A travel trade-led campaign to amend the Foreign Office’s travel advice for Sri Lanka has been brought up in a House of Lords debate on foreign affairs.
The group said it will work with the government and policymakers to transform the UK travel industry (Credit: iStock)
In January, Experience Travel Group published an open letter with 35 signatories calling for FCDO advice on Sri Lanka to be amended.
It criticised mentions of fuel and food shortages in the country dating back to the 2022 political unrest and continued references to the 2019 terrorist attacks.
The letter, signed by tourism providers in the UK and Sri Lanka, labelled current advice “overly harsh” and said the UK the government was “systematically undermining the travel industry” in Sri Lanka.
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