August 8, 2016 | Lifestyle.INQ

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Day: August 8, 2016

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Tourist boom threatens Sri Lanka’s golden beaches

Tourists have flocked back to Sri Lanka’s palm-fringed beaches since a bloody civil war ended in 2009, but environmentalists warn unchecked development means some areas are now so polluted, swimming there is a health hazard.