One year since COVID-19 outbreak, tourism in Nilgiris down by 80%
The Hindu
Tourist guides, boatmen and others dependent on the industry have been badly hit and are struggling
Over the last one year since the COVID-19 pandemic began, tourism to the Nilgiris has fallen by a staggering 80%. Based on statistics from the Horticulture and Tourism Departments which calculate the number of visitors to the Government Botanical Garden (GBG) in Udhagamandalam as a barometer to gauge the tourist inflow into the district, the number of tourist visitors to the Nilgiris fell from 28.92 lakh visitors in 2019, prior to the outbreak of COVID-19, to 5.88 lakh visitors in 2020.More Related News