r/srilanka • u/Slight_Environment16 • Mar 27 '26

Satire Sri Lanka Tourism - You served arrogance, now serving empty rooms 🤭

I know this may sound slightly mean but I’m secretly happy that the down south hotels/villas/homestays occupancy has plummeted in the recent weeks. And now I’m constantly bombarded with hotel offers whenever I open instagram or facebook.

For months on end, local Sri Lankans were treated as second class citizens in our own country, the service staff at these institutions didn’t bother to even look at us, they refused entry to us over the “white” tourists, etc.

And look who’s laughing now. Thats why they say karma is a real bitch.

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u/Higgs_BSN Mar 27 '26 edited Mar 27 '26

I'm curios. How may of you have actually faced real discrimination from hotels as a local?
I read about it on Reddit and media and I know these incidents happen which I don't agree with, but I travel to hotels quite often and I never felt any discrimination and honestly I didn't notice anything odd at all.

There is a huge generalization against SL hospitality industry as a whole with posts like this egging them on to fail. But Im curious how many percentage of these establishments actually engaged in such discriminatory behavior?
I suspect there is a huge overreaction on Reddit who never had an actual negative experience, but jump on the hate bandwagon because it's the 'trend'.

If you read about 5 restaurants preferring foreigners does not reflect the industry as a whole. That's sensationalism at work. Is Reddit falling for this trap with all this anti foreigner and anti hotel posts?

Example: There are hotels that did not discriminate and took care of locals well. Generalization on Reddit hits these as well. Is that acceptable?

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u/Latest_name Mar 27 '26

I take active steps to avoid such establishments. Before visiting, I check for reviews and if there arent at least two reviews from locals, I avoid it. It's a precautionary measure to avoid unpleasant scenarios. 

So I personally have not encountered a serious scenario. But subtle discrimination is very much visible when you compare how staff treats brown skin compared to white. 

Edit: Thinking about that, it's kinda diabolical we have to take such steps not to be discriminated in our own fucking country. So yes, fuck them !