http://saarc.org/visit saarc - travelling to Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka Fri, 06 Mar 2009 15:41:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Planning for your next vacation? Somewhere that offers a peaceful sun, sand and sea experience? Holiday to Maldives is the one! Maldives resort offers plenty of pleasant choices especially if you're interested in both nature and outdoor activities. That's why so many people have chosen to holiday in Maldives. In the ... http://saarc.org/visit/maldives/your-holidays-to-maldives/ Travelling in Bhutan can be done by foot or road. Some of the villages are not connected by roads, making the only modes of transport by foot or using riding ponies. If you're on a normal tourist visa your tour operator will provide all your transport. If you're working on ... http://saarc.org/visit/bhutan/bhutan-transport/ Travelling to Bhutan can be by two ways. That is by air and land. You can travel to Bhutan in air by Druk Air, which is the only airline travelling to Bhutan. The only airport in Bhutan is Paro. If you wish to travel by road you can get there ... http://saarc.org/visit/bhutan/travelling-to-bhutan/ Bhutan is located in southern Asia, between china and India. It has an area about half the size of Indiana. The total area consists of 47,000 sq km. it has a land boundary of 1,075 km and their border countries are china 470km and India 605 km. Bhutan has a climate ... http://saarc.org/visit/bhutan/bhutan-geography/ India’s diverse economy encompasses traditional village farming, modern agriculture, handicrafts, a wide range of modern industries and a multitude of services. Accounting for more than half of India’s output, services are the major source of economic growth. Agriculture, which is done by three fifth of the work force of the country ... http://saarc.org/visit/india/india-economy/ Official name: Republic of India Geographic coordinates: 20° 00 N, 77° 00 E Land area: 2,973,190 sq km Total area: 3,287,590 sq km Population: 1,027,015,248 Government: Federal Republic President: Pratibha Patil Prime Minister: Manmohan Singh Languages: English and Hindi (official), Assamese, Bengali, Bodo, Dogri, Gujarati, Kannada, Kashmiri, Konkani, Maithili, Malayalam, Manipuri, Marathi, Nepali, Oriya, Punjabi, Sanscrit, ... http://saarc.org/visit/india/fast-facts-india/ There are many ways to travel around in Sri Lanka. Transport ranges from train, bus, taxi, car rentals, sea planes and helicopters. The country has about 96,695 km of roads. Total length of roads is 11,285 km from which 10,721 km are paved and 564 km are unpaved. As many roads ... http://saarc.org/visit/sri-lanka/sri-lanka-transport/ Sri Lanka is a multi ethnic and multi religious country. Beside from Buddhism people of Sri Lanka follows other religions like Islam, Hinduism and Christianity. 70% of the population of Sri Lanka follows Buddhism making it the major religion of the country, according to traditional Sri Lankan chronicles, Buddhism was introduced ... http://saarc.org/visit/sri-lanka/sri-lanka-religions/ Sri Lanka has a climate of tropical monsoons; north-east monsoon (December to March) and south-west monsoon (June to October), due to proximity to equator. So the temperature is plain and high throughout the year. The average temperature in Colombo is 27 ºC with a humidity that varies from 70% at ... http://saarc.org/visit/sri-lanka/sri-lanka-climate/ Official name: Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Geographic coordinates: 7°00′N, 81°00′E Land area: 24,996 sq mi (64,740 sq km) Total area: 25,332 sq mi (65,610 sq km) Population: 20,926,315 (2007) Government: Democratic Socialist Republic President: Mahinda Rajapaksa (2005) Prime Minister: Ratnasiri Wickremanayake (2005) Languages: Sinhala 74% (official and national), Tamil 18% (national), other 8%; English is ... http://saarc.org/visit/sri-lanka/fast-facts-sri-lanka/