COUNTRY OVERVIEW: The beautiful land of Sri Lanka, an island on the Indian ocean located towards the south of the Indian subcontinent is a land complete with unparalled natural beauty.

From beautiful sandy beaches, to misty hills... from exotic flora to fauna... Sri Lanka offers it visitors breathtaking views & memories that last forever.

For centuries, Sri Lanka has been known to its visitors as a tropical paradise.. and this has never proved wrong to any person who felt the warmth of this land. Known for their hospitality par excellence - their are several ethnicities in Sri Lanka from Sinhalese, Tamils, Muslims and Burghers living in harmony together as a brotherhood of Sri Lankans. Sri Lanka being a country with a documented history of more than 2500 years, has many well preserved ancient Kingdoms and heritage sites where human civilization formed and blossomed.

ECONOMY: Being Situated in the crossroads of the East and West sea routes, Sri Lanka is one of the blossoming economies in the South Asian region. Agriculture being the main source of income to the country, it also boasts a hightly developed import and export of raw materials - mostly rubber.

The main source of export incomes are generated by Tea, Coconut and Rubber and Sri Lanka also is a leader in the Garment Sector for quality. Sri Lanka also is a favourite travel spot in the world travellers maps and has a hosts star class hotels and entertainment aimed at the tourism markets.

CULTURAL HERITAGE: The Sri Lankan culture, blessed with 2500 years of history has many places where one can visit in order to understand the robustness and majesty of it.

From the ancient kingdom cities of Pollonnaruwa, Anuradhapura to Kandy and places of religious worship for centuries such as the Dambulla Temple, Kataragama Kovil, the Adam's Peak - the rich Sri Lankan culture can be witnessed by all tourists to the country.





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Hon.Mahinda Rajapakse
Hon.Dr. Mervin Silva
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