneti poo i Sri Lanka embassies ma consulates. Na faamaonia mai e le ofisa mai le Matagaluega o Tagata Tafafao Maimoa o le a tumau pea le aoga mo le 6 masina i le taimi e iloilo ai e le malo le leiloa o tupe maua visa. . Fai mai le Minisita o Atinae o Tagata Tafafao Maimoa mai Fafo John Amaratunga, na ia manatu o le gaioiga e siitia ai le au taunuu mai ae e le o iai se fua faatatau o ana tupe maua mai le totogiina o visa.
O turisi o le lona tolu sili ona tele ma televave le tuputupu aʻe o tupe mai fafo i Sri Lanka i le 2018, e tusa ma le $ 4.4 piliona poʻo le 4.9 pasene o le tamaoaiga o le atunuʻu.
OA MEA E AVEA MAI LENEI TUSI:
- To try and bring tourists back, the Sri Lanka Tourism Ministry is offering free tourism visas on arrival to 48 countries, including China, India, the United Kingdom, Thailand, the United States, Australia, South Korea, Canada, Singapore, New Zealand, Malaysia, Switzerland, Cambodia, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Iceland, Russia, and EU nations.
- An official from the Tourism Development Ministry confirmed that the offer will remain in effect for 6 months at which time the government will assess the loss of visa revenue.
- Tourism Development Minister John Amaratunga said that he expects the move to boost arrivals but did not have an estimate of its earnings from visa payments.
