In 2009 soon after the end of the 30 years internal ethnic conflict Sri Lanka had, inbound tourism to Sri Lanka has faced a tremendous growth, Sri Lankan government & all the stakeholders in the tourism industry started investing heavily to cater to this fast increasing demand.
South Koreans also has shown a great interest to visit Sri Lanka & during past few year the inflow from S’Korean tourists to Sri Lanka keeps growing. In 2013 Sri Lanka has received 12207 Korean tourists to Sri Lanka which is 55.7% growth compared to previous year, during the 1st 4 months in 2014 there is 16.7% growth fromS’Korea to Sri Lanka.