GK
WORLD GEOGRAPHY
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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increased
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decreased
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -They make it unsafe for tourists, puts them at risk and in effect, makes them fearful of going to such places. Furthermore, people are forced out of there homes. Most of them become refugees due to the war. The chaos created by these conditions shuts down any form of tourism.
Detailed explanation-2: -Sinhalese was declared the sole official language which effectively eliminated the Tamils from government service. A law was also passed which simply barred Indian Tamils from getting citizenship. The Tamils started demanding equal rights in their homeland.
Detailed explanation-3: -The country’s tourism sector represented over one-tenth of the GDP of Sri Lanka. The sector was negatively affected by the 2019 Easter bombings, and the COVID-19 pandemic prevented recovery. Tourism earned Sri Lanka $4.4 billion and contributed 5.6% to GDP in 2018, but this dropped to just 0.8% in 2020.