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Raipur, March 18 (IANS) About 2,500 foreign tourists visited Chhattisgarh in the past two years, a minister told the state assembly Thursday.
‘As many as 1,147 foreign nationals visited Chhattisgarh’s tourist sites in the year 2008-09, and 1,415 foreign people toured the state till date in 2009-10,’ Culture and Tourism Minister Brijmohan Agrawal informed the assembly.
He said the state had earned Rs.1.2 million from foreign tourists in 2008-09 and Rs.1.4 million in the current fiscal 2009-10.
