Sri Lanka's hotels and resorts face uncertain future after suicide blasts

COLOMBO - The cancellations started before the dust had settled on the hotels and churches hit by suicide bombers in Sri Lanka as tourists and operators pressed the panic button.

Last Friday, European travel giant TUI announced that it had stopped taking bookings for the South Asian country. But with armed guards now a fixture in some Colombo hotels and cancellations flooding in after the carnage unleashed by coordinated suicide attacks, Minister Samaraweera must work out a rescue plan for establishments now facing ruin.

Mr Ukwatte, who is also president of the Hotels Association of Sri Lanka, hopes Sri Lanka can bounce back.

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