Sri Lanka, Sept. 25 -- The Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage was facing a risk of being blacklisted for tourists due to various reasons including overcrowding of the orphanage, Tourism Minister Prasanna Ranatunge said.
He told Parliament that a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) had filed a case against it at the Court of Appeal which had also aggravated the situation.
He was responding to a question raised by Samagi Jana Balawegaya MP Hesha Vithanage.
The Minister said arrival of tourists and income of the Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage has been decreasing annually and said the ministry was planning to develop it in the future.
"Several reasons resulted in the decrease of income and arrival of tourists. Some administrative changes had been m...