Our travel adviser tackles your destination dilemmas, visa puzzles and itinerary ideas WILL MIGRANTS RUIN YOUR HOLIDAY?We have some English friends who are planning to come with us to Sicily in June 2017. They quite rightly have mentioned the large number of migrants that are being rescued off the coastline of Sicily - what is the situation there?Has it been overrun by migrants? - Hugh HuggettThis is a bit of a curveball question for a travel column and is hard to answer. As the Brexit debate showed, the British have got into a bit of a panic over migrants and yes, the flow of mostly African migrants through Sicily increased dramatically as the route through the Greek islands became less accessible.story_article_left1At one stage this year there were alarming and alarmist reports of up to 2000 migrants arriving on the island per day, with the rate of arrivals up 90% in the first three months of the year.But the UN High Commission for Refugees said the refugee situation in Sicily was much less chaotic than in Lesbos. So no, Sicily is not "overrun", although most of Italy is overrun by tourists in summer.Sicily is the largest island in the Mediterranean and migrants are also moved to other parts of Italy and Europe.There have been no reports of refugees affecting tourists and there is no reason why they should. That said, there is no way of knowing what the situation will be next summer when you go, as summer has become "refugee season" in Southern Europe. South African travellers are seldom fazed by problems: just go.LEKKER IN SRI LANKAPlease recommend a resort in Sri Lanka for April 2017. We have heard the east coast is best. We are looking for a similar feel to Thailand's quieter areas - ie not Patong. We'd like somewhere on the beach but not hectically busy. I have been looking at Nilaveli but I'm not sure if it's what we are looking for. We want to eat in local restaurants, not hotels. - Anne MccannThe west coast of Sri Lanka is the most developed when it comes to tourism, with resorts catering to package tourists. So yes, the east coast would be a better bet for a quieter holiday. The area was hard hit by the civil war and later tsunami, but it has returned to normal.Nilaveli is a small resort town just north of Trincomalee on the east coast.Tourists seldom have to rely purely on hotel food and it is easy to hire a tuk-tuk to take you to local places and there are plenty of those in town: the Family Restaurant and That's Why Restaurant seem to be the most popular.If you are prepared to look elsewhere, Mirissa on the south coast has many restaurants of international and local cuisine, but the place that caught my eye is Unawatuna Bay on the south coast. It seems a far better option when it comes to smaller restaurants and beach eating: there are 75 listed on Tripadvisor.I'm not sure of finding something with a similar feel to Thailand but Unawatuna seems close: a beautiful horseshoe beach backed by what has been called one of Sri Lanka's most enjoyable villages.It is 150km from Colombo's Bandaranaike International Airport. Your hotel might offer a pick-up service.To get there yourself from Colombo, you could take an air-conditioned minibus or the train to Matara in the south, which stops in Galle, then the local bus from Galle to Unawatuna...