Sri Lanka on Thursday banned the sale of land to foreigners, charging that prime properties bought by outsiders had been neglected and that the country was not reaping the full benefits of their tourism potential.
Information Minister Keheliya Rambukwella said the cabinet had approved the move in the wake of intense local demand for land for tourism development and industry in a country emerging from nearly four decades of ethnic war.
"Foreigners have bought prime lands, particularly beach properties, and in most cases they have neglected them," Rambukwella told reporters.
"The country is not getting the full economic benefit from these properties owned by foreigners," he said.
The 25 year civil war, which ended in 2009.
Nope, well there is kind of, the tourists that come in distract the vital parts of Sri Lanka, this does not in any way help the citizens to even like the tourists so this may have effected the tourist industry. Thanks, I hope this helped!
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though Sri Lanka is cheaper than England it not a good place to live due to its poor homes and that the fact that it is still a developing and there lots of misquote there fore it a bad place to live
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