‘Sri Lanka now safe for tourism’

‘After eliminating terrorism, Sri Lanka is now achieving vast development and progress in the tourism industry by attracting international tourists to its shores. A large number of leading international investors have also arrived to invest in Sri Lanka as the government has been able to win their confidence and provide a secure environment for large scale investments, said Deputy Speaker Chandima Weerakkody, addressing the 126th Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) sessions in Kampala, Uganda on April 5. Delegates from 172 countries including Sri Lanka, are attending the sessions.

Weerakkody who explained that Sri Lanka had entered the league of safest countries for tourists in the world, said the country's economy was now developing at a rapid pace encompassing all parts including the North and East.

The government is following a democratic strategy of developing the respective areas of the country by accommodating the hopes and aspirations and suggestions and proposals of the local people.

He said the secret behind Sri Lanka's success story was that it was ruled by a popularly elected President who had more than 40 years of political experience. Weerakkody also told the delegates that Sri Lanka was now busy making arrangements to host the Commonwealth Parliamentary Union sessions in September this year. He would invite all delegates to attend these sessions so that they could personally see the rapid development and progress achieved by Sri Lanka.