[Research Proposal-Development of Tourism in Sri Lanka]

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Research Proposal-Development of Tourism in Sri Lanka

Introduction

Sri Lanka is an isle homeland with a wealthy heritage heritage, varied countrysides, and a important number of wildlife reserves. Increasing tourist undertakings are seen as a entails to convey in much-needed foreign exchange to advance the value of life of localized people. After a ten years of down turn due to ethnic unrest, tourist undertakings in Sri Lanka have shown undertaking indications of recovery. Today, tourism is the fourth biggest foreign exchange earner in Sri Lanka and assists considerably to the financial development and development of this isle country.

 

Purpose of the study

This study will lost lightweight on Sri Lanka's varied countrysides and wealthy heritage heritage present a broad variety of tourism possibilities, extending from "sun and beach" vacations, wildlife excursions, and heritage tours. Generally, Sri Lanka's tourism assets are somewhat under exploited. Although "sun and sandy seashore tourism" continues the major affinity for most foreign tourists, alternate tourism (i.e. ecotourism, environment tourism, and cultural/heritage tourism) on a lesser scale has been encouraged as a sustainable alternate to bypass the contradictory communal, financial, and ecological influences often affiliated with mass tourism development.

 

Research Question

How the tourism industry of Sri Lank will respond to the future challenges?

 

Country Profile

Sri Lanka, comprised of one large teardrop-shaped isle and some lesser isles in the Indian Ocean, is located about 80 km east of the south tilt of the India. The major isle extends 350 km from north to south and 180 km east to west, with a land locality of 65 000 km2 and a seashore of 1562 km. The south half of the isle is overridden by rugged high ground homeland, while the to the north half is a large plain. It furthermore has palm-fringed sandy coastlines on the southwestern, south and southeastern coasts.

Sri Lanka is a tropical homeland with distinct dry and damp seasons. The isle has two monsoon seasons: the southwest monsoon lasts from late May to late September and the northeast monsoon sways the northeast coasts from December to March. In the lowlands, the weather is usually humid with an mean warmth of 27°C. At a higher altitude, although, the centered high ground homeland loves a gentle and pleasing weather with a warmth extending from 10-16°C. This weather is absolutely crucial to support Sri Lanka's renowned tea plantations.

The territory, previously renowned as Ceylon, was inhabited by the Portuguese, Dutch and British, before accomplishing full self-reliance as a dominion inside the British Commonwealth in 1948. Today, colonial remnants can still be discovered in towns ...