Tourists traffic marginally up in Nilgiris district
5 years, 2 months ago

Tourists traffic marginally up in Nilgiris district

Deccan Chronicle  

Ooty: Contrary to the belief, especially among the tourism stake holders and trading community here, that heavy rains and slowing economy may play spoilsport with the autumn tourist season here, the hills recorded a three per cent more influx of tourists this autumn, between the first week of September and the first week of November. While the tourist influx to the famed Government Botanical Garden is always ascribed to be the flow of tourists to the hills here, this autumn season, popularly known as second-season of Ooty, the GBG recorded an inflow of 4,48,824 tourists. During the corresponding period in 2018 autumn season, the tourist influx to GBG was 4,37,413. Though the tourist influx to the hills crossed one million mark for the first time in annals this summer season here, the unprecedented heavy rains in August that played havoc with the inter-state road in Nilgiris-Kerala border, minor landslips in some places and the torrential rains that continued from September as well as in October were perceived to be a big threat to tourist inflow.

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Nilgiris: Over 3 lakh tourists expected to visit during ‘second season’
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Nilgiris: Over 3 lakh tourists expected to visit during ‘second season’

The Hindu  

Nilgiris district Collector, Lakshmi Bhavya Tanneeru said that the district administration was expecting over 3 lakh tourists to visit the Nilgiris during the ‘second season’ between September and October of this year. Officials said that more than 60 varieties of plants, from across the country, including Kolkata, Kashmir, Punjab and Pune, will be raised at the GBG for the second …

Nilgiris summer festival | High ticket prices for flower show criticised
8 months ago

Nilgiris summer festival | High ticket prices for flower show criticised

The Hindu  

Tourist visitors to the Government Botanical Garden as well as the Rose Garden in Udhagamandalam are appalled at the more than 200% increase in ticket prices to view the annual flower show this year. B. Baskaran, a garment worker from Tiruppur, who had come to Udhagamandalam during the weekend to visit the botanical and rose garden with his two children …

Tourist footfall to the Nilgiris increases by 4 lakh in 2023
1 year ago

Tourist footfall to the Nilgiris increases by 4 lakh in 2023

The Hindu  

Tourist footfall in the Nilgiris has increased by more than 15% in 2023, with the total number of visitors to the Government Botanical Garden increasing by 4 lakh this year. According to officials from the Department of Horticulture and Plantation Crops, the number of tourists to the Garden increased from 24 lakh to 28 lakh in 2023 when compared with …

Ooty: Nilgiris, all set for 2nd autumn tourism season
5 years, 3 months ago

Ooty: Nilgiris, all set for 2nd autumn tourism season

Deccan Chronicle  

OOTY: The rejuvenating cool and yet shiny mornings, cloudy afternoons with occasional showers and drizzles, breezy evenings coupled with verdant looks and bloom of flowers in the hills, herald the “Second autumn season of Ooty”, that runs between mid-September and early-November, raising hopes for vibrant tourism in the days to come. Shiva Subramanian Samraj, joint director of Horticulture here, said …

Cherry blossom brings colours to Nilgiris
5 years, 4 months ago

Cherry blossom brings colours to Nilgiris

Deccan Chronicle  

Ooty: Cherry blossom has begun to add color and charm to the hills here and heralds the onset of the autumn tourist season, popularly known as the second season of Ooty. The bloom of the pink cherry flowers in clusters on the tree tops signifies the hills looking forward to busy tourism activities from this extended weekend due to the …

Ooty: Call to give impetus to bio-fuels and other alternatives to beat air pollution
5 years, 7 months ago

Ooty: Call to give impetus to bio-fuels and other alternatives to beat air pollution

Deccan Chronicle  

Ooty: As World Environment Day this year is being observed on Wednesday with the theme “Beat Air Pollution,” the Greens here in the hills of the Nilgiris, the core centre of the Nilgiris Biosphere Reserve which is the first of its kind in the country, called for giving impetus to bio-fuel and battery operated vehicles to combat air pollution as …

Record 1 million tourists visit Ooty in April-May
5 years, 7 months ago

Record 1 million tourists visit Ooty in April-May

Deccan Chronicle  

Ooty: This year when the Modern Nilgiris is celebrating its bicentenary, the Government Botanical Garden here, a British era legacy and stellar tourist attraction here, has created a record of sorts as the influx of tourists to GBG in the summer months of April and May crossed one Million for the first time in the history. While the popular summer …

Pooja days see huge tourist influx in Nilgiris
6 years, 2 months ago

Pooja days see huge tourist influx in Nilgiris

Deccan Chronicle  

Ooty: Thanks to the return of good weather and a respite from the heavy rains, the holidays and the extended weekend have spurred an influx of tourists to Nilgiris district in the last few days. The heavy rains and related minor mud-slips early this week had posed a threat to the 'pooja' holidays and it was feared that it would …

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