Tourists from Europe and US avoid Allahabad, the Sangam City

Allahabad has lost its charm for foreign tourists from European countries and the United States and have to rely on foreign tourists from Asian countries like Sri Lanka, Nepal and Pakistan. In fact, as per data released by the regional tourism office the number of foreign tourists visiting the city was at least 98,167 in 2010 which subsequently increased to 1,07,141 in 2014 because of the Kumbh Mela of 2013.
This has been reported in timesofindia.indiatimes.com dated 10 October 2015.

At the time, the Sangam City had seen influx of foreign nationals go up to 3.87 lakh – that was nearly three times that of the previous year. Most of these tourists had arrived for the Kumbh mela area between January and March 2013. Incidentally, in the past five years, Allahabad has recorded only 2.5 per cent growth in the foreign tourist influx.
The main tourist attraction here are Sangam, Allahabad Fort, Allahabad Museum, Bharadwaj Ashram, Shringverpur etcetera.
The tourism department said that the data was compiled from hotels in the city and the departments where tourists register themselves after arriving in the country. Students who come from Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Middle East and African countries for pursuing education in their desired courses in the city are considered as foreign tourists.
In addition, any foreign national who is invited to Allahabad for attending any seminar or lecture even for a few hours and putting up in a hotel are counted as tourists.
(Image courtesy wikimediacommons.org)

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