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India is the largest source of tourists with 200,310 arrivals, followed by Russia with 132,300, latest data from the Sri Lanka Development Authority showed. Sri Lanka earned $1.3 billion from ...
Tourism in Sri Lanka. Tourism in Sri Lanka faces many challenges, including the ongoing economic and political crisis. In 2018, tourist arrivals peaked at 2.5 million, who spent a total of US$5.6 billion in the country. However, the COVID-19 pandemic caused tourist numbers to decrease by 92% in 2020.
Sri Lanka, [a] historically known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an island country in South Asia. It lies in the Indian Ocean, southwest of the Bay of Bengal, separated from the Indian peninsula by the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait. It shares a maritime border with the Maldives in the southwest ...
Sri Lanka Freedom Party: 19 August 1994: D. B. Wijetunga: Minister of Agriculture, Land and Forestry Conservation: Salinda Dissanayake: Sri Lanka Freedom Party: 19 October 2000: Chandrika Kumaratunga: Minister of Land Development and Minor Export Agricultural Crops: Anuruddha Ratwatte: Sri Lanka Freedom Party: 14 September 2001
517.4/km 2 (1,340/sq mi) Time zone. UTC+05:30 ( Sri Lanka Standard Time Zone) Kalpitiya ( Sinhala: කල්පිටිය, romanized: Kalpiṭiya, Tamil: கற்பிட்டி, romanized: Kaṟpiṭṭi) is a coastal town located in western region of, Puttalam District. The Kalpitiya peninsula consists of a total fourteen islands. It is ...
Hikkaduwa. / 6.14722°N 80.11028°E / 6.14722; 80.11028. Hikkaduwa is a coastal town in south-west of Sri Lanka. It's a world famous beach holiday destination, [2] well known for its scenic beaches [1], coral reef sanctuary, surfing and nightlife. [3] Hikkaduwa might be the most popular surf spot on the Sri Lankan south-west coast.
47,587. • Density. 4,387/km 2 (11,360/sq mi) Time zone. UTC+5:30 ( Sri Lanka Standard Time Zone) Badulla ( Sinhala: බදුල්ල, Tamil: பதுளை) is the capital and the largest city of Uva Province situated in the lower central hills of Sri Lanka. It is the capital city of Uva Province and the Badulla District .
Sri Lanka, historically known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an island country in South Asia. It lies in the Indian Ocean , southwest of the Bay of Bengal , separated from the Indian peninsula by the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait .