74% increase in tourists at 'Statue of Unity'

After its dedication to the nation on October 31, 2018, a number of new tourist attractions have been added at Kevadia, which include Jungle Safar, Children Nutrition Park, Cactus Garden, Butterfly Garden, Vishwa Van, Ekta Nurser, Ekta Mall, Ekta Auditorium, Ekta Dwar, Dino Trail, Arogya Van, Zarvani Eco-tourism, Khalwani eco-tourism, budget accommodation, Sardar Sarovar Resort, Glow Garden, Decorative Lighting & Illumination, Facilities like river rafting, boating, cycling, food court WiFi etc. These additional tourists attractions have led to sharp increase in the daily tourists' footfall during November 2019 and with 74% increase over the daily average of the first year i.e. November 1 2018 to October 31, 2019, daily average of 15,036 is now registered in the first month of this second year. This has further increased to 22, 430 on weekend days. The Statue of Liberty of New York, Unites States, attracts around 10,000 visitors a day. Thus Statue of Unity overtakes Statue of Liberty in terms of daily average footfall. It is noteworthy here that Statue of Liberty in US is a 133 years' old world famous monument, whereas Statue of Unity is just 13 months old.  Total 30, 90, 723 number of tourists have visited Kevadia till November 30, 2019 and total income of Rs 85, 57 crore has been generated. Dr. Rajiv Kumar Gupta Additional Chief Secretary to Government of Gujarat Forests & Environment Department, Sachivalaya, Gandhinagar and MD of the Sardar Sarovar Narmada Nigam is looking after this  uniqe tourist spot.