With the Smile of Hospitable People
Owed to its multicultural heritage, the island of Sri Lanka is enriched with a vibrant and adverse way of life. The friendly people of Sri Lanka are more than happy to introduce you to the mouthwatering cuisines, magnificent arts, captivating dances, toe tapping music and dazzling parades and festivals. Immense yourself in the lively surroundings as you explore the characteristic and happy go lucky wonderland that is Sri Lanka.
Ethnic, religious, and linguistic distinctions in Sri Lanka are essentially the same. Three ethnic groups Sinhalese, Tamil, and Muslim make up more than 99 percent of the country’s population, with the Sinhalese alone accounting for nearly three-fourths of the people. The Tamil segment comprises two groups, Sri Lankan Tamils who are long-settled descendants from southeastern India and Indian Tamils recent immigrants from southeastern India, most of whom were migrant workers brought to Sri Lanka under British rule. Muslims, who trace their origin back to Arab traders of the 8th century, account for about 7.5 percent of the population. Burghers, a community of mixed European descent, and Veddas regarded as the aboriginal inhabitants of the country total less than 1 percent of the population.
