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Eradication of terrorism cause to the development of tourism
According to the sources of Wildlife Department as Sri Lanka government was able to eradicate the terrorism from our country local and foreign tourists who come to visit national parks and other attractive places in Sri Lanka have increased rapidly and the income has doubled.
Because of the terrorists activities prevailed in the country for a long period many tourists were afraid to come to our island and move freely and many countries in the world had imposed travel restrictions on the country. Since the date our valiant forces defeated the terrorism those countries had lifted those travel restrictions and that may cause to the development of the industry.
A total of 33,771 locals and 19,281 foreigners have visited all national parks in the country in January. In February it stood 47104 locals and 21104 foreigners, the Department detailed.
Most number of visitors was reported from Yala with figures at 16,274 locals and 11,787 foreigners. These visits were increased with the opening of all entrance gates to Yala. 5376 locals and 746 foreigners were at the Udawalawe National Park while another 5049 locals and 2776 foreigners visited Horton place, the Department stated.
Improvements in visitor facilities and new additions have attracted more visitors. The department aims at further increasing these numbers within this year.