Sunday, September 13, 2009

Coimbatore Tourism Statistics

Tourist flow to the Tamil Nadu State had been increasing by 21 per cent every year.

Tamil Nadu has various tourist attractions, ranging from hill stations to historic monuments. Providing the statistics of the tourist inflow, another interesting information is - 6.5 crores local tourists and 17 lakhs foreigners had visited the State and 62 lakh local tourists and 2.56 lakh foreigners had visited Coimbatore in 2008. The Tirumalai Naicker Mahal was visited by 3.74 lakh local tourists and 30,000 foreigners last year.

This is a good tourist traffic for last year. However, I think for the potential of Coimbatore - much more can be achieved!

Friday, September 11, 2009

Coimbatore Radio for Rural Community - PARD

Coimbatore based community radio - Vaanoli by The People Association of Rural Development (PARD) was officially inaugurated on 8 September 2009.

It was inaugurated by Coimbatore district collector Dr G Nammalvar who opened the recording room and Dr Sundara Aavudaiyappan, Programme Executive, All India Radio, Coimbatore Radio opened the broadcasting room.