| A tsunami struck out of nowhere going down in | | | | popular vacation spots that were affected the |
| history as the most devastating earthquake | | | | most were Sri Lanka, South India, Thailand, |
| killing over two hundred thousand people. The | | | | and Indonesia. After the tsunami struck most |
| coasts of South East Asia had been building | | | | locations started planning ideas or events to |
| popularity with Europeans when this occurred, | | | | bring tourism back. They knew the travel |
| understandably so tourism dwindled down after | | | | industry would be affected and wanted to make |
| this, but not for long.Some of the more | | | | sure it did not last long. |