Sri Lanka's travel industry faces uncertainty as tourists flee

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Sri Lanka's lucrative tourism industry is likely to be sent into a tailspin following the deadly bomb attacks.

For Pakistani executive Kashif Ali, it was a lucky escape. The 33-year-old had been trying to book his family into the Cinnamon Grand only to be told that no rooms were available.

A foreigner checks his mobile phone while waiting outside a mortuary of a hospital, a day after series of blasts, in Colombo, Sri Lanka.At Colombo's international airport, nervous and exhausted travellers lined up to leave the country as heavily armed soldiers manned the entry and exit points. Another travel agent Saman Palitha said that"the only group we were expecting later this month has cancelled - 13 people from India who said that for the time being they don't feel safe travelling here with their family".

 

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