No problem for tourists, the law applies to locals. Also for ladies it helps to wear rings, and to tell when approached by men 'that there is a BF or husband at home but now being out on trip with a GF'. And trust me, It was ok in Hotels and major tourist areas, but the moment they show any affection to eachother in any other public area, that was it, groups of people following us all over the place!!!
But as long as you dont show any affection in public such an ugly thing to say, i do apologyze you should be ok. And also be careful on picking your hotel, make sure its a major tourist hotel and not some lame local hotel where they knock on your door every other hour with the excuse of asking you if you need anything but they are just being nosey. I hope i didnt scare you off, but that is the reality in Sri Lanka. Showing affection, e. And it applies to both same sex couples and mixed sex couples.
This looked quite odd to us at first. But of course, if any westerners behaved in the same way, it would be very obvious that they were more than simply friends and this is not acceptable behaviour in Sri Lanka.
Quite agree, nothing unusual to see a couple of Sri Lankan girls wondering down the street holding hands these days, in fact i don't even take a second look these days So really original poster has nothing to worry about i think, just do what you would normally do anywhere else on holiday.
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