BATADOBA LENA AS A TOURISM ATTRACTION PLACE ; A review

Sri Lanka Has been Famous as a tourist location since ancient time. Named the “Pearl of the Indian Ocean”. It has been visited written about and acclaimed in many ancient chronicles. Being close to the equator, it has a year – round sunny weather and with its topography it harbors a host of rich biodiversity promoting ecotourism. With a costal belt right round the island it has attract many visitors to its beaches. The ancient history and monuments have called in tourist to its cultural sites. Currently, after the advent of the terrorist conflict, new vistas have opened up in the tourism trade. These are popularly known as a ‘Eco Tourism’, ‘Nature Tourism’ , ‘Adventure tourism’, ‘ Ayurvedic tourism’, ‘Religious  tourism’, ‘Agriculture tourism’, ‘Cave tourism’, Culture tourism’,ect                                                  Palaeo biodiversity is the biodiversity of ancient times. It addresses ancient man and his interaction with his palaeo environment. It Speak of the geological eras, the prehistoric people. Therefore, this subject has another aspect of interest to the visitor. With the prehistory that dates far back as  125000 BP and its locations situated amidst forests and streams it mainly attracts the ecotourism.Since this subject has been introduced newly it is not possible to market this product alone. Therefore it is much more convenient to market it along with other product such as ecotourism, nature tourism, adventure tourism and cave tourism, ect