THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, MAY 16: Over one crore tourists
are estimated to have visited Kerala during 2011, according to the Tourism
Minister, Mr A. P. Anil Kumar. 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.
Of the
inbound tourists, 7.3 lakh were foreign and the rest (93.7 lakh) domestic, the
Minister told newspersons here. 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. The foreign exchange earnings have gone up from Rs 3,797.37 crore in
2010 to Rs 4,221.99 crore in 2011, the Minister said.
The
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, the Minister claimed.
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