Electricity stoppages, petrol queues and food shortages are threatening hopes of a tourism revival in crisis-hit Sri Lanka. After being ravaged by civil war for decades, the country's palm-lined beaches and exotic wildlife have recently made it a popular stomping ground for both high-end globetrotters and budget travellers. But now the effects of the crisis are putting the tourism industry in jeopardy, with many smaller operators at risk of going out of business.

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