PROS & CONS OF SRI LANKA 🇱🇰 (2023)

Our Personal Pros & Cons of Sri Lanka!!
We have been in Sri Lanka now for 10 weeks, can you believe it?!
We have compiled a short list of our positives and negatives for tourists visiting Sri Lanka in this video.
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[ta]

We just came back from Sri Lanka and we were so tired of scammers and people trying to make a profit from us. Its so hard to get around the countey without hiring private drivers. We were supposed to stay a month but changed our flight and went to south east asia instead where its more chilled and less pressure. Wouldnt go back again sadly.

[TwoMadExplorers]

We are seeing some very upset, offended and childish comments.. if an honest video about positives and negatives is too hard to see then our channel isn’t for you. We share the highs and lows of this life, not the BS.

[TwoMadExplorers]

Let us know your pros & cons below! Also, let us know if you will visit Sri Lanka this year?! 🇱🇰

[Ameena]

Thanks guys, for being brutally honest about the cons of Sri Lanka. I sincerely hope the Board of Tourism Promotion take note of these and address these issues.

[ranilabeyasinghe]

Thanks for being real about Sri Lanka. Most people don't want to talk about the cons, but I respect you guys for covering it.

[kasuncjayanath]

Thanks for visiting Sri Lanka in this crisis situation, that really means a lot to us. Hopefully, we will try our best to change those cons into pros as soon as possible.❤❤

[showma_in_korea]

Nice video! I hope this video could help Sri Lanka to develop more! Thank u for being honest. Good luck🎉

[Myre]

I’ve been to Sri Lanka recently, just returned since a couple of days. I agree with most of the things you’ve shared.

[ItalyAdventure]

Never been to Sri Lanka 🇱🇰 😢 but want to go now because of you guys!

[தமிழ்ஈழம்swissthamilfox]

Bus drivers, Tuk Tuk drivers, and traders are spoiling this beautiful country of Sri Lanka... Everything you said is true. As a Sri Lankan I feel ashamed. I also apologize. Congratulations to both

[PernillaO]

We hope to visit Srilanka this december ❤️

Hope you will have a better journey from now on! 🙏🏽

[clsamarasinghe]

Thank you for your assessment, hope our tourist board sees your video and take a note of what you shared..❤

[rohithpinto]

Thank you guys for visiting Sri Lanka and all your good videos and comments we love you come back please

[avishkadodangoda]

people in the ministry of tourism, are you watching this?
Hope that you will take the necesarry actions to make those cons right. ( suggetions; make a law like that it's illegal to confront tourists and force them for rides or buy stuff, ministry of tourism could Implement joint operations with police or even implement a special task force on behalf of tourists and making them their duty to catch scammers, regularly investigate the standards are maintained in tourist hotels and etc, I mean the police could hire a tourist and let him act like bait to catch scammers.Further make a documentary saying that we will be hiring tourists to catch the scammers and upload it in your official websites, so they perish in time. Start a youtube or a website stating different experiences that tourists could experience here. Every guide should be registered in the ministry of tourism and while doing the job they should where a tag with a barcode so the tourists know that he is really a guide. start a points system game like selecting the best tourist of the year, best guide of the year and etc and award them)

[whynotdiaries]

Great pointers.. back from SL and can definitely relate to few. The people are great, and in some cases they have gone above and beyond to help us (from scammers as well!). Hats off to Sri Lankan people. Fortunately we faced only the gem scammers in Colombo but they were way too many. That was little scary because the first one really seemed very friendly until he started talking about the gems and almost forced us into a tuk tuk. But we escaped that one. Leaving this aside, over all experience in Sri Lanka was amazing!

[jegajega]

Guys really appreciate your constructive criticism and the encouraging feedback. It's all about the experience end of the day. Hopefully when you will visit srilanka again the negative comments mostly be reduced. Once again thank you for visiting and hope you have safe travel herein. 👍

[sodalicious]

As a Sri Lankan who is from Canada I understand what you're saying about the local vs foreign rates for tourist attractions, etc. But you have to also understand that they do this to make things accessible for the locals and Tourism was the primary source of income for the economy prior to the pandemic. To compare to a Western country or to Europe is a bit ridiculous as the standard of living is much lower for locals in Sri Lanka. Separately, if you travelled to anywhere in Africa or other parts of Asia you will experience the same things with regard to the traffic and driving. You can't expect that from anywhere outside Europe or North America. If you want orderly sidewalks in Asia, go to Singapore. You can't expect an entire culture to change for your own inconvenience. That sounds a lot like privilege and entitlement with not much perspective. I'm happy to hear that you found Sri Lanka so wonderful and unique. I'm just always weary of a European lense on feedback like this.

[deeuk]

Pros - the variety of fruit & veg, hospitality, local crafts, aruyveda, helpfulness of local people, beautiful nature, historic sites, culture. Cons: traffic, crazy bus drivers, current economic climate. Plans to go to SL: hopefully later this year.

[dkir]

Appreciate the honest assesment, we are aware of these issues as well. all the best with your travels!!

[teamwhiztravels]

Really enjoyed this video guys. Thanks so much for sharing Sri Lanka with the rest of the world! 🙏🏼