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Yala highest revenue earner among Sri Lanka’s national parks in 2017
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Yala highest revenue earner among Sri Lanka’s national parks in 2017

Among the national parks in Sri Lanka, the Yala National Park in the South has earned the highest income in 2017, the Ministry of Sustainable Development and Wildlife said. According to the Ministry, the income from Yala National Park in 2017 reached 700.58 million rupees. Also, highest number of people visited the Yala National Park last year. Out of the 397,122 persons visited the park, 207,927 were local tourists and 189,195 were foreign tourists. Yala is the most popular National Wild Life Park in Sri Lanka. Among the others, Udawalawe National Park has earned 358.44 million rupees with 236,867 visitors in 2017 while the Horton Plains National Park has earned Rs. 361.09 million with 345,480 tourists visiting the park. Last year 1,635,467 tourists visited Sri Lanka's nati...
Wildlife Ministry to take tough action against elephant hunters
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Wildlife Ministry to take tough action against elephant hunters

The Ministry of Sustainable Development and Wildlife has taken measures to increase the legal punishment for the killing of tuskers. Minister Gamini Jayawickrama Perera said, officials of the Department of Wildlife and the Attorney General’s Department will meet day after tomorrow to discuss further on the matter. Four tuskers were killed in the recent past. According to a senior official of the department, one tusker at Ambanpola was gunned down yesterday. He added that a team of doctors will be dispatched today, to treat the injured tusker.