Bihar received a total of 10.96 lakh foreign tourists last year.
“The visitor arrival showcases the emergence of our state as a mainstream tourist destination. It has been due to strenuous efforts of the Chief Minister Nitish Kumar that our state has emerged as a tourist destination in a big way,” Sunil Kumar Pintu, Minister for Tourism for Bihar was quoted as saying by PTI. The tourism department has received a budget of INR105 crore for 2013-14.