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Disaster tourism: Blackouts, shortages hit Sri Lanka recovery hopes

The Times of India | 01/04/2022 01:28 PM | Click to read full article

Electricity stoppages, petrol queues, and escalating protests are threatening hopes that a tourism revival could help arrest Sri Lanka's intensifying financial crisis.

After being ravaged by civil war for decades the country's coconut palm-lined beaches and exotic wildlife more recently made it a popular stomping ground for both high-end globetrotters and budget travelers.

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