Welcome to our Jaffna A region blessed by nature.

Jaffna District is one of the most popular tourist destinations in Sri Lanka. Jaffna is blessed with nature and culture. Sri Lanka is divided into 9 provinces according to the decentralization purposes then these provinces cover the 25 districts. Administratively, this district is one of the major districts in the 25 districts in Sri Lanka. Northern Province is one of the nine provinces in Sri Lanka and it consisted of five districts and considered this province which covers high numbers of Districts in Sri Lanka. Jaffna (Tamil: யாழ்ப்பாணம்,(Yalppanam), Sinhala: යාපනය (Yapanaya) ) is the capital city of the Northern Province of Sri Lanka. It is in the northern tips of Sri Lanka.

It is a peninsula and fondly referred to as A region blessed by nature because it is covered by unique geographical features that have created human life and diversified culture made an ideal tourism destination in Sri Lanka.

This website is Government official tourism website which is designed, operated and maintained by District Secretariat, Jaffna in 2023 for the promotion of tourism. This website provides basic introductions of Jaffna and access to Jaffna from Bandaranayake International Airport, Colombo Railway station and Palaly International Airport. This would be very useful to our Tamil Diaspora’s young and next generation to reach Jaffna as preferred to visit their parents or Grandparent’s country. cultural places which include historical buildings, religious places, archeological monuments, beaches, culturally important places. In this section, all the cultural tangible destinations have been listed with descriptions, accessibility with google link, and appropriate photos. It will give the enthusiasm for tourists such as local and international tourists to choose which place, they will have to visit. It also ensures local community and tourists to develop mindset to adapt to the tourism and protect the cultural sites and the sustainability of the tourism.

The religious section includes religious traditions, spiritual temples, the places which are associated with Ramayanam Trail and the site which have a connection with Tamil Nadhu.It will also in addition to the tourism outcome of pluralism, diversity, and reconciliation can be respected with the local cultural believes and values by the visited tourists from other part of countries. Here last appropriate photos and illustrations have been given. Jaffna Tradition covers traditional house, household items, food, and medicine, local product, performing arts, festivals, events and ceremonies, livelihood system and traditional occupations and other non-polluted practices with illustrations.

In this website, for the benefits of the tourists’ easy access of amenities, all the accommodations, markets, hospitals, police stations details which have been listed in the where to say section. Apart from that This website provide what are tourism activities can be practiced and potentials of Palmyra tourism