Tourists experience local cultural traditions

 The “New Year in Paradise 2023” New Year festival, which provides foreign tourists with experiences of local cultural traditions related to the Sinhala – Tamil New Year was hosted under the guidance of Labour and Foreign Employment Minister Manusha Nanayakkara on April 15, at Unawatuna Beach. The Tourism Ministry and the Tourism Promotion Authority sponsored this New Year event organized to provide New Year experiences to foreign tourists. Many traditional New Year competitions were organized for foreigners. A sand castle-making competition was also organized on the beach for small children visiting Sri Lanka. A village kitchen with local sweets was also added to the New Year festival to give tourists a live experience of preparing local food.