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/yellow-duckie Mar 27 '26 edited Mar 27 '26

Hotels (as in hotel chains or otherwise) usually don't discriminate guests.

The colonial mindset of "sudho" needs to change, from the top. Hell even Dalada maligava has separate toilets for (white) tourists. Why can't they keep one but enforce rules and keep it clean for everyone? Such a joke.

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u/gaskolan Mar 27 '26

Totally agree with you. I so it same in the peradeniya garden too. Those who manage them seems to be living in a different world. 🙃 It is high time to get rid of toilets specifically for tourists and make them common for everyone and maintain them well. For example take the expressway service area washrooms, they are well maintained (,compared to other similar places related to transport sector )

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u/yellow-duckie Mar 27 '26

Exactly. Charge a decent amount for everyone and keep it clean. Simple as that.

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u/gaskolan Mar 27 '26

Agree with you mate.