Gir popularity soars, 33% rise in inflow of foreign tourists
Himanshu Kaushik | TNN
Ahmedabad: The financial health of Asiatic lion conservation plan is improving by the day. Not just domestic, the number of foreign tourists too has registered a jump of 33 per cent in 2010.
Forest officials said that from October to December 2010, Gir Wildlife Sanctuary had 2,432 foreign tourists as against 1,827 in 2009 during the same period.
Publication Date:
07/01/2011