1 crore visitors in Kerala

Kerala

registered over one crore visitors during 2011, said A P Anil Kumar, Tourism Minister, Government of Kerala. Revenue earnings recorded by the sector during the peri

` od stood at 19,037 crore, the Minister said. Of all inbound tourists, 7.3 lakh were foreign and 93.7 lakh domestic. 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, according to a report by The Hindu Business Line. Foreign exchange earnings have

` gone up from 3,797.37

` crore in 2010 to 4,221.99 crore in 2011.