Those who hold passports of listed countries and travel to Sri Lanka from 01.08.2019 to 31.01.2020 for tourist purposes are exempted paying ETA fee, in view of enhancing tourist arrivals from designated countries.
However, any foreign national who will be visiting Sri Lanka for a short period is required to apply ETA and ensure pre-approval before the journey to avoid unnecessary delays at the port of entry and adhere with enhanced pre-clearance.
The list of countries are as follows;
| Australia Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cambodia Canada China Croatia Cyprus Czechia Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany Greece Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Ireland Israel Italy Japan | Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Malaysia Netherlands Norway New Zeeland Philippines Poland Portugal Romania Russia Singapore Slovakia Slovenia South Korea Spain Sweden Switzerland Thailand Ukraine United Kingdom United States of America |