The government travel advisory of Canada, the Travel Report has revised its previous standing, of ‘avoid non urgent travel’ to ‘advice appropriate caution’.
The Canadian High Commissioner to Sri Lanka, Bruce Levy, speaking of the rewording of the advisory said "The new wording in our Travel Report was probably overdue and speaks to the reality that Sri Lanka has entered a new era with the end of the active conflict with the LTTE. And I could hardly advise other Canadians not to travel here when my family and I will take advantage of the holidays to spend time in tea country and in the south."
It is envisaged that large numbers of Canadians particularly from the Diaspora would now travel to post conflict Sri Lanka. Ambassador Levy also said "I think that you will see many Sri Lankan Canadians returning for family and investment-related visits."