Kerala registered over one crore visitors during 2011, said A. P. Anil Kumar, Tourism Minister, Government of Kerala. Revenue earnings recorded by the sector during the period stood at Rs 19,037 crore, the minister said in an update of the government’s performance in its first year in office yesterday in Thiruvananthapuram.
Of all inbound tourists,
7.3 lakh were foreign and 93.7 lakh domestic. This represented a year-on-year rise of 73,720 in the number of foreign tourists and as much as 7.86 lakh in domestic tourists, according to a report by The Hindu Business Line. Foreign exchange earnings have gone up from Rs 3,797.37 crore in 2010 to Rs 4,221.99 crore in 2011. The Kerala Department of Tourism achieved 94.5 per cent utilisation of the annual plan funds during the period under reference. This was the best performance in at least the last 20 years, Kumar claimed.
Click here to see the original article>7.3 lakh were foreign and 93.7 lakh domestic. This represented a year-on-year rise of 73,720 in the number of foreign tourists and as much as 7.86 lakh in domestic tourists, according to a report by The Hindu Business Line. Foreign exchange earnings have gone up from Rs 3,797.37 crore in 2010 to Rs 4,221.99 crore in 2011. The Kerala Department of Tourism achieved 94.5 per cent utilisation of the annual plan funds during the period under reference. This was the best performance in at least the last 20 years, Kumar claimed.