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.
Bureau Report
First Published: Tuesday, November 03, 2009, 18:03