Mysore palace draws more tourists, not Taj
Mysore,
Sep
9:
Amba
Vilas,
Popularly
known
as
Mysore
Palace
and
reckoned
to
be
the
most
recognizable
of
all
the
Palaces
in
the
country,
'draws
more
tourists
than
Taj
Mahal.
The number of tourists to the Mysore palace in 2006 was 25,25,687 as per the Archaeological Survey of India figures while the number of tourists who had visited Taj Mahal in Agra was 25,39,471.
Although
the
Taj
Mahal
was
narrowly
ahead
of
Mysore
Palace
in
terms
of
number
of
tourists
visiting
it,
sources
in
Mysore
Palace
Board
told
UNI
Comments
Story first published: Sunday, September 9, 2007, 16:13 [IST]