The European Union has decided to provide a grant of 3.5 million euros (Rs. 728 million) to Sri Lanka to uplift the country’s tourism industry, which has been severely hit by the COVID-19 epidemic.
EU Ambassador to Sri Lanka and Maldives Denis Chaibi, has requested Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (STDA) to promptly provide the relevant proposals to the EU dring a meeting held between the European Union Ambassador and Prasanna Ranatunga the Minister of Industrial Export, Investment Promotion, Tourism and Aviation.