Sri Lankan authorities announced Wednesday that they will offer livestreams from the island nation's wildlife parks, in a move to help revive a tourism industry that has been decimated by the coronavirus pandemic.
The government's Tourism Promotion Bureau said livestreaming will initially cover four national parks to showcase the South Asian country's exotic wildlife, including leopards, bears, elephants, crocodiles and birds.
The project will offer eight wildlife streaming video sessions of one hour each which will be shown on social media platforms and shared further through broadcast media, the bureau said in a statement.
Tourism in Sri Lanka — which was named the world's top travel destination for 2019 by Lonely Planet — has suffered severely due to the coronavirus, with authorities indefinitely postponing the reopening of the country to foreign tourists.