Why visit Sri Lanka?

Sri Lankans showed tremendous resilience and “built back better” to make Sri Lanka one of the new and sexy up market destinations! Sri Lanka not only has great beaches, but 2,000 years of culture and heritage (over 100 years of British rule and many buildings and legacies to show for it), awe-inspiring nature, unique hotels and boutique style accommodation, and of course typical Sri Lankan hospitality with a smile.

New Attractions Opened in 2006:

Park Street Hotel (Colombo) – taruvillas.com
Angsana Spa (Colombo) – angsanaspa.com
Vil Uyana (Sigiriya) – viluyana.com
Elephants Reach Yala - elephantreach.com
The Fortress (Kogala) – thefortress.lk
Aditya (Hikkaduwa) – aditya-resort.com
Heritance Ahungala – heritancehotels.com
Casa Colombo (Colombo) – casacolombo.com

Some Events in 2007

February 14th - 17th
Elephant Polo - Galle Esplanade - elephantpolo.com

April 13th - 14th
Sri Lankans’ flock to the hill station as April is the hottest month. There are horse races, where your hat and dress is more important than which thorough bred one. There are golf tournaments, motorcycling and car racing, and many festivities. Nuwara Eliya’s architecture and culture is influenced by years of British occupation.

May 1st
Vesak Full Moon Poya Day - Buddhist Festival of Light.
Lights are put up all over the country and lanterns are made in celebration of the life of the Lord Buddha.

August 18th - 28th
Kandy Perehera (also known as the Esela Perehera).
Annual procession exposing the Tooth Relic of the Lord Buddha.
These are approximate dates, which are yet to be confirmed.

September 12th - 19th
World Spice Festival.
The World Spice Festival is back. Last year’s was hugely successful.

November
England Tour of Sri Lanka.
English Cricket team tours Sri Lanka - srilankacricket.lk.

Find out more about Sri Lanka by visiting srilankatourism.org.uk.