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Tourism belongs to the Ministry of Tourism. The four parts are Sri Lanka Tourism Development Agency (Sri Lanka Tourism Bureau established in 1966, founded in 1966), Sri Lanka Hotel Management Association, and Sri Lanka Convention Bureau. The Sri Lankan Tourism Development Bureau is in charge of all tourism development activities and the responsibility for all marketing and promotion is owned by Tourism Promotion Bureau.

Tourism in Sri Lanka is growing rapidly. For centuries, Sri Lanka is a popular attraction for foreign tourists. Chinese traveler Fa-Hien visited Sri Lanka early in the 4th century, Italian explorer Marco Polo claimed that Sri Lanka is the "world's largest island" in the 12th century. Government initiatives in tourism development can be traced back to 1937 when the Ceylon Tourism Board was founded. However, due to the Second World War, it was closed in September 1939. After Sri Lanka's independence, the tourism industry was reconsidered by re-establishing Ceylon Tourism Bureau which took over the functions of the tourism bureau. By the promulgation of Act No. 10 of 1966 formal approval of the tourism department of the country was achieved. With this, the law concerning the establishment of the Ceylon Tourism Bureau was enacted.

The tourism industry in Sri Lanka, which announced that the rebel army won a decisive victory in May 2009, made significant progress in restoring peace in the island country. Since the 1980s, tourism in Sri Lanka has been affected by ethnic conflicts. The number of tourists decreased from 407,230 in 19821 to 302,000 in 1996. Since then, the number of tourists in 2004 increased to 566,200 due to the ceasefire of the Sri Lankan troops in 2002 and the Tamil army of rebels, but tourism has increased. I will fall later. In 2005, it had a negative impact on the worldwide decrease in tourists following the Asian tsunami in December 2004 and the collapse of the ceasefire agreement in 2002.