Scent of cinnamon

Sri Lanka is fast emerging as a destination for Chinese tourists, Satarupa Bhattacharjya reports. Satarupa Bhattacharjya

Foreign tourists who still describe Sri Lanka as the "pearl of the Orient", a colonial cliche, perhaps do so owing to the island's many stunning natural locations.

The Indian Ocean nation is quite the traveler's classic with its white-sand beaches, hills dotted with tea plantations, tropical wildlife and gem mines.