India’s Foreign Policy Sri Lanka offers free visas to Indians to revive tourism Sri Lanka waived visa fee to issue free tourist visas to tourists from China, India, Russia, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Japan until March 31, 2024. The move aims to boost tourist arrivals and help rebuild the nation’s battered economy following financial crash in 2023. In 2023 over 2 lakh Indian tourists constituting 20 % of the total tourist arrivals have visited Sri Lanka until September 2023. Note Sri Lanka’s tourism sector is struggling to bounce back after three major setbacks in the last few years The Easter Sunday terror attacks in 2019 The corona virus pandemic in 2020 and 2021 The unprecedented economic crisis in 2022. Until now, Indian tourists were charged $20 as visa fee. About Sri Lanka Capitals - Colombo, Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte Currency - Sri Lankan Rupee President - Ranil Wickremesinghe Prime minister - Dinesh Gunawarden
