Laadi Silva

Completely ruined.

The war began.

Since then, it's went down, you know.

I'm Laadi Silva.

I do the outdoor activities for the guests, you know.

I'm a naturalist.

I'm doing all the hiking, trekking, bird watching, wildlife programs, you know.

Yeah, the occupancy rate is very low, you know.

Not only for us, 50% of people here doing the tourism here.

50% is like a farmers, you know.

We are the only people growing all the European vegetables here.

So it has huge demand.

Because when the tourism is down, all the farmers also will be affected, you know.

Because there are so many exotic vegetables we are growing here, there's no demand from the rest of the island.

You know, all the spices, all the fruits and what you grow, you know, mostly goes to all the tourist hotels in the coastal belt and Colombo and the rest of the island.

Yeah.

Not only that, look at the three-wheeler drivers.

There are many three-wheeler drivers living out of the tourism because they're taking them to the tea factories, waterfalls.

Yeah, it's really difficult, you know.

One of my daughters is living in Dubai, so she's time to time a little bit supporting, you know.