Recent discoveries of landmines in Jaffna, Sri Lanka, have prompted growing worries about travel safety. In response, the U.S. issued a travel advisory that underscores both the ongoing demining efforts and the broader impact on tourism across the region.

In the early hours of Sunday, a bus skidded off a cliff near Kotmale in Sri Lanka’s tea-growing hill country, resulting in eight deaths and injuries to over 30 passengers.