Srilanka Tourism

Sri Lanka is the most beautiful island country in the northern Indian Ocean off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent in South Asia, located about 30 kilometers  towards the southern coast of India. It is homeland  to about  twenty million people. It is  a center of Buddhist religion and culture from ancient times. The country which is  multi-religious and multi-ethnic has  more than a quarter of the population following  faiths other than Buddhism: notably Hinduism, Christianity and Islam. Majority of the population is from the Sinhalese community, Tamils, who are concentrated in the north and east of the island, forms the largest ethnic minority. Communities such as Moors, Burghers, Kaffirs and the Malays forms the other minority groups amongst the population. Famous for the production and export of tea, coffee, coconuts and rubber, Sri Lanka, boasts a mixed economy comprises of  agriculture and modern industries, has the  highest per capita income in South Asia. The natural beauty of Sri Lanka's tropical forests, beaches and landscape, as well as its rich cultural heritage, make it a world famous tourist destination.