Sri Lanka, May 3 -- An early and a fresh turbo boost will be given to the ailing tourism industry with a renewed commitment to accelerate the tourism promotion action plan process, a top official of Sri Lanka Tourism said recently.

Sri Lanka Tourism Chairperson Kirmali Fernando said it is too early to elaborate on the tourism promotion plan at this time when other priorities have taken precedence.

"We first need to take into account the financial needs of hotels, especially the SMEs in the leisure industry which have been severely hit by the crisis. We are already in discussion with certain parties to support us," Fernando said, adding that Sri Lanka Tourism is working on protocols on Covid-19, visas, airport operations and transportati...