CHENNAI, India - Ua hoʻokipa ʻo Lord Venkateswara o Tirumala i nā mākaʻikaʻi kūloko ma mua o nā wahi ʻē aʻe o ka ʻāina - nani, hoʻomana a i ʻole. Wahi a nā helu helu no 2010 i hoʻokuʻu ʻia e ka Union Tourism Ministry, ua loaʻa ʻo Andhra Pradesh i ke kūlana o ka huakaʻi kipa nui ʻia ma ka ʻāina e hoʻopaʻa ana i ka 155.8 miliona mau mākaʻikaʻi home mahalo i nā hale ʻo Tirumala a me Tirupati e hoʻohiwahiwa nei i nā mea mākaʻikaʻi kūloko.
ʻOi aku ka nui o nā mākaʻikaʻi kūloko e kipa aku ana iā Andhra Pradesh ma mua o Uttar Pradesh a me Maharashtra, nona ʻo Taj Mahal a me Ajanta Ellora, i ʻōlelo ʻia e kahi luna nui o ka ʻoihana ʻoihana huakaʻi.
Ma kahi o 740 miliona mau mākaʻikaʻi i kipa aku i nā wahi like ʻole o ka ʻāina i ka makahiki 2010 - ua piʻi ma ka 10.7% i hoʻohālikelike ʻia i ka makahiki i hala. ʻO ka nui o nā kipa mākaʻikaʻi kūloko i nā mokuʻāina a me Union Territories he 669 miliona ma 2009 a me 563 miliona ma 2008. "ʻO ka ulu ʻana o nā kipa mākaʻikaʻi home ma 2010 ma kahi o 11% i ka hoʻohālikelike ʻia me ka makahiki i hala," wahi a ka luna.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo VK Jeyakodi, ke kākau ʻōlelo o ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi Tamil Nadu: "Ma kahi o 60% o ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi e kipa ana iā Tamil Nadu e hele mai ma lalo o ka moʻomeheu moʻomeheu a me ka pilgrimage. ʻO ka luakini ʻo Rameswaram ka nui o nā malihini kipa i kēlā me kēia makahiki a ʻo ka hapa nui o ka poʻe pilgrims e kipa aku iā Rameswaram e hoʻolilo iā ia i mea e kipa aku ai iā Madurai. Hele lākou i ka luakini ʻo Meenakshi Amman a laila hele i Rameswaram.
ʻO ke koena 40 pākēneka e komo i ka poʻe e hele mai ana no ka mālama olakino ma nā haukapila ma Chennai a me kekahi mau kūlanakauhale ʻē aʻe ma Tamil Nadu. “ʻAʻohe o mākou ʻikepili pololei e pili ana i nā mākaʻikaʻi lapaʻau. Ke hana nei mākou i hoʻokahi, "wahi a Jeyakodi.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- Rameswaram temple has the maximum visitors every year and most of the pilgrims who visit Rameswaram also make it a point to visit Madurai.
- The number of domestic tourist visits to the states and Union Territories was 669 million in 2009 and 563 million in 2008.
- According to statistics for 2010 released by the Union tourism ministry, Andhra Pradesh has gained the position of the most visited destination in the country recording 155.
