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The U.S.
Department
of State
has
issued a
“revised”
travel
advisory
for
Americans
in Sri
Lanka to
reflect
"improving
security
conditions
in the
country,”
according
to the
U.S.
Embassy
in
Colombo.
At the
same
time,
Japan
relaxed
its,
“Travel
Advisory
&
Warning,”
for Sri
Lanka to
a
“Travel
Caution,”
also
noting
the
improved
security
situation.
The
United
Kingdom
revised
its
travel
warning
in July
2009.
The
State
Department’s
decision
comes
exactly
six
months
after
Sri
Lankan
Government
forces
defeated
the LTTE.
No
terrorist
incidents
have
occurred
in Sri
Lanka
since
then,
and
tourism
arrivals
have
increased
substantially.
The
Government
expects
to
attract
2.5
million
tourists
in 2010.
In
its
revised
travel
warning,
the
State
Department
says:
“Stability
in the
southern
and
western
areas of
the
country
has
improved
with the
cessation
of
hostilities.
The
Department
of State
urges
U.S.
citizens
to
remain
vigilant
while
traveling
in Sri
Lanka.”
The
State
Department
further
states
that
landmines
are
buried
throughout
northern
Sri
Lanka.
The
Government
of Sri
Lanka
has
launched
a
widespread
de-mining
effort
there.
There
are an
estimated
1.5
million
landmines
and
unexploded
ordnance
in
northern
Sir
Lanka,
and
Government
forces
have
continued
to
unearth
buried
LTTE
weapons
caches.
But no
terrorist
incidents
have
occurred.
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