Despite last-minute preparations, visitor numbers during summer festival season increased 28% in 2026

Despite the Tamil Nadu legislative Assembly elections starring to preparations for the yearly summertime festival successful The Nilgiris being delayed, visitant numbers to the district’s main tourer attraction — The Government Botanical Garden (GBG) accrued by 28% successful 2026, statistic from the State horticulture section show.

Though the visitant numbers witnessed a flimsy alteration successful April of this twelvemonth erstwhile compared with 2025, the numbers accrued substantially successful May of this year, with a full of 4.67 lakh visitors being recorded, arsenic opposed to 3.62 lakh visitors for the aforesaid period successful 2025.

The figures bespeak that mean regular visitant numbers during the highest summertime period of May stood astatine much than 15,000 visitors to the plot each day, which is much than 3,000 mean tourists a time much than past year.

The full visitant numbers to the GBG are utilized arsenic a measurement to gauge the tourer inflow into the territory arsenic the tourer spot witnesses the highest footfall astatine immoderate 1 tourer determination successful The Nilgiris. According to officials, visitant numbers could person decreased somewhat successful April of this twelvemonth owed to the elections taking place.

With the predetermination results being declared successful May and a caller authorities taking charge, preparations for the yearly shows — the Rose Show, Flower Show, Plantation Crops Show and Fruit Show, were delayed, officials said. Despite nary Ministers visiting the shows this twelvemonth and minimal promotions of the summertime shows, visitant numbers showed a affirmative trend, they added.

“It indispensable besides beryllium kept successful caput that determination were dense rains during the extremity of the summertime festival play past year, that besides led to a simplification successful tourer numbers. This year, the deficiency of immoderate disruptive rains, combined with higher temperatures successful the plains could person led to much radical visiting the hills for their vacation,” an authoritative from the tourism section added.