Tourist inflow on the rise in Sikkim

Gangtok: Total 16339 international tourists visited Sikkim in 2009 till the month of November and 462984 domestic tourists till the month of October this year. Inflow of tourists in 2009 is expected to exceed 2008 figures - 21,162 international and 4,60,564 domestic tourists in the state.

Highest number of international tourists was in the month of October and April and domestic tourists in May, as recorded by Sikkim Tourism department.