Chinese tourists creating booming market for street artists in Sri Lankan capital Colombo | Pledge Holidays Travel Blog

CHINESE TOURISTS CREATING BOOMING MARKET FOR STREET ARTISTS IN SRI LANKAN CAPITAL COLOMBO The street artists of Sri Lanka who create amazing colourful backdrops for our capital city Colombo are seeing a boom in sales—thanks to Chinese tourists. XinhuaNet reports that “many well-known local artists who were forced to choose alternative careers due to a slump in sales during the civil war, which ended in May 2009, have now re-emerged. “During the war, sales were very bad and many of us had to stop painting. But now the war is over and we are seeing a rise in tourists so we are hoping to show our paintings to the world,” says Sugath Kumara. Click below for more. #SriLanka #Art #StreetArt #Colombo #XinhuaNet
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