Travel advisory relaxed

15 October 2010 11:36 am

The Japanese government further relaxed its travel advisory on its national’s visiting the Northern provinces of Sri Lanka today. The security cautionary level in Jaffna, Kilinochchi, Vavuniya and Mannar cities were reduced on par with the city of Colombo, an embassy statement said

Accordingly the revised travel advisory has been categorized on the level of “Travel Caution” (Level 1), which advises Japanese national to stay alert to the security situation and take the necessary precautions.

Travel to the areas in the Northern Provinces other than those mentioned above would prevail at the level of “Recommendation to consider whether or not to travel” (Level 2), due to the mine clearing activities which are in progress.