Confusion over UK travel warning

BRITONS planning holidays to Sri Lanka are being given confusing advice over whether to cancel their trips.

The Foreign Office is out of step with counterparts in the US and Australia as it stopped short of telling people to avoid the island.

An ambiguous statement published online claimed most visits are ‘trouble free’ but added future terror attacks remain ‘very likely’. Crucially, this means that many people who have paid for holidays there will not be able to get their money back.

They would only be guaranteed a refund had the Foreign Office advised against all but essential travel to the country, as happened after the Tunisia massacre in June 2015.

Up to 200,000 Britons visit annually. It is Lonely Planet’s top destination for 2019.