Protest tourism?

Tuesday, 8 March 2011 00:41 - - {{hitsCtrl.values.hits}}

We have heard eco tourism, sports tourism and health tourism etc., but perhaps a new phrase "protest tourism" is fitting as three foreigners were seen engaged in a peaceful protest walk held yesterday in Katunayake by a group of workers calling for better treatment of and income for EPZ employees.

The march coinciding with International Women’s Day saw female workers from different parts of the country participating. Here, three foreign ladies join the protestors in solidarity - Pic by Kumarasiri Prasad