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The
Government
of
Canada
has
changed
its
Travel
Report
on Sri
Lanka.
While
the new
report
advises
appropriate
caution,
it no
longer
recommends
prospective
visitors
to avoid
non-urgent
travel.
Commenting
on the
change,
the
Canadian
High
Commissioner
to Sri
Lanka,
Bruce
Levy,
said
"The new
wording
in our
Travel
Report
was
probably
overdue
and
speaks
to the
reality
that Sri
Lanka
has
entered
a new
era with
the end
of the
active
conflict
with the
LTTE.
And I
could
hardly
advise
other
Canadians
not to
travel
here
when my
family
and I
will
take
advantage
of the
holidays
to spend
time in
tea
country
and in
the
south."
Canadians
are
expected
to
travel
to Sri
Lanka in
ever
greater
numbers,
given
that
Canada
is home
to the
largest
Sri
Lankan
diaspora.
"I think
that you
will see
many Sri
Lankan
Canadians
returning
for
family
and
investment-related
visits,"
Levy
said.
He
added,
"They
will be
joined
by
others
who will
be
attracted
to the
potential
Sri
Lanka
offers
for a
tourism
experience
very
different
from
Canadians'
traditional
destinations
of
Mexico,
Caribbean,
US and
Europe."
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