The Sri Lankan government has lifted the state of emergency imposed after recent violent clashes.
The Foreign Office has updated its advice to British tourists to say the state of emergency was lifted on Saturday, but still advises travellers to ‘exercise caution, avoid protests and rallies, and follow the advice of the local authorities’.
The state of emergency was imposed two weeks ago.
A few days afterwards, tourists were told it was safe to return to Kandy after a curfew that followed violent outbreaks in the Sri Lankan city was lifted.
