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Committee on banning arrivals to meet

08 Jun 2021

By Dinitha Rathnayake   The committee appointed to advise Minister of Tourism and Civil Aviation Prasanna Ranatunga on steps to be taken before enforcing a ban on travellers from certain countries is to meet this week. Speaking to The Morning, Civil Aviation Authority of Sri Lanka (CAASL) Director Rayhan Wanniappa said that the committee would discuss the arrival of passengers at the meeting. “The committee would advise the Minister on what countries to impose travel restrictions on due to the Covid-19 global pandemic situation, and then streamline the process,” he said. The committee’s role is to perform a logical and timely analysis before passengers from a particular country are restricted from arriving, to streamline the mechanism in order to have minimum disruption caused to the tourism and civil aviation industries, and to cause minimum inconvenience to passengers. This committee would meet on a regular basis and when there is a special requirement. CAASL Director General (DG) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Capt. Themiya Abeywickrama has informed the committee of their appointment. The working committee includes the Ministry of Tourism and Civil Aviation Secretary, State Ministry of Aviation and Export Zone Development Secretary, Abeywickrama, the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA) DG, SLTDA Advisor Nimesh Herath, Committee Secretary Wanniappa, and the CAASL Senior Civil Aviation Inspector (Aviation Medicine) Dr. Bimal Dias.


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