THE government hopes to promote war-torn Jaffna as a tourist destination soon.
Tourism Promotion Minister Faizer Mustapha speaking to Daily Mirror at the launch of the Hikkaduwa beach festival this evening said that Jaffna will be marketed for its diversity and not as a former war zone.
“We would like to have events in Jaffna and the East. We would not like to market Jaffna as a war zone, but to market Jaffna as another province in Sri Lanka which offers diversity. People in that area suffered due to terrorism and will like to move away from that part of history,” the Minister said.
He said that the Tamil Diaspora in UK and Canada have a great interest in attending events in Jaffna and promoting the place would in turn help Sri Lanka tourism.
(Courtesy: Daily mirror)
