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Chennai attracted 3,581,200 foreign tourists that year with a growth rate of only 1.1 percent over 2012. [8] Chennai continued to remain the third most visited city destination of India by foreigners in 2014 [9] and 2015 [10] with 3,857,900 and 4,243,700 tourists respectively. The city was 43rd most visited city in the world for year 2015 and ...
As per Euromonitor, Chennai is the fourth-most visited city in India by international tourists and 36th internationally in 2019. [256] [257] Medical tourism forms an important part of the city's economy with more than 40% of total medical tourists visiting India making it to Chennai. [258]
Chennai Metropolitan Area (CMA) or Greater Chennai is the fourth-most populous metropolitan area in India and the 35th most populous in the world. It consists of the core city of Chennai , which is coterminous with the Chennai district , and its suburbs in Kanchipuram , Chengalpattu , Thiruvallur and Ranipet districts.
This is a list of areas and neighbourhoods in Chennai by region. The city, spanning an area of 1,189 square kilometres (459 sq mi), is divided on the basis of ...
Marina Beach, or simply the Marina, is a natural urban beach in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, along the Bay of Bengal.The beach runs from near Fort St. George in the north to Foreshore Estate in the south, a distance of 6.0 km (3.7 mi), [1] making it the second longest urban beach in the world, after Cox's Bazar Beach.
The Chennai Metropolitan area consists of five districts namely Chennai city and the districts of Kanchipuram, Chengalpattu, Thiruvallur and Ranipet. The city area covers an area of 476 km 2 (184 sq mi). [23] The metropolitan area covers 1,177 km 2 (454 sq mi). The city is divided on the basis of composition into four major parts: North ...
[84] [85] Kovalam beach, located 40 km (25 mi) away from Chennai offers adventure sports such as windsurfing. [86] Mamallapuram, known for its Pallava architecture, has a beach spanning a distance of over 20 km (12 mi). [87] Dhanushkodi is an abandoned town at the south-eastern tip of Pamban Island in Gulf of Mannar with large beaches. [88]
Name used in the default map caption; image = Chennai area locator map.svg The default map image, without "Image:" or "File:" top = 13.295 Latitude at top edge of map, in decimal degrees; bottom = 12.844 Latitude at bottom edge of map, in decimal degrees; left = 80 Longitude at left edge of map, in decimal degrees; right = 80.3575 Longitude at ...