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Sri Lankan tourist development 'the result of human rights abuse'
While recognising that some operators make the effort to “improve their compliance with human rights provisions…report showed that these efforts are “not enough to make up for the lack of consultation procedures, for land expropriation, forced resettlement and restricted access to the sea in Sri Lanka...Tourism Concern…said it too investigated tourism development in post-war Sri Lanka in 2011…and…backs the recommendations STP has made for tour operators to exercise due diligence regarding human rights in the country...Abta, the Association of British Travel Agents, welcomed the report for highlighting what it said were important issues.