http://www.dailynews.lk/2012/04/12/news19.asp

Sri Lanka now safe for tourism’

‘After eliminating terrorism, Sri Lanka is now achieving vast development and
progress in the tourism industry by attracting international tourists to its
shores. A large number of leading international investors have also arrived to
invest in Sri Lanka as the government has been able to win their confidence and
provide a secure environment for large scale investments, said Deputy Speaker
Chandima Weerakkody, addressing the 126th Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)
sessions in Kampala, Uganda on April 5. Delegates from 172 countries including
Sri Lanka, are attending the sessions.
Weerakkody who explained that Sri Lanka had entered the league of safest
countries for tourists in the world, said the country's economy was now
developing at a rapid pace encompassing all parts including the North and East.
The government is following a democratic strategy of developing the
respective areas of the country by accommodating the hopes and aspirations and
suggestions and proposals of the local people.
He said the secret behind Sri Lanka's success story was that it was ruled by
a popularly elected President who had more than 40 years of political
experience. Weerakkody also told the delegates that Sri Lanka was now busy
making arrangements to host the Commonwealth Parliamentary Union sessions in
September this year. He would invite all delegates to attend these sessions so
that they could personally see the rapid development and progress achieved by
Sri Lanka.