Traveling Tips - Getting to Places and Hotels in Sri Lanka

Hotels in Sri Lanka are of surprisingly great quality and make for an affordable place to lay your head when traveling through Sri Lanka.
Whether you are coming on business or for pleasure you will need a place for your body to rest and refuel from the activities of the day.
Traveling to Sri Lanka is easy, no matter where on the globe you start your travel Sri Lanka is easily accessed via air where you can land in Colombo Bandaranaike International airport, which services flights to and from just about any place in the world and there are hotels in Sri Lanka hear the airport.
If you are coming from somewhere closer and would like to land in a less congested place there are a total of seven other smaller airports in which you can choose to land depending on which one is geographically closer to your immediate destination.
  Other locations, which maintain airports and have hotels in Sri Lanka, are the cities of Anuradhapura, Batticaloa, Columbo Ratmalana, Gal Oya Amparai, Jaffina Kankessantu, Minneriya, Tricomalee and China Bay.
Getting there is no different than getting to any other location in this area of the world and it would be advised that you have your inoculations up to date and that you take care to heed any travel warnings that may be placed in and around the time that you are planning to travel.
You need to make sure that you meet the following requirements and that you have a passport and onward/return ticket and proof of sufficient funds are required.
You may have a no-cost landing visa, which is applicable for 30 days, and is granted only to tourists when they enter Sri Lanka for the first time.
If you are coming in for business reasons you are required to have a visa prior to arrival and if you are coming in or to Sri Lanka for reasons other than tourism, then you must have an entry visa from the Consulate  or Sri Lankan Embassy  before arrival in Sri Lanka or run the risk of deportation.
As of this writing, the Department of State asks American citizens to be careful when traveling to Sri Lanka and specifically warns Americans against travel to or in the Eastern Province and the Northern Province of Sri Lanka.
  You should also verify with your medical insurance company that your insurance will provide coverage here in the unlikely event you need medical attention while visiting.