Published on : Thursday, January 3, 2019
The figures showed that in 2017, the tourism destinations in the district were visited by 626,060 domestic and 3,746 foreign tourists. In 2018, the numbers rose to 697,390 and 4,533 respectively.
The highest inflow of domestic tourists was in April-May. During this period over 1.6 lakh domestic tourists visited the district. In the first two months of 2017, 1,163 foreign tourists had visited the district, but during the corresponding period last year, the number was 2,146.
The increase in tourists is due to the renovation of tourism destinations and enhancement of tourism facilities as part of initiatives to tap the tourism potential created by the new airport here.
Tags: Kannur, New airport