Kaziranga: With over one lakh people
visiting the Kaziranga National Park (KNP), habitat of the
one-horned Indian rhino, the number of visitors in 2008-09 has
doubled compared with that of the previous year.
The park attracted 100,284 domestic and 5,767 foreign
visitors grossing a revenue of Rs 1.12 crore against Rs 87.34
lakh in the previous period, KNP authorities said today.
Though there was a slight fall in the number of foreign
travellers from the previous period`s figure of 6,106, the
authorities said, the inflow of Indian tourists has almost
doubled from 53,640 during the earlier year.
Going by the trend, the authorities are hopeful of a
higher visitor turnout to the park this year after it opened
on November one for three months.
The number of tourists is maximum during the
December-January period, they said.
Though the park had partially opened on October 10 for
jeep safari, elephant rides for visitors started on November
1.
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