dollars tourism brought to the national coffers from showcasing the country’s cultural and natural wealth is not enough for the government. Yet it appears that the reported 1.3 billion U.S. The new trails offer dolphin and whale watching (including the prized blue), surfing and snorkeling, and exploring game reserves famed for their wild elephants and leopards. So, in addition to visiting the country’s historic Sinhalese kingdoms, its mist-covered mountains where tea is grown and beaches along the southwest coast, foreign guests have a longer list to choose from. ![]() The military victory for the government, following a brutal final phase, has resulted in vast stretches of the country hitherto closed for the tourist trade open up. Last year saw a record one million holidaymakers fly in to explore a country that had, till May 2009, endured a nearly 30-year-long civil war, pitting government troops against the Tamil Tiger armed separatists. ![]() That these words are being heeded is amplified in the tourist arrivals.
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