Chief executive Samer Majali said the island's economic recovery after its 30-year ethnic war is also drawing increasing investments while Sri Lankans migrating to the Middle East for work is another market.
"It's the right time to come back," he told a news conference. "Given peace and stability in Sri Lanka in the last two years we believe Sri Lanka has regained its status as a tourist and business destination.
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Bahrain's national carrier resumed flights to Sri Lanka Wednesday with five frequencies weekly five years after pulling out owing to a drop in traffic caused by the ethnic war, which ended in May 2009.
"We hope by next summer we can go up to a daily flight," Majali said.
The airline, which is expanding despite losses, is targeting tourists and business travellers as well as migrant workers. The main tourist target market is Bahrain and eastern Saudi Arabia.
"Sri Lanka is a very popular destination for tourists from Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and the Middle Eastern regio