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Sept 15, Colombo: The United Kingdom has further relaxed its travel restrictions on Sri Lanka, the acting British High Commissioner in Colombo, Mark Gooding said today.
"The Foreign and Commonwealth Office updated its travel advice for Sri Lanka today to reflect our latest assessment of the current security situation," Gooding said in a statement.
"We have relaxed our advice such that we are now informing travellers that there is now a general (as opposed to high) threat from terrorism which means that there is some level of known terrorist activity in-country. This latest change is a sensible precautionary measure that reflects the latest available information and is intended to help UK nationals make informed decisions on whether to travel to Sri Lanka," it said.
The FCO updated its travel advice Sunday for UK citizens visiting Sri Lanka warning against traveling to all areas north of the A12 road connecting Puttalam in the west with Trincomalee in the east. It does not include Anuradhapura or the spit of land to Kalpitiya west of Puttalam, it said.
The travel advisory also warned against traveling to most parts of eastern Sri Lanka, including the districts of Batticaloa (all areas), Trincomalee (rural areas), and Ampara (north and eastern areas).
However, areas in Trincomalee Town, including the A6 road corridor to Trincomalee, Block One of Yala National Park, areas of Ampara District south of the A4 road including Arugam Bay, areas of Ampara District, west of the A25 and A27 roads were safe to travel it advised.
"We continue to recommend strongly that UK nationals who are resident, working, or visiting Sri Lanka for over a month also register with the British High Commission, Colombo," British High Commission in Colombo said.
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