At a time when the Sri Lankan tourism industry is recording a significant drop in tourist arrivals, a group comprising 52 tourists from Russia reached the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) on Wednesday.
The group arrived at the BIA at 8.20 am, today (05), in Russian aircraft S-6265, which arrived from Moscow, Russia.
The visitors had said that even though Russia was aware of the brutal attacks, they still wanted to visit Sri Lanka as planned while dismissing claims that the country was unsafe for travel.
The Russian tourists are expected to spend around 12 days in Sri Lanka in areas such as Weligama, Hikkaduwa and Bentota.
“We also plan to visit Sigiriya, Nuwareliya and the Ella areas as well,”, one tourist said.
The tour was organised by a private travel promotion firm in Sri Lanka.