There was a perceptible decline in the number of tourists visiting places of interest in Mysuru and surrounding regions on Friday on account of elections.
The decline in the tourist numbers was visible at the Mysuru palace which normally draws more than 10,000 ticketed visitors per day. Summer is one of the peak tourism seasons in Mysuru and it was evident in the figures. Soon after the completion of school exams in March and early April, the footfalls to the palace increased from a low of 5265 to 19,471 on April 13 and maintained a similar trend till the third week of April. The tourist numbers was 12673 on April 20 and 13,895 on April 21.
But on Friday when the elections were held, the palace received only 5873 tourists of whom 5003 were adults, 771 were children, 45 were students while foreign tourists were 54.
