"In India sometimes elections are won on the Ramayana platform and it is a huge thing," Renton De Alwis chairman of tourism promotion bureau told reporters.
"We will be getting the Indian government to assist us in developing some of these products [sites]."
According to legend, Prince Rama's wife Seetha, was captured by King Rawana of Sri Lanka who had flying machines known as a Dandu-Monera or a 'large peacock'.
S. Kalaiselvan, SLTB's director general says places of interest include Wariyapola in the Matale district. Wa-riya-pola literally means air-craft-port and could be the world's oldest airport.
Seetha Eliya, Ramboda and Ussangoda have also been identified with the Ramayana legend, Alwis says.
Rama with the help of Hanuman, a giant monkey, is said to have bridged a string of islands stretched across the narrow sea straits between India and Sri Lanka t