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Variety is the spice of life in sensational Sri Lanka: Why Lonely Planet was right when it said the country is the best place to visit in 2019 Sri Lanka has just been voted by travel experts Lonely Planet as the best place in the world to visit in 2019  From picture-postcard beaches, lush jungles and incredible wildlife, the country has so much to offer  A tour from the west to the south east coast with a driver makes for an epic adventure, writes Andrew Harries  If you’re reading this while enjoying a cup of tea, then perhaps you should raise your mug to a pioneering young Scot, James Taylor. Just 16 when he left Scotland’s shores, he introduced tea planting to Sri Lanka, opening the country’s first factory in 1872 – and by the mid-90s Sri Lanka was the world’s biggest exporter of tea. And it’s striking just how ...