Over 1 cr tourists visited Gujarat last year

Saturday, March 17, 2007, 12:30 [IST]

March 14 (UNI) Over one crore domestic and international tourists visited Gujarat during the past one year, according to a state tourism department release here today.

The Gujarat Government had observed 2006 as Tourism Year and over 1.20 crore tourists had visited the state last year. The number of tourists to the state in the previous year was a little over 95 lakh, the release said.

UNI

Topics: TOURISM-GUJ

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