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Tourism picks up as country returns to normalcy – BY CHAMIKARA WEERASINGHE * Income to reach over USD 1 billion by 2025 * SL to participate in World Tourism Market in London * Targets high-end tourists * Miss Tourism World 2022 to increase tourist arrivals Source : sundayobserver Sri Lanka’s tourism sector is showing signs of recovery with the internal political situation returning to normalcy, Tourism Ministry’s Additional Secretary for Development, Jayasiri Wijayanath Thennakoon told the Sunday Observer yesterday. Thennakoon said that many Western countries had lifted their travel advisories against Sri Lanka. The others will consider doing so due to the steps taken by the Tourism Ministry and the State Ministry of Tourism. “We expect a full recovery of the tourism-related economy between 2023 and 2025,” he said. “The tourism economy peaked in 2018, with the country earning US $ 4.4 billion from the tourist industry that year. We could ...