Chennai: ‘Enchanting Tamil Nadu’ is giving a leg up to tourist arrivals in ‘Incredible India’. Chennai airport has emerged as the third most preferred gateway for foreigners arriving in the country.
What’s heartening is that these people don’t just get their first glimpse of Indian soil in the city and fly off to another place. “The transit traffic is almost negligible on international flights in Chennai. Barely 1-2 per cent of the people have connecting flights through a city like Chennai. If they come, they’re here to be tourists,” said an immigration official. Even domestic transfers are limited when it comes to foreign tourists, he added.
In a trend that has held steady through the last two years, with Chennai having seen between 7.5 and 8 per cent of total tourist traffic, January 2015 has witnessed a slight jump with 8.39% of foreign visitors using the city as a gateway to India. The only other entry points that saw higher foreign tourist entry are Delhi with 28.72% and Mumbai with 21.87%.
11/02/15 New Indian Express
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What’s heartening is that these people don’t just get their first glimpse of Indian soil in the city and fly off to another place. “The transit traffic is almost negligible on international flights in Chennai. Barely 1-2 per cent of the people have connecting flights through a city like Chennai. If they come, they’re here to be tourists,” said an immigration official. Even domestic transfers are limited when it comes to foreign tourists, he added.
In a trend that has held steady through the last two years, with Chennai having seen between 7.5 and 8 per cent of total tourist traffic, January 2015 has witnessed a slight jump with 8.39% of foreign visitors using the city as a gateway to India. The only other entry points that saw higher foreign tourist entry are Delhi with 28.72% and Mumbai with 21.87%.
11/02/15 New Indian Express
