Travel question: Will our package holiday to Sri Lanka go ahead?

Have a question? Ask our expert Simon Calder

A vigil in memory of victims of the Easter terror attacks in Colombo (AFP/Getty)

Q We are due to travel to Sri Lanka on a £2,500 holiday on 17 May. As you have reported, the British government has added Sri Lanka to its no-go list. We have contacted the holiday company which is insisting our holiday is going ahead, while our insurers say they will not cover us if we go. What can we do?

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A I imagine you are in a very stressful situation: just 17 days after the murderous terrorist attacks in Sri Lanka, you don’t know whether your holiday due to begin in barely more than a week will be going ahead.