Sri Lanka to Consider Tax Waivers to Support Tourism After Blasts
- Tourism industry sought import duty waivers for security gear
- Finance minister sees tourism returning to normalcy in a year
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Sri Lanka will consider a tax amnesty program for the tourism industry in a bid to help companies recover from the Easter Sunday terrorist attacks that killed more than 250 people, Finance Minister Mangala Samaraweera said.
The industry has requested tax waivers, including on the importation of security gear in the aftermath of the blasts that targeted foreigners and churchgoers, Samaraweera told Bloomberg Television’s Haslinda Amin on the sidelines of Asian Development Bank meetings in Fiji.