In my personal opinion, this is a very ugly attack by the Russian Foreign Ministry, or a paid share. There is only one official source of information - this is the Sri Lanka Epidemiological Service (website).

According to official information, the outbreak was in June. But then all the services were silent. Now on the eve of the season suddenly started talking.

As a representative and responsible person of one of the leading profile tour operators in Sri Lanka, which is one of the founders of the development of this direction in the Russian market and CIS markets and thoroughly knows the country and the peculiarities of rest on the island of Ceylon, conducting continuous comprehensive monitoring, is extremely concerned about the distortion of facts on the real the situation in Sri Lanka for the tourist rest and the escalation of the situation.

After the appearance of information in some mass media regarding the "insecurity of the trip to Sri Lanka" we made official requests: to our Partners in Sri Lanka - one of the leading companies - the company Jetwing Travels, annually hosting tens of thousands of tourists not only from Russia and the CIS, but also of countries all over the world; Embassy of Sri Lanka in Moscow; Ministry of Tourism of Sri Lanka, who immediately requested detailed information in the Ministry of Health of Sri Lanka and on 23.10.2012 issued an official communiqué.

In accordance with the information of the Ministry of Health:
1. No case of dengue fever among tourists has been recorded in Sri Lanka.
2. Since 2009, there has been a steady decline in all indicators for dengue disease.
3. In the popular tourist destinations of Sri Lanka, the local dengue transfer rate is approaching zero.
4. The hospitality sector of Sri Lanka provides a highly qualified control over the personal protection of tourists and favorable conditions for recreation on the island.

As representative of a tour operator for a long time and qualitatively working in the market of South and South-East Asia, I want to note that the disease with dengue fever is widespread in almost all tropical countries, namely: the Philippines, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, India, Sri Lanka .There have been cases of illness in the Maldives, China, and also in Cuba and other countries .Observance of preventive measures, namely, the use of mosquito repellent spray and repellent is one of the main recommendations when traveling to Tropiki .

The official representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia Alexander Lukashevich made this accent, citing statistics of the disease among local residents in Sri Lanka, which according to him is 5 thousand patients per month (less than 0, 024% of the total population).

As our Partner in Sri Lanka told Jetwing Travels: "Unfortunately, but Russia was the only country in the world sending tourists to Sri Lanka, which issued a communiqué of this nature. Be sure that there is no epidemic in Sri Lanka and the journey to Sri Lanka is absolutely safe. We assure you that in case of any situation that may pose a threat to tourists, we are always the first to inform you about this. "

Taking into account the recommendations of the Russian Embassy in Sri Lanka, representatives of Rosturizm, we once again draw the attention of our Partners and Clients to the need to observe hygiene rules when traveling to the Tropics, as well as applying repellents to the open areas of the body and protecting the room with Raptor or other means.

Sri Lanka is one of the most picturesque places on the planet with unique excursion possibilities, a gentle ocean and hospitable people, the rest of which leaves the most pleasant memories and beckons you back, of course, with the observance of safety and hygiene rules.