Sri Lanka, Dec. 20 -- Tourism Minister Prasanna Ranatunga said the Government will resume international charter flights from December 26, nearly eight months after they were closed due to the Covid-19 outbreak. Initially, we will permit tourists to visit Sri Lanka via charter flights, and hope to resume commercial flights next month, the Minister told the Sunday Observer yesterday

The Minister said they have called upon the health authorities to advise them on how they should handle the movements of tourists who will arrive on charter flights. The health authorities will give its final approval to the program on Monday (December 21), he said. He said they have called upon the health authorities to initially permit charter flights and the...