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Sri Lanka Hotels: The Rebound Continues

December 12, 2005 at 8:33 AM | 0 Comments

The anniversary of last year's tsunami is almost here.

One year later some hotels have made a swift recovery, and tourists are gradually returning to the hardest hit regions. The Blue Water Hotel in Wadduwa, Sri Lanka was structurally damaged, but renovated quickly. The property forged partnerships with Sri Lankan Air to entice would be tourists with great air and stay deal. By the end of this year the property hopes to be turning a profit again.

It has been difficult for storm damaged resorts to convince world tourists to return to their properties. Many resorts, like the The Beach Hotel spent part of the year inviting tour operators and foreign journalists to their properties to prove that their resorts had not been hit by the tsunami.

Other places such as the Culture Club Resort, Dambulla, which does not solely rely on foreign business were less effected by the disaster. As always, the easiest way to help this region recovery is to resume traveling to the area and its resorts.

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