Domestic tourism registers impressive growth

Monday, 28 June 2010, 14:38 IST   |    2 Comments
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New Delhi:Despite economic recession, domestic tourism registered an impressive growth of more than 15 per cent but there was a decline in foreign tourist arrivals last year. In the domestic tourism sector, Andhra Pradesh drew maximum tourists in 2009 and in terms of foreign travellers, Tamilnadu bagged the top spot. However, the number of foreign tourist visits registered a decline of 2.8 per cent over 2008 as only 13.7 million foreigners visited the country as compared to 14.1 million in the previous year. Data compiled by the Tourism Ministry suggested that the number of domestic tourist visits to the states and Union Territories (UTs) was 650 million as compared to 563 million in 2008 and 527 million in 2007. With 157.5 million travellers, Andhra Pradesh topped the list of states followed by Uttar Pradesh (134.8 million) and Tamilnadu (115.8). The number of domestic tourist visits registered an increase of 15.
Source: PTI
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