Kaziranga (Assam), Nov 3 (PTI) With over one lakh people visiting the Kaziranga National Park (KNP), habitat of the one-horned Indian rhino, the number of visitors in 2008-09 has doubled compared with that of the previous year.

The park attracted 100,284 domestic and 5,767 foreign visitors grossing a revenue of Rs 1.12 crore against Rs 87.34 lakh in the previous period, KNP authorities said today.

Though there was a slight fall in the number of foreign travellers from the previous period's figure of 6,106, the authorities said, the inflow of Indian tourists has almost doubled from 53,640 during the earlier year.

Going by the trend, the authorities are hopeful of a higher visitor turnout to the park this year after it opened on November one for three months.

The number of tourists is maximum during the December-January period, they said.