Sri Lanka, Nov. 17 -- The revival and development of the tourism industry in Sri Lanka depends lot on slashing the exorbitantly high airfares especially from Europe to Sri Lanka which could be achieved by negotiating with major carriers from Europe, said Aquarius Resorts (Pvt) Ltd., CEO Dr. Dietmar Doering.
He said the tourism ministry has been unable to tackle the issue of exorbitant airfares from Europe to Sri Lanka.
First-time travellers from Europe could become 'repeaters' if reasonable airfares are offered, but unfortunately, there is still no sign of seeing any meaningful efforts to take up this important issue directly with the international airlines concerned.
"It would have been a promising step to directly invite the heads of E...