Colombo is a very historic city in south asia. Its location in the midst of an indian ocean gave it a most prominent place in naval cities of the world since the time immemorial.From the Portuguese colonial period upto this day, its importance as naval, commercial, economic, cultural and strategic hub is been never diminished. Colombo is a commercial capital of sri lanka and all major governmental head offices and parliament situated there as well as all the head offices of sri Lankan leading private firms are threre.
Colombo harbour and port is a main source of connectivity of sri lanka to outside world through sea lines and its presence is much important to sri Lankan economy. It is a busy metropolitan, cosmopolitan city with so much diversity can be seen in each and every aspect. As a tourist, your travel would entail various places there and so much to see and discover there.