While Sri Lanka would study the success stories of other countries that suffered similar attacks, a sizable amount would be invested to hire a global PR agency to rebuild Sri Lanka’s brand image.
President, Tourist Hotels Association of Sri Lanka (THASL) Sanath Ukwatte, said that they have requested several concessions including short term tax releases from the government and said that the industry’s future (as well as 500,000 employees) would depend on it. He also requested for duty waivers to import security equipment for Tourist Board registered hotels.
There would be some employees seeking overseas employment since they would receive fewer service charges due to the less number of tourists.
Sri Lanka Inbound Tour Operators (SLITO) President, Harith Perera, said that due to the LTTE war stigma, whenever a similar incident occurs, tourists get upset due to past memories. “Earlier (LTTE war) travel advisories were around the North East, but this time, they are against travel throughout Sri Lanka and good PR campaigns are needed to overcome this.†Perera also reminded that ISIS had carried out 139 attacks in the USA, Canada, Paris, Germany, London, Indonesia, Thailand and Egypt, killing 6,400 and these countries had bounced back. “I am certain that no more incidents would take place in Sri Lanka too, where we could recover in less than one year.â€
Sri Lanka Government must also invest much more in defense infrastructure to ensure more security.â€
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