Articles tagged “sri lanka”

The average tourist puts little thought into the domestic political activities of foreign operators, but it seems that booking through a certified company is the least that foreigners can do to help.

There's still lots of problems in Sri Lanka, including its terrible record on press freedom. But tourism will surely open up more economic opportunities for the post-war economy.

While we can turn up our nose on this triumphalism, war tourism is one way of dealing with the traumas. Read the comments on the Economist story to get the complexities & emotions involved.