Noida, UP -- (SBWIRE) -- 05/19/2010 -- The Jim Corbett National Park ( http://www.corbett-national-park.com/ ) in Uttarakhand, India, has started receiving an increased number of tourists with the beginning of the new season. Making this announcement on Friday, a Corbett official said, “We are quite happy with the current trend. The rise in the number of tourist is significant as compared to last year's statistics. Moreover, with Corbett's main attractions like tigers and elephants being sighted more frequently, we expect further increase in the number of tourists in the coming months.”

With this latest development, the hotels and resorts in Corbett ( http://www.corbett-national-park.com/hotels-resorts-corbett.html ) present at the park are leaving no stones unturned to welcome the tourists. All are coming up with innovative plans to take full advantage of this increase in tourist inflow. One of the warden of the park said that all the resorts present near the park have already been advanced booked. He said this will be a boost for tiger tourism in Corbett. A director of one of the leisure hotels in Corbett National Park said, “We are hopeful that tourists will continue to visit the park like this in the future as well. It has initially been opened only for day visits, however authorities have said that night camping would also be made available very soon.”

Jim Corbett Park is one of the most popular National Parks in India spread across an area of over 1,300 Sq Km. It is covered with forests, hills, grasslands and is fed by the frisky Ramganga River. Being very close to the national capital Delhi, the prolific wildlife of Corbett makes it one of the must visit destinations in India. It acts as a sojourn delight for those who wish to escape the hustle & bustle of city life and wander close to pristine nature.

Corbett has a biodiversity that is rich, rare and precious. Due to this it makes as a perfect habitat for tigers, elephants, hog deer and many other endangered species. The high density of tigers, wild elephants, Gharial and Otters has always been the major tourist attractions of Corbett. The presence of about 600 species of birds makes this National Park a perfect destination for birdwatchers. Even the Ramganga River that flows through the park turns out to be a crowd puller, much to the delight of the tourists.

"I had heard that Jim Corbett was one of the biggest wildlife parks of India. It is a really huge ecological sphere with plenty of woods, water and riverside," commented, a tourist from Holland after reading about the official announcement made by Corbett authorities.

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