First tourist group after nine months

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A special flight carrying 185 tourists on board from Ukraine arrived at the Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport (MRIA) today, nine months since the airports had been closed for tourists due to COVID-19 pandemic. Pix by T.K.G. Kapila

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First tourist group after nine months

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