My search skills are not as good as I thought them to be! I was trying to find out the number of people visiting the Taj everyday and when I could not find out much, I turned to Indiamike. The super folks there did some search and we now have some numbers. I find the whole thread such a great help.
This UNESCO document, dating from 2003, gives the following figures for visitor numbers:
2000: 1,955,404 Indian; 39,757 overseas; Total: 1,994,161
2001: 1,977,458 Indian; 249,267 overseas; Total: 2,226,725Unfortunately, this seems to be the most recent UNESCO document relating to the Taj Mahal.
This MSNBC news page quotes figures for 2005:
Quote:
The ever-popular Taj Mahal received 593,637 international visitors and 364,997 locals over the year. although the number of Indian visitors seems to be way out of line with UNESCO’s figures for 2000/2001.
You could try emailing the Archaeological Survey of India directly, at directorgeneralasi@gmail.com
Interesting figures, but I doubt whether anything will happen after emailing the Archaeological Survey of India directly.
I wonder if you plan to use these figures for further research and/or analyses.
Pijush, thanks for stopping by. I am not even thinking of writing to ASI or maybe just for the heck of it, I should do that :)Sidhu, nah this data is just the part of the background information.