Although the famous caves of Ajanta & Ellora are withing just 100 kms of each other near Aurangabad, the number of domestic tourist traffic that Ellora receives is surprisingly 3 times that of Ajanta.
The number of domestic and foreign visitors to the centrally protected ticketed monuments of Ajanta and Ellora caves during 2009, 2010 and 2011 were as follows:
|
Year |
Visitors |
Ajanta Caves |
Ellora Caves |
|
2009 |
Domestic |
346018 |
738841 |
|
Foreign |
22964 |
18946 |
|
|
2010 |
Domestic |
389572 |
1187432 |
|
Foreign |
28192 |
32540 |
|
|
2011 |
Domestic |
412473 |
1308262 |
|
Foreign |
28576 |
33023 |
To encourage Hospitality Sector a Five Year Tax Holiday has been announced in 2008 - 09 for 2, 3 and 4 star category hotels located in all UNESCO declared World Heritage sites (Except Mumbai and Delhi) for hotels operating w.e.f. 01.04.2008 to 31.03.2013.
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