Sri Lanka a tropical island with golden beaches, lush green trees, misty tea gardens interesting wildlife and rich culture attracts over half a million tourists per year. The number of tourists visiting Sri Lanka from world over has been increasing steadily. The second largest tourist generating region to Sri Lanka next only to Western Europe is Asia which shares around 26% of the tourist market.

Number of tourists visiting Sri Lanka from Singapore is on the increase. Singapore tourists comprise around 20% of the total tourist arrivals from Asia. In the year 2000 more than 7,000 Singaporeans visited Sri Lanka. It is noted that there is an increasing number of tourists visiting Sri Lanka to see the Buddhist sites and our ancient capitals.

SrLankan Airlines http://www.srilankan.lk has six flights a week to Singapore, while Singapore Airlines has a daily flight schedule between the countries.

For detailed information please visit the Ceylon Tourist Board Website http://www.srilankatourism.org/