Aug 31, Colombo: An earlier travel advisory imposed by the government of Belgium advising visitors to refrain from non-essential travel to Sri Lanka has been revised since yesterday.

The new advisory allows tour operators from Belgium to market Sri Lanka aggressively for the upcoming winter season. The relaxed travel advisory only mentions travel restrictions to the North and the Eastern regions and Yala.

It is hoped that the Belgium travel advisory will result in similar relaxations of travel advisory from other European nations as well.