One week after the attacks on Sri Lanka's hotels and churches, the security situation in the country remains highly tense. The police are looking for more suspected terrorists, in a raid in the east of the country were found only on Saturday 15 dead.
The Foreign Office (AA) has now tightened its travel advice for the island nation in South Asia once again. "No unnecessary trips to Sri Lanka are discouraged," it says now on the website of the Ministry. Previously, the AA had relied in his warnings, especially on the capital Colombo and not on the entire country.
On the side of the AA, it said, "Travelers are urged to avoid public places, especially places of attack, to persecute local media, maintain close contact with tour operators and airlines, and follow orders from security forces." The TUI Group has been offering holidaymakers the early return journey since Friday.
Also, the US tightened their travel advice - the State Department in Washington advises after a message from Friday to rethink travel plans to Sri Lanka. The State Department also ordered that members of US government employees who are of school age leave the island state. The departure of all employees who are not needed for emergencies, and their relatives had been approved, it said.
Islamist suicide bombers blew themselves up on Easter Sunday in three churches in several cities and three luxury hotels in Colombo. A few hours later, two more bombs exploded in a hotel and apartment building in the suburbs of Colombo. In total, more than 250 people died.