Sri Lanka likely to reopen Colombo international airport prior to Aug 1

Sri Lankan government has said it is considering reopening of the Colombo international airport prior to August 1st. Earlier, the government has announced a strategy to open the country for tourists from August 1st with safety precautions.

The travel industry and Aviation Minister Prasanna Ranatunga said today that each one of those hoping to show up in Sri Lanka will be brought back before the reviving of the air terminal for the sightseers. The clergyman accentuated this must be concluded by the accessibility of spaces at isolate focuses in the nation. He said that the repatriation of Sri Lankan exiles could be finished before August



1. 

Mr. Ranatunga said there are around 20,000 more Sri Lankans hoping to return while at any rate 10,000 people were brought and are being isolated. The priest said that after the reviving of the air terminal for voyagers, consideration would be made to get travelers in gatherings and that all visitors ought to experience PCR tests on their appearance.

Sri Lanka earns over five billion US dollars of revenue from tourism which has been adversely impacted by COVID crisis. The government is hopeful for return of tourists as life is slowly returning to normalcy in the country. There have been only few cases reported over past one week and none of them suggest community transmission.