Colombo Wall

The longest painting in Asia was created by school children to commemorate World Tourism Day 2011. The canvas paintings earned praise from Hon. Mahinda Rajapaksa, President of Sri Lanka which he viewed a few days ago, organized on behalf of World Tourism Day. The painting which begins from near the Beira Lake is 1.5 kilometres long. More than 2000 children from 140 schools of the Western Province contributed towards this creation.
‘Colombo Wall’ showcases Colombo City in 10 years as seen through the eyes of Sri Lanka's children. They created the painting as to how they have in their mindset a vast developed and clean City under the massive development that is being carried out currently by the government of Sri Lanka.

It was a team effort by the Ministries of Economic Development, Tourism, Education and Youth Affairs and the Western Provincial Council.
The painting which is approximately one and a half kilometers long. To coincide with ‘Worlds Tourism Day”, which fell on Tuesday the 27th, in close proximity to the Beira Lake, plans have already been made to make this area a ‘Tourist Destination'. Currently massive contraction projects are under way throughout the entire island with road networks been layer out, highways been developed and even the talks of mono and sky rail and the reconstruction of the tram network which ran until the 1960's may be seen in a few years time.
Talking to many people today, there is a lot of praise towards the current government and are possitive in saying that unlike previous regimes, the current President and the cabinet truly are getting things done in record time and with great care and planning but there are those that are also skeptical and are concerned at the developments happening only in certain parts of the island.
Overall though the island is truly getting a big boost in its tourism industry as many new visitors are arriving daily and the city is heading towards one of the highest ever visitors ever recorded.