TravellerHints! Sri Lanka is the leading travel tourism nation in South Asia. Because culturally and traditional friendly nature as well as less extreme ideology in South Asia. Also, Sri Lanka, one of the highest, develop the nation in this zone as educational, health, and social welfare.
South or sometimes also Southern Asia is a compact region, which according to the geographical and political map, consists of countries including dominating.
Countries in South Asia
- India – Travel Information
- Pakistan – Travel Information
- Sri Lanka – Travel Information
- Nepal – Travel Information
- Bhutan – Travel Information
- Bangladesh – Travel Information
- The Maldives – Travel Information
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Geographical & Political
Some part of the South is surrounded by the Indian ocean such as East, South, and West. Central- and East Asia on the landside is also commonly referred to as the Indian sub-continent (this term is mainly used in the British Empire and its successors).
Taking into consideration the population of each country, all put together represent more than one-fifth of the entire world’s population, which makes South Asia indisputably the most populous geographical world’s region, which covers circa 3,4% of the Earth’s land surface.
This region is also remarkable for its broad variety of geographical attributes, covering rainforests, deserts, valleys, beaches, glaciers, or grasslands despite its rather small size.
Climate
South Asia can also be divided into four different climate zones from the continental climate, through equatorial and tropical to Alpine climate.
The humidity during monsoons alternating with dry seasons is one of the reasons behind the high cultivation of primary resources of the whole region, which are tea, rice, and various vegetables. The leading religion is being Hindu with more than 63% representation, followed by Islam with slightly over 33% of Muslims living there. Also, due to the rich history, the diversity of ethnic groups in South Asia speaks for more than 2 000 entities or ethnic groups.
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