Fancy Sri Lanka

Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Welcome to FancySriLanka

Sri Lanka is a beautiful country that is surrounded by the Indian ocean and located in the Indian sub continent separately.
Capital city of Sri Lanka is Colombo (Sri Jayawardhanapura).
Population is about 20,000,000.

Area: 65,610 km2
President is Mr. Mahinda Rajapaksha since 2005.
Nil Manel is the national flower of Sri Lanka.
National bird is called "Wali Kukula" in Sinhala.


Tourists Attractions in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka is famous throughout the world as a tourist paradise. There are many tourist attractions in this island. Most of the come to Sri Lanka for holidaying or sight seeing.
Sri Lanka has attractions of various sorts to satisfy the varying interests of foreigners. Some of them are ancient ruins, waterfalls, sanctuaries, botanical gardens and sandy beaches. This country has a proud history. The tourists who are interested in ruined cities, arts & crafts, sculpture & painting can visit historical cities like Anuradhapura, Polonnaruwa, Dambulla, Sigiriya and Kandy. Sri Lankans have religious festivals and processions. The Kandy Esala Perahara is world famous. Thousands of foreign tourists visit this perahera which is held in the month of July every year. The fire walking ceremony at Kataragama too attract thousands of tourists.
There are three main sanctuaries in Sri Lanka. They are Yala, Kumana, Wilpattu, Sri Pada and Horton Plains. Yala is famous for deer and tigers. Wilpattu is famous for wild elephants and Kumana is famous for birds. Horton plains is a wonderful geographical area. At these sanctuaries, tourists can see wild animals in their natural habitat. The botanical gardens at Gampaha, Peradeniya and Haggala have become very popular with tourists. People say Dunhinda is the most beautiful waterfall in Sri Lanka. But I think that place should goes to the St. Clair waterfall. The other attractive waterfalls are Ramboda, Diyaluma, Devon, Aberdeen, Rawana and much more. Beaches around the country have become very popular with tourists, particularly, the beaches at Bentota, Nilaweli, Hikkaduwa, Arugam bay. In these beaches there are facilities for tourists for sun-bathing and swimming. Arugam bay is a one of best ten zones for water surfing. Another attractive place is the Coral Gardens at Hikkaduwa.
Sigiriya is famous for its frescoes. Sigiriya is considered as the eighth wonder of the world.
A large number of tourists hotels with modern facilities has been set up by the Ceylon Tourists Board throughout the island. Even the private sector companies have put up many tourist hotels.
Nuwara-Eliya has a salubrious climate and this city has become a popular tourist resort today.


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