DONE BY :

RIZWAN ANSARI

M.A.TOURISM ADMINISTRATION

CONTENT• INTRODUCTION

• RICH HERITAGE

• WORLD HERITAGE SITES

• BEACHES

• WILDLIFE

• SPORTS AND ADVENTURE

• COLOMBO

• KANDY

• SIGIRIYA

• ANURADHAPURA

• ARUGAM BAY

• GALLE

• NUWARAELIYA

• POLONNARUWA

• DUMBULLA

• HORTON PLAIN NATIONAL PARK

• OTHER ATTRACTIONS

INTRODUCTION

• FOR CENTURIES, SRI LANKA HAS

BEEN A GREAT TOURISM

DESTINATION ESPECIALLY FOR

EUROPEAN TRAVELLERS

• SRI LANKA IS AN ISLAND

SURROUNDED BY SEA - A PERFECT

DESTINATION FOR A BEACH

HOLIDAY

• WHEN THE SEAS ARE ROUGH ON

ONE SIDE OF THE ISLAND, WATER

IS CALM ON THE OTHER SIDE

• SRI LANKA - A YEAR ROUND

BEACH DESTINATION

• SRI LANKA - THE FINEST ISLAND IN THE WHOLE WORLD

• FOR CENTURIES SRI LANKA HAD BEEN A GREAT TOURISM DESTINATION

PARTICULARLY FOR EUROPEAN TRAVELLERS

• IN 2010, TOURISM AUTHORITIES POSITIONED SRI LANKA AROUND 8

DIFFERENT AREAS: SCENIC BEAUTY, BEACHES, HERITAGE, WILDLIFE,

MIND AND BODY WELLNESS, FESTIVALS, SPORTS AND ADVENTURE AND

ESSENCE (WHAT IS UNIQUE TO THE COUNTRY – PEOPLE, ART AND

CULTURE, TEA, SPICES, GEMS)

RICH HERITAGE

• A RECORDED HISTORY OF MORE THAN 2500 YEARS - SRI LANKA

HAS A RICH CULTURAL AND HISTORIC HERITAGE

• THERE ARE 8 WORLD HERITAGE SITES WITHIN THE COUNTRY.

• THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF HERITAGE SITES IN THE ISLAND

WHICH ARE FREQUENTED BY TOURISTS

WORLD HERITAGE SITES

• SACRED CITY OF KANDY (1988)

• ANCIENT CITY OF SIGIRIYA (1982)

• POLONNARUWA (1982)

• GOLDEN TEMPLE OF DAMBULLA (1991)

• GALLE AND ITS FORTIFICATIONS (1988)

• SACRED CITY OF ANURADHAPURA (1982)

• SINHARAJA FOREST RESERVE (1988)

• CENTRAL HIGHLANDS OF SRI LANKA (2010)

BEACHES

• SRI LANKA - AN ISLAND - SURROUNDED BY SEA AND A PERFECT

DESTINATION FOR A BEACH HOLIDAY

• WHEN THE SEAS ARE ROUGH ON ONE SIDE OF THE ISLAND - CALM

WATERS ON THE OTHER SIDE

• SRI LANKA - YEAR ROUND BEACH DESTINATION

WILDLIFE

• FOR A SMALL ISLAND THE

BIODIVERSITY OF THE

COUNTRY IS MOST

IMPRESSIVE

• SRI LANKA IS HOME FOR A

WIDE VARIETY OF

MAMMALS, BIRDS, FISH,

BUTTERFLIES AND SNAKES

• ELEPHANT, LEOPARD,

SLOTH BEAR, BLUE WHALE

AND SPERM WHALE CAN

ALSO BE SEEN IN SRI

LANKA

SPORTS AND ADVENTURE

• DUE TO VARYING CLIMATIC CONDITIONS AND GEOGRAPHY, SRI LANKA IS

AN IDEAL DESTINATION FOR SPORTS TOURISM

• SOME OF THE POPULAR SPORTS INCLUDE GOLF, WIND SURFING, DIVING

AND SNORKELLING, HOT AIR BALLOONING, RAFTING AND CANOEING,

WHITE WATER RAFTING, SCUBA DIVING, FISHING, CYCLING, HIKING,

TREKKING AND ROCK CLIMBING

COLOMBO

• THE CAPITAL OF SRI LANKA-IS THE LARGEST CITY AND MAIN PORT OF SRI LANKA.

• IT IS ALSO THE COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL CENTER OF SRI LANKA.

• ENTIRE TOWN IS DOTTED WITH SEVERAL PLACES OF TOURIST INTEREST, SOME OF THE

MUST VISIT ONES BEING DEHIWALA ZOO, DUTCH PERIOD MUSEUM, FORT CLOCK

TOWER, GANGARAMAYA TEMPLE, INDEPENDENCE HALL AND MT LAVINIA BEACH.

KANDY

• ONE OF THE MOST SCENIC CITIES IN SRI LANKA

• CULTURAL AND RELIGIOUS CITY

• CAPITAL OF THE CENTRAL PROVINCE.

• ENCOMPASSES KANDY, MATALE AND NUWARA ELIYA DISTRICTS

• HOME OF THE TEMPLE OF THE SACRED TOOTH RELIC (SRI DALADA MALIGAWA) - ONE OF THE MOST VENERABLE PLACES FOR SRI LANKANS AND FOREIGNERS

• DECLARED AS A WORLD HERITAGE SITE BY THE UNESCO IN 1988

SIGIRIYA

• THE CITADEL OF SIGIRIYA OR LION ROCK, WHEN CLIMBED TO THE TOP, PROVIDES A

STUNNING SIGHT OF THE VERDANT LAND OF SRI LANKA.

• A MAGNIFICENT FORTRESS SITUATED AT THE CENTER OF THE CULTURAL TRIANGLE.

• USED AS A ROCK-SHELTER MOUNTAIN MONASTERY FROM 5TH CENTURY B.C.

• THERE ARE THREE GARDENS AT SIGIRIYA: WATER GARDENS, BOULDER GARDENS

AND TERRACED GARDENS.

ANURADHAPURA

• SRI LANKA'S FIRST CAPITAL FOUNDED DURING 4TH CENTURY B.C.

• RELIGIOUS PLACES INCLUDE RUWANWELISAYA, JETAWANARAMAYA, ABAYAGIRIYA, MIRISAVETIYA AND SRI MAHA BODHIYA (ONE OF THE OLDEST CHRONICLED TREES IN THE WORLD)

• FROM THE 4TH CENTURY BC, IT WAS THE CAPITAL OF SRI LANKA UNTIL THE BEGINNING OF THE 11TH CENTURY A.D.

• IT IS THE OLDEST CITY IN THE CULTURAL TRIANGLE.

ARUGAM BAY

• Experience The Serenity In The Water And Great Surfing Spots. This Fabulous South-eastern Coastal Town Is Becoming An Extremely Popular Surfer’s Paradise Among Locals And Tourists. Savor Some Of The Best Seafood Delights, Romantic Sunsets And Relaxing Beaches here.

GALLE

• MAJOR CITY SITUATED IN THE SOUTHWESTERN TIP OF SRILANKA.

• 119 KM FROM COLOMBO.

• 4TH LARGEST CITY IN SRILANKA.

• PROMINENT LANDMARKS IN GALLE INCLUDE THE CITY’S NATURAL HARBOR, THE

NATIONAL MARITIME MUSEUM, ST. MARY’S CATHEDRAL.

• GALLE INTERNATIONAL STADIUM – ONE OF THE MOST PICTURESQUE CRICKET

GROUNDS IN THE WORLD.

NUWARAELIYA

NUWARA-ELIYA- IT MEANS

“CITY ON THE PLAINS” OR “CITY

OF LIGHT”

IT OFFERS THE BEST BOTH

WORLDS ADVANTAGES, OF

TROPICAL ABUNDANCE AND

PLEASANT COOL MOUNTAIN

CLIMATE.

THE CITY IS ALSO NICKNAMED

AS 'LITTLE ENGLAND' FOR ITS

SNOWY CLIMATE AND ERAS OLD

ARCHITECTURE.

THIS CITY IS OVERLOOKED BY

PIDURUTALAGALA, THE TALLEST

MOUNTAIN IN SRILANKA.

POLONNARUWA

• CAPITAL FROM 11-13 CENTURIES A.D.

• A BLEND OF SOUTH INDIAN HINDI

CULTURE WITH SINHALA ARTISTRY

• GAL VIHARAYA - A ROCK SHRINE

• VATADAGE - A CIRCULAR RUIN

• PARAKKRAMA SAMUDRAYA -

RESEMBLES AN OCEAN

• GIGANTIC BUDDHA STATUES AND

GRANITE SCULPTURES ARE ALSO

GREAT ATTRACTIONS

DAMBULLA

• DAMBULLA - SITUATED IN THE MATALE DISTRICT IN THE CENTRAL PROVINCE OF

SRI LANKA

• MAJOR ATTRACTIONS INCLUDE DAMBULLA CAVE TEMPLE COMPLEX, RANGIRI

DAMBULLA INTERNATIONAL CRICKET STADIUM, LARGEST ROSE QUARTZ

MOUNTAIN RANGE IN SOUTH ASIA, IRONWOOD FOREST ALSO KNOWN AS NAMAL

UYANA

• THE AREA IS THOUGHT TO BE INHABITED FROM AS EARLY AS 7TH TO 3RD

CENTURY B.C.

HORTON PLAINS NATIONAL PARK

• ONE OF THE WORLD BEST NATURE RESERVES AND ECOTOURISM

VENUES WAS DESIGNATED A NATIONAL PARK IN 1988.

• THE PARK IS HOME TO WIDE VARIETY OF FLORA AND 24 SPECIES

OF MAMMALS.

OTHER ATTRACTIONS • MISTY MOUNTAINS TO TROPICAL

RAINFORESTS, WILDLIFE

SANCTUARIES TO LUSH WATERFALLS

FOR THE NATURE LOVERS

• SINHARAJA - SRI LANKA'S LAST

REMAINING RAINFOREST

• PIDURUTALAGALA - SRI LANKA'S

HIGHEST MOUNTAIN, HUNNASGIRIYA,

KNUCKLES AND ADAM'S PEAK ARE

OTHER IMPORTANT AND FAMOUS

MOUNTAINS

• DIYALUMA - SRI LANKA’S HIGHEST

WATERFALL AND THE (WORLD'S 6TH

HIGHEST), BAMBARAKANDE,

RAMBODA, ABERDEEN, DEVON, ST.

CLAIR, DUNHINDA, RAWANA ELLA ADD

DRAMATIC BEAUTY TO THE UP

COUNTRY

SINHARAJA RAIN FOREST

THANK YOU