Sri Lanka :

Earlier known as Ceylon, is also known as the “Emerald Isle”. Located very strategically, it is surrounded by the warm waters of the Indian Ocean and has picture post cards palm-fringed tropical beaches. Sri Lanka has much to offer the discerning traveler. Sri Lanka is a lush, tropical island paradise, known to Arab traders as Serendib - hence "serendipity", meaning discovery by happy accident - and famously described by Marco Polo as "undoubtedly the finest island of its size in the world".