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CNN travel’s ranked Sri Lanka as one of the 20 best places to visit in 2020

As a traveler, one would find Sri Lanka to be a stunning destination offering a diverse range of experiences. The island nation boasts of beautiful beaches, lush green forests, and rich cultural heritage. The locals are friendly and welcoming, making visitors feel at home.

Travelers can spend their days lounging on the sandy shores of popular beaches like Unawatuna, Mirissa, and Bentota, or explore the national parks and nature reserves to catch a glimpse of the exotic wildlife, such as elephants and leopards. For those interested in history and culture, the ancient cities of Anuradhapura and Polonnaruwa are UNESCO World Heritage Sites, and the Sigiriya rock fortress is a fascinating attraction that tells the story of Sri Lanka's rich heritage.

The local cuisine is a treat for foodies, with an array of dishes to choose from. The temperate climate makes it an ideal destination to visit throughout the year. Overall, as a traveler, one would find Sri Lanka to be a destination that offers a perfect balance of relaxation, adventure, and cultural immersion.

Sri Lanka continues to emerge as one of the world’s best tourist destinations with accolades from various travel guides, travel magazines and travel web sites including Lonely Planet, Travel lemming web site and Bloomberg web site etc.

Sri Lanka was selected by travel influencers as top destination in Asia for 2019, and Sri Lanka was given the Emerging destination award in 2019. Sri Lanka also gained the travel lemming readers award 2019 among world’s top destinations by traveling web site. Also, I scape web site UK ranked Sri Lanka as one of the 10 best places to visit in 2019. 

Subsequently, the BBC good food team named Sri Lankan Cuisine as the no:1 trending cuisine in 2019 on their list. Travel + Leisure magazine and web site ranked Sri Lanka as one of the the best Islands in the world 2019. Sri Lanka has claimed the top spot in the world’s leading travel guide, the Lonely Planet, as the best travel destination in 2019. Sri Lanka was ranked as top destination for winter travel by USA today in 2019.

CNN travel’s ranked Sri Lanka as one of the 20 best places to visit in 2020. The destination was again featured as one of the Top Destinations to travel in February 2020 by conde Nast Traveler – Middle East. In 2021, Sigiriya became one of Bloomberg’s new 7 wonders of the world. 

Sri Lanka was ranked one of the top 25 islands voted by readers of travel + leisure magazine for 2021 with many UNESCO heritage sites, beaches, wildlife parks and hill country resorts bottled up in to a small space . Sri Lanka is undoubtedly one of the best holiday destinations waiting to be discovered and celebrated.

In 2021 , Sri Lanka won another accolade as one of the best countries to travel to by Conde Nast Traveler Readers choice awards , and in parallel to that , globally ranked as a wellness tourism destination.



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