Approximately 19 million people in Sri Lanka use Sinhala, of which about 16 million are native speakers. It is one of the official languages approved by Sri Lanka Constitution, Tamil. Sinhala has his own writing system (see Sinhalese characters). This is the descendant of the Indian Brahma character.
When the Sinhalese are Sinhalese's indigenous people, Tamil speak Tamil. English is also widely used. Approximately 16 million people in Sri Lanka use Sinhala, of which about 13 million are native speakers. It is one of the official languages approved by Sri Lanka Constitution and Tamil in South India. Sports play a big part in the culture of Sri Lanka Because there are many highly educated people in society, people feel that participating in sports is important in life. The main sport in Sri Lanka is cricket. However, since Britain 's cricket era, Sri Lanka was the most popular sports event. Every child in Sri Lanka knows how to play cricket. There are many cricket pitches on the island for children and adults to play. After cricket, the most popular entertainment in Sri Lanka is watching cricket match of Sri Lanka national team.
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.