{"id":732,"date":"2025-04-09T05:33:42","date_gmt":"2025-04-09T05:33:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bradyairhockey.com\/?p=732"},"modified":"2025-04-10T19:13:27","modified_gmt":"2025-04-10T19:13:27","slug":"abc-news-has-showcased-sri-lankas-emerging-tourism-identity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bradyairhockey.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/09\/abc-news-has-showcased-sri-lankas-emerging-tourism-identity\/","title":{"rendered":"ABC News has showcased Sri Lanka\u2019s emerging tourism identity."},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/srilankatravelnews.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/untitled-design-19.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"370\" height=\"220\" data-attachment-id=\"19193\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/srilankatravelnews.wordpress.com\/2025\/04\/09\/abc-news-has-showcased-sri-lankas-emerging-tourism-identity\/untitled-design-19\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/srilankatravelnews.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/untitled-design-19.png\" data-orig-size=\"370,220\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Untitled design (19)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/srilankatravelnews.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/untitled-design-19.png?w=300\" data-large-file=\"http:\/\/www.bradyairhockey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/untitled-design-19.png\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19193 lazyload\" style=\"width:760px;height:auto\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.bradyairhockey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/untitled-design-19.png\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>ABC News has showcased Sri Lanka\u2019s emerging tourism identity, branding it Bali 2.0. In a recent Instagram post, the network highlighted how expats and travel influencers embrace the comparison, describing Sri Lanka as a less crowded and more affordable alternative to Bali.<\/p>\n<p>However, some caution that the island nation could face similar challenges to Bali if over-tourism is not carefully managed. Concerns about the potential strain on infrastructure, the environment, and local communities have been raised, underscoring the need for a sustainable approach to tourism growth.<\/p>\n<p>Source 1: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DIIwG65shSr\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DIIwG65shSr\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source 2: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share\/p\/1BSN4PDERL\/?mibextid=wwXIfr\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share\/p\/1BSN4PDERL\/?mibextid=wwXIfr<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ABC News has showcased Sri Lanka\u2019s emerging tourism identity, branding it Bali 2.0. In a recent Instagram post, the network highlighted how expats and travel influencers embrace the comparison, describing Sri Lanka as a less crowded and more affordable alternative to Bali. However, some caution that the island nation could face similar challenges to Bali&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":734,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bradyairhockey.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/732"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bradyairhockey.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bradyairhockey.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bradyairhockey.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bradyairhockey.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=732"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.bradyairhockey.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/732\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":735,"href":"http:\/\/www.bradyairhockey.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/732\/revisions\/735"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bradyairhockey.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/734"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bradyairhockey.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bradyairhockey.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=732"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bradyairhockey.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}