Have you chosen the paradise island of Sri Lanka as a tourist destination?
The island of Sri Lanka is shaped like a teardrop in the heart of the Indian Ocean and is the world famous producer of Ceylon tea, known for its restorative qualities and ability to revive the spirit to de-stress and detoxify. A unique combination of varied culture, crafts and cuisine makes Sri Lanka an exciting and adventurous offering for a tourist destination, especially for the nature lovers that global tourists must be. Formerly known as Ceylon, long remembered as the location of the radio station singing old hits and clever commentary from the show’s host, Sri Lanka today is a multicultural, metropolitan mix of modern and traditional lifestyles.
Sri Lanka as a tourist destination: what it offers today to the modern tourist, socially and culturally.
A unification of various cultures and languages, Sri Lanka also offers genuine openness and acceptability to all its citizens and visitors in terms of reverence for secular beliefs. Different religions mix with Buddhism and Islam, Christianity and Hinduism receive equal veneration from the state, as do the different languages spoken here; the predominant ones are Sinhalese, Tamil and English.
Sri Lanka as a tourist destination: a quick guide to popular hotspots
Colombo, the capital of Sri Lanka, gives a glimpse of the country’s evolving strength as a modern civilization and proudly true to its culture and is therefore a must-see; while other tourist hotspots include Kandy, Galle, Sigiriya, Trincomalee, Hikkaduwa, Nuwara Eliya and Jaffna.