Sri lanka

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Examples of Environmental Sustainable and Ecotourism in Sri Lanka

emocratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is an isle in the Indian subcontinent. It counts about 20 million inhabitants with an area of 65,610 km²1. Sri Lanka has 1,340km of seaside, mostly composed of white sand beaches but is also known for its high level of biodiversity; which come from wide range of topographic and climatic variations to a high proportion of endemic species among its fauna and flora2 In addition to own remarkable ecosystems, nevertheless fragile, recently prone to natural disasters, like the 2004 tsunami; Sri Lanka is also a land inhabited by poor and very traditional Sri Lanka Map populations. Indeed, Sri Lanka's population is very diverse, even if it consists of two main groups: the Sinhalese and Tamils. The Sinhalese form the majority group with 69% of the population and live mainly in the southwestern part of the island while the Tamils have several communities3. In 2009, more than 400,000 tourists came in Sri Lanka and it approximately creates 125,000 direct or indirect jobs4. So we can say that tourism positively impacts Sri Lanka economy, however it also impacts the environment and threatens its durability. That’s why in this particular context some measures are taken to protect Sri-Lankais life place and preserve goodwill Sri Lanka tourism industry. Indeed, firstly based on low cost seaside resorts tourism; nowadays it seems that ecotourism and Tour Operator including Sri Lanka fauna and flora discover are more and more attractive.

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