Sri Lanka, July 16 -- SLTDA creates provisional licensing to assist SME's enabling them to seek COVID-19 health certification to host tourists in the future.

Sri Lanka Tourism is extending its support to the Small and Medium sector which is considered to be over 60 % of the tourism industry. It is estimated that over 50,000 SME entities are involved in the tourism industry and contribute to the economy by providing employment and foreign exchange to the country as well as diverse experience to the visitor.

Their main booking method being online travel agents such as Airbnb, Booking.com, Agodaetc and most SMEs are in the unregistered category. Due to many barriers to get themselves registered, most of these service providers were not abl...