Group of tourists at the Independence Square, Colombo 07

The picture shows a group of tourists at the Independence Square, Colombo 07 yesterday. Tourist arrivals almost doubled in June over May as the industry which generated US $ 4.4 billion for Sri Lanka’s economy last year moves to recovery after the deadly Easter Sunday terrorist attacks on April 21. Sri Lanka welcomed 1.16 million tourists in the first half of this year. Tourism authorities last week said they were expecting to end this year with 2.1 million tourists down from the original target of 2.5 million tourists
Pic by Pradeep Pathirana