Most of the tourists like to spend their vacations on beaches because, for most people, spending time at the beach, relaxes their stress.Following are the popular beaches in the island. One popular beach in southern pravince is Hikkaduwa beach.
Hikkaduwa is a town in south west coast of Sri Lanka. It is a most popular surfing and tourist region with number of hotels including five star hotels. Speciality at Hikkaduwa is the coral reef sanctuary. Large number of species of coral fish and number of species of reef fish are found here.