Sri Lanka, April 19 -- The ugly incident where a street food vendor grossly overcharged a tourist for a food item and the response of the tourist concerned which went viral on YouTube and thus viewed by a global audience, no doubt, will undo all the good work done by the local tourist industry and Ministers Harin Fernando and Diana Gamage to assiduously promote the tourist trade which is just raising its head after the heavy beating it took during the Covid pandemic two years ago.

According to our front page report of Wednesday, the street food vendor at the outlet demanded a massive Rs.1,900 for a Kottu Roti portion from the foreign tourist and insulted him in abusive language and chased him away when the tourist questioned the deceptio...