Britain relaxes travel advisory for Sri Lanka

A worker disinfects visitors chairs as Sri Lanka’s government scheduled to reopen the country’s airports for tourists from January 21, 2021, as they were closed since March 2020 due to spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at Bandaranaike International Airport in Katunayake, Sri Lanka January 20, 2021. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte

Aug 26 (Reuters) – The British government has relaxed its travel advisory for Sri Lanka, the Foreign Office said in a statement on Friday.

In July, the Foreign Office advised against all but essential travel because of the impact of the country’s economic crisis. read more

Reporting by Rishabh Jaiswal in Bengaluru; Editing by Christian Schmollinger

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