The ancient city of Sigiriya, in central Sri Lanka, is built into the slopes of a granite peak called the Lion’s Rock PIC BY SYLVAIN BOUZAT/GETTY IMAGESSri Lanka’s average luxury hotel rates during its peak tourism season are in the lower range, at US $ 225, compared to the rates reaching as far up as US $ 2,000 in Saint Barthelemy and US $ 1,400 in Turks and Caicos, with only Madagascar, Colombia and Peru listed with peak season rates below Sri Lanka. However, Sri Lanka seemed to have been given more prominence by Bloomberg.