Sri Lanka, Nov. 29 -- By Shabiya Ali Ahlam

Although the government continues to place high hopes in the local tourism industry to fetch the much-needed foreign exchange earnings to assist the country's journey towards revival, the industry asserted the need for relevant authorities to provide long-term sustainable solutions to its problems to ensure effective contribution to the national economy.

The new chief of The Hotels Association of Sri Lanka (THASL) M. Shanthikumar pointed out that despite several representations made to key ministries and government authorities, pleas of the industry had fallen on deaf ears.

However, statements from the government, especially after the Budget 2022, on the expectation from the hard-hit industry ...