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Scuba diving tourism services are usually focused on providing visiting recreational divers with access to local dive sites, or organising group tours to regions where desirable dive sites exist. The motivations of scuba divers to travel have been attributed to adventure, learning, escape, social interaction, stature, challenge and excitement ...
Category: Diving in Sri Lanka. ... Sri Lankan divers (2 C, 1 P) S. Sri Lanka at the World Aquatics Championships (6 P) This page was ...
Sri Lanka is a popular tourist destination. Tourism is a key industry that attracts international tourists yearly. Foreigners visit Sri Lanka to see nature, wildlife, historical monuments, and indigenous culture. In 2018, tourist arrivals peaked at 2.5 million, who spent a total of US$5.6 billion in the country.
It is located in the dry zone of Sri Lanka's southeast coast. It has been identified as the best surfing beach in Sri Lanka and the fourth best in southeast Asia. [citation needed] Lahugal National Park and Yala East National Park are located within a 10–30 km (6.2–18.6 mi) radius from the Arugam Bay centre.
Drift diving – Scuba diving where the diver is intentionally transported by the water flow; Inland diving – Diving in waters inland of the coastal high water mark. Reef diving – Recreational diving on a reef Artificial reef – Human-made underwater structure that functions as a reef
His record breaking dive was supported by only one support team member. [30] [25] The current record for the highest scuba dive was set on December 13, 2019 by Polish diver and mountaineer Marcel Korkus. He dived at an altitude of 6,395 m above sea level (20,981 ft), on Ojos del Salado volcano setting an absolute world record in altitude diving.
HMS Coronation – 90-gun second-rate ship of the line of the English Royal Navy; SMS Dresden – Light cruiser of the German Imperial Navy; SS Eastfield – Ship sunk off Cornwall in 1917, now a dive site; HMT Elk – British trawler sunk off Plymouth in 1940, now a recreational dive site. SS Espagne – Belgian cargo ship sunk in English Channel
National parks are a class of protected areas in Sri Lanka and are administered by the Department of Wildlife Conservation.National parks are governed by the Fauna and Flora Protection Ordinance (No. 2) of 1937 and may be created, amended or abolished by ministerial order. [1]