National Problem

"
…The whole problem here is not between the Tamil people and the Sinhala people 
or the Muslim people. They still live very much in harmony and don't forget a very 
large number of Tamil people live in the Western Province and the Central 
province and elsewhere, they get on perfectly well with their brothers & sisters of 
other communities. This is not a people's problem at all. It's not a civil war…"
-Late Hon. Lakshman Kadirgamar,
Former Minister of Foreign Affairs:BBC's "Hardtalk"

World Tourism arena is very sensitive to conflict situations and especially to the violent conflict situations. These situations may adversely affect to the tourism industry of the country and also its image.

This blog analyzes the impact of three decades long armed conflict and its effect on tourism industry in Sri Lanka. It also analyzes how could post conflicted Sri Lanka can sustain and rebuild the devastated country Image by based on the political and economical transformation of the Island, using the latest data on post conflicted Sri Lankan   tourism sector.  This webpage also argues that violent conflict is not the only destructive force.  Controlling of media and poor maintaining of countries true images are also can be effects.

We  also  attempts  to  add  some  new  knowledge  on  the complicated relationship between tourism, conflict, Media  and destination branding.