The number of tourists visiting Kinnaur has declined according to the statistics available with the tourism department of the district. This year only 566 sightseers visited the district from January till August 27, thereby affecting the tourism sector of the district.
Rain caused massive damage in Kinnaur on June 16-17, people living in around 40 houses, declared unsafe due to constant landslides after the recent devastation, were moved to safer places. This has resulted in the number of foreign as well as domestic tourists tumbling to 178 from July to August.
In 2012, the tourist influx to the district between January and December had been 1,890 and 1,571 travellers visited the district from June to December.
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