Hat-trick for Tamil Nadu: Attracts most tourists for third year in a row

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It is nice to see that the State of Tamil Nadu remains as an attractive and affordable destination for more tourists, with security, safety, language, communication, facilities, amenities and great historic monuments, temples, rich culture. forests, water falls, scenic beauties, etc.


Great Tamil Nadu.... I am really proud of our language, culture , State and country.[h=1][/h]
Hat-trick for Tamil Nadu: Attracts most tourists for third year in a row

According to the report, ethnic Indians form 40% of the total number of international visitors touring the state every year.
Tamil Nadu has topped the country for the third year in a row, in terms of attracting both foreign and domestic tourists as per a report by Yogesh Kabirdoss in The Times of India.


“The contribution of top 10 states was about 84.21% to the total number of domestic tourist visits during 2016. Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh maintained the first, second and third ranks in domestic tourists (arrivals) in 2016,“ an official statement of the ministry said.


The state recorded 343.81 million domestic tourists in 2016, while it saw 333.45 million tourists in 2015 and 327.55 million in 2014.


Data released by the Union Ministry for the year 2016, shows that the state saw 4.72 million foreign tourist arrivals followed by Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh, reports ToI.


There has been a steady increase in the number of tourists visiting every year. In 2014, 4.65 million foreign tourists visited the state and the number rose to 4.68 million in 2015. But not all of this can be attributed to visitors who come to the state for sightseeing or purely recreational purposes.


Chennai-based approved tour guides' association president P Asoka, told ToI that the increase in foreign tourist arrivals is also because of the regular visits of ethnic Indians of Tamilians from abroad. They come from Malaysia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Mauritius and Reunion Island for pilgrimages. According to the report, ethnic Indians form 40% of the total number of international visitors touring the state every year.

Read more at: http://www.thenewsminute.com/articl...u-attracts-most-tourists-third-year-row-64141

 

[krish44]

About 40% of visitors to TN are ethnic tamils from other countries.A few americans also visit.

Tamils everywhere long to visit land of their origin.

American tamils of next generation , born and brought up there visit to see their roots and feel happy to go back at the earliest.

Ethnic tamil from south asian countries like to visit temples and perform pujas than spend time sight seeing.

Many still have relations in tamilnadu whom they visit and renew their relationships.

Most of these would prefer their own countries unless they are thrown out of there by the majority there.