Colombo Port City now says no fee for personal selfies, videos
Posted on January 22nd, 2022
Courtesy Ceylon Today
The Colombo Port City now says no fee is charged for taking personal selfies of videos within the city.
It says in a statement that a payment structure was introduced for personal events, professional and/or commercial filming and photography due to the unprecedented number of such requests.
The statement goes onto say the income received from these will be used for the maintenance of public spaces, lavatories and garbage clearing.
According to its website, rates for taking pictures or videos for personal purposes will be Rs. 30,000 upwards, while it is Rs. 100,000 upwards for commercial purposes.
The payments have to be made to the Colombo branch of the Bank of China Ltd.