Why is a foreigner so interested in Sri Lanka?
Someone leaves his country for a moment to fill a void he feels in his life. If a person from another country in the world is interested in Sri Lanka, it must be because there is something here that is not available in that country. How many developed countries are there in the world? Their pleasures are maximum. Does one who enjoys such pleasures leave those pleasures even for a moment and lodge in another place ?
But if one thinks of staying in a place for a day or so, leaving such pleasures, then there must be even supreme pleasures in that other place. In that case, Sri Lanka is a place of supreme happiness for them.
Do foreigners see that such supreme comfort is available here because there are five star hotels here ? Is it because of the presence of carpet roads ? Because there are five star night clubs or five star supermarkets ? Considering those, if someone leaves from his place of living in search of a happiness, the developed country is the best.
They love this country for its inspiration of nature, natural settings and silence.
Ask a question ?
Why destroy the nature of this country to provide comforts similar to their lands to such visitors ?
At a time when they leave their happiness & come to Sri Lanka in search of happiness, the happiness they expect is not the happiness they get from their lands. They come here for a happiness that they do not receive from their countries. We must understand this reality.
Example !
Apart from the five stars or complex pleasures in their countries, people come to this country probably because of simplicity. Simplicity provides supreme happiness. If we prepare five-star comforts for a person who fed up such happiness ?
Therefore,
Protect nature.
Respect nature.
Worship nature.
Dr Dammika Wijerathna