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Over one crore tourists are estimated to have visited Kerala in 2011, according to the Tourism Minister, Mr A.P. Anil Kumar. The revenue earnings during the period were Rs 19,037 crore, the Minister said in an update of performance during the first year of the government. Of the inbound tourists, 7.3 lakh were foreign and the rest (93.7 lakh) domestic, the Minister told newspersons here. This represented a year-on-year rise of 73,720 in the number of foreign tourists and as much as 7.86 lakh in domestic ones. The foreign exchange earnings have gone up from Rs 3797.37 crore in year 2010 to Rs 4221.99 crore in 2011, the Minister said.
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