Move reversed

27 August 2010 02:00 pm

The decision to suspend the visa on arrival facility to countries except Singapore and the Maldives has been reversed just minutes after the previous announcement pending further discussions, Controller General of Immigration and Emigration W. A. C. Perera told Daily Mirror online.

The decision was reversed after it created an uproar in the hotel industry as it would have affected the arrival of tourists in the country, sources told Daily Mirror online.  

Mr. Perera had earlier stated that tourists arriving to Sri Lanka from nearly 70 countries will be required to obtain visas from the department of immigration and emigration in Colombo or from the Sri Lankan missions abroad before their arrival in Sri Lanka. (Daily Mirror online)