The Sri Lankan government has strongly considered the possibility of resuming the ferry service between Rameshwaram and Talaimannar according to the tourism minister.
Speaking at a World Tourism Day event at the University of Jaffna, the minister, John Amaratunga, said the government was keen as the service would benefit Northern Province tourism.
The minister all said he frequently requested the Tamil diaspora to return and invest in tourism.
At the same event the chief minister of the North, C V Wigneswaran, agreed that the province’s tourism industry was in need of growth but that that was being inhibited by external factors.
According to the Daily Mirror, Wigneswaran said that although a strip between Palaithivu and Pallikuda had been earmarked for a ferry service that would benefit the tourism industry, the process had come to a halt due to navy occupation in the area.
He also said he had presented several comprehensive plans to the government on tourism development in the North.