Birth tourism, the practice of traveling to another country to give birth in order to secure citizenship for the child, is primarily associated with countries that grant jus soli (right of soil) citizenship, where anyone born on the country's territory automatically receives citizenship, regardless of the parents' nationality. However, Sri Lanka does not offer unconditional birthright citizenship based on jus soli, which significantly limits its appeal as a destination for birth tourism.

While birth tourism to Sri Lanka by foreign nationals is unlikely, Sri Lankan parents living abroad may engage in a form of reverse birth tourism by returning to Sri Lanka to give birth, ensuring their child is born on Sri Lankan soil and automatically qualifies for citizenship by descent if one parent is a Sri Lankan citizen. However, this is not birth tourism in the traditional sense, as it involves citizens leveraging their own country’s laws rather than seeking foreign citizenship.