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Sri Lanka reopens for tourists after 10 months

The Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau has set up what it calls a "Safe and Secure" bubble, mandating pre-departure PCR tests for tourists, restricting their stay to designated high-end hotels and beach resorts, and allowing access to select tourist spots, to limit visitors from mixing with the local community. 

India is among Sri Lanka’s top tourist source markets and the possibility of establishing a tourism bubble for the neighbours was discussed when External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar visited Colombo earlier this month.