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Tourism Minister Prasanna Ranatunga said that Sri Lanka has launched tourism promotion initiatives with Russia and Ukraine under the Government's program to uplift the tourism industry.
The minister said that Russia and Ukraine are among the top 10 countries with the highest number of tourist arrivals in recent times.
During the pandemic, Sri Lanka implemented a project with Ukraine and Kazakhstan to bring tourists to Sri Lanka. Accordingly, 24,320 tourists have arrived in the country in the recent past.
Of those, 250 tourists have been contracted with COVID-19. About 150 of those who have been infected with the virus have returned to their country after recovering completely. Another 100 tourists are still receiving treatment in the country, the Ministry said.
Meanwhile, direct flights between Sri Lanka and Russia will commence from November 4, the Ministry said.
The decision was taken during a meeting between officials of the Russian Aeroflot Airlines and Sri Lanka Civil Aviation authority at Aeroflot Airlines headquarters in Moscow, Russia.
The Ministry said that step will be taken to hold such discussions with leading airlines around the world in the future with the aim of promoting Sri Lanka as an attractive tourist destination.
The talks are being held on the instructions of Tourism Minister Prasanna Ranatunga and discussion with Russian Aeroflot Airlines was the beginning of the programme.
During the meeting it was decided to resume flights between Russia and Sri Lanka from November 4. During the initial discussions, it was decided to fly from Russia to Sri Lanka twice a week.
The ministry said that the arrival of Russian tourists will increase further after the launch of direct flights from November 4.(Darshana Sanjeewa Balasuriya)
European Sunday, 05 September 2021 12:08 PM
Good luck with that.
Eichmann Bernhard (Germany) Sunday, 05 September 2021 12:29 PM
And they get special rights again. For them, there are again special regulations for entry.
rajapakku Sunday, 05 September 2021 12:38 PM
Attract tourists or corona? LOL.. No country likes these tourists..
Seb Sunday, 05 September 2021 01:18 PM
Corona is already here but money is not.
Janaka Saratchandra Sunday, 05 September 2021 01:06 PM
That’s all we need, more prostitutes and new strains of Covid
Be Fair Sunday, 05 September 2021 01:12 PM
Common Minister you can do much better, can't you
PD Sunday, 05 September 2021 03:34 PM
Excellent! We need dollars and after Oct15 we should be fully vaccinated so should ve okay.
vince Sunday, 05 September 2021 05:47 PM
badly informed. Read more about vaccines and how it works.
Travis Sunday, 05 September 2021 03:38 PM
Ukrainian hahhahah what a joke .. we will have to give them money to come
Erode Terribile Sunday, 05 September 2021 03:46 PM
unbelievable - how stupid does the person responsible have to be? What is being done for the population? Who earns from this action - a member of the government? Sad development
Bernard Sunday, 05 September 2021 03:49 PM
Russia is one of the highly Corona-infected countries and very soon Sri Lanka will become a Corona treatment centre for tourists.
Suresh Sunday, 05 September 2021 05:59 PM
Which variant are we after now?
Nisal Rodriges Sunday, 05 September 2021 06:12 PM
With russian and ukrainians ??? The cheapest crowd possibly,seriously?? It is rediculous!!!
Hmmm Sunday, 05 September 2021 07:03 PM
Russians are bringing "dollars"???
Ds Monday, 06 September 2021 10:30 AM
Haha! Many Ministers are horny these days
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