Sri Lanka is waiving the US$50 ETA (Electronic Travel Authorisation) fee to encourage more overseas visitors.
The Foreign Office updated its travel advice on Tuesday, stating that the ETA has been free since Monday (25 May).
Experience Travel Group Director Sam Clarke said the fee waiver ‘sends a very strong signal that Sri Lanka is welcoming visitors’.
“This is the right move at exactly the right moment,” he added. “Demand softened during the Middle East airspace disruption, through no fault of Sri Lanka’s, and the country needs every reason for people to put it back on the shortlist.
“Free ETAs alongside direct BA flights from October is a real prompt for travellers to discover, or rediscover, this remarkable island.”
British Airways will launch a three-times-a-week winter service to Colombo in Sri Lanka from London Gatwick on 23 October.
