Jeanne Monday, 05 February 2024 03:16 PM

They should get their heads examined ....or they should try actually "living" here and then let us see if they are still "loving" Sri Lanka - with our without flags. Easy to wave flags when they are given to you as part of a tourist promotion stunt.

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Ganesh Monday, 05 February 2024 05:01 PM

@jeanne, anyone can love any place they visit. They dont need to get their heads examined. If not for them visitors, we would probably need a gun to our heads to put us out of our misery.

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Sandhayani. Gunatilake Monday, 05 February 2024 05:06 PM

It's true, they have to live here for at least a month before they say " loving Srilanka" this could be a gimmick played by the tourist boad or even Chinese. those two tourists look like Chinese. have a closer look. Just like trying to make the refugees 'Rohingas citizens ( why can't the wealthy middle easten countries take them. Chinese are trying so hard to bring more and more Chinese to settle in srilanka. Why can't this be stopped.??

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SL good place for a vacation Monday, 05 February 2024 05:07 PM

Like in any other country, SL is a nice place to have a holiday. So long we are away from work or the normal routine back home, SL has the charm, personality

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Volker Metzger Monday, 05 February 2024 05:24 PM

You can love Sri Lanka even if you don't carry the national flag with you!!! Sri Lanka is in the best sense of the word a wonderful, an extraordinary, even an impressive country! Its history, its culture, its philosophy, created in a paradise-like plant world, have given this country a special place among the ancient civilizations since ancient times! If you study the philosophy of this country and visit the central places of its effectiveness to this day, then your attention and admiration for what human spirit has produced on this green island grows!!! Even if the country is in distress due to a failed, criminal policy, precisely because of this and also because of the people, this country will always remain an excellent travel destination!!! It's not for nothing that I have traveled to Sri Lanka more than 50 times!

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n sathees Monday, 05 February 2024 06:47 PM

@Jeanne They are her to see the beauty of our country which we under appreciate!

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Victim Monday, 05 February 2024 07:43 PM

I totally agree with Jeanne.

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Panini Edirisisinhe Monday, 05 February 2024 07:45 PM

At first sight it looks as though only foreigners love Sri Lanka. We who are both citizens and residents here, love it differently. We belong here, and will not indulge in shallow flag-waving, although I appreciate the gestures made.

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K Siva Monday, 05 February 2024 09:23 PM

Well said, our gullibility has no limit, may be sky is the limit.

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Jeanne Tuesday, 06 February 2024 02:50 AM

@Volker : I love your enthusiastic appreciation of this once beautiful country - unfortunately it is misplaced in the current context and, just like the caption is a highly insensitive comment.

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Wijebahu Tuesday, 06 February 2024 03:13 AM

Jeanne, You seems to be very unhappy with your life, you reap what you sow, try examining your head. Tourists are spending their own money after doing own research about the destination. And helping our economy along the way and we should be thankful for that. Read what Volker written here, which is a genuine response about Sri Lanka, most visitors praise our people and culture. It is so ironic that people are insulting visitors helping our country in difficult economic situation. There are so many places in the world tourists can spend holidays, yet they visit us and we should be thankful for that.

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Punchi Tuesday, 06 February 2024 05:22 AM

We got independence from the whiteman. Substantial parts of our population are living in whiteman countries. Others want to go there to live or work. Our people and country have an expectation of receiving and receiving whitemans aid, grants and benefits. Our economy depends on white people visiting us. Wha is this independence ? We could have remained under whitemans rule.

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Sokrates Tuesday, 06 February 2024 09:36 AM

@ Volker Metzger. I have known Sri Lanka for 50 years, lived here for 30 years and have a company here. Like you, I am German and love Sri Lanka. It is undoubtedly one of the most beautiful countries. However, I can do without most of the locals.

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Fred Tuesday, 06 February 2024 11:12 AM

Some tourists are enjoying their stay here and why not they are on holiday. That is all there is to it And Sri Lankan papers are full of superficial stuff like this in their reporting. May be the lack of press freedom has contributed to it fear of criticism, sad

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Umusha pathirana Tuesday, 06 February 2024 12:20 PM

You love sir Lanka until you get RIPPED OFF by a TUKTUK driver

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tourists paradise Tuesday, 06 February 2024 05:52 PM

Many countries closer to Sri Lanka like Malaysia Thailand India Nepal Vietnam Singapore Indonesia etc. according to statistics recieved more tourists than Sri Lanka in 2023. The city where I live in the vicinity of Sri Lanka known as a tourists paradise recieves approx. 14 million tourists a year more than the numer of tourists visiting Sri Lanka annually.

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