Wide and clean roads, a plush green cover with sprawling gardens and a calendar full of events. Little wonder Chandigarh has become a much sought after destination for foreign tourists, with over 39,000 of them visiting the city last year.
Tourists take a boat ride amid heavy fog at Sukhna Lake on a cold day in Chandigarh.
Tourists from Britain, France, Canada, the UAE, Pakistan, the US, Germany, Malaysia, Australia, Switzerland, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Japan, Saudi Arabia, Singapore and Iran among others are heading for this 'city beautiful'.
Around 39,500 foreign tourists visited the city in 2010, whereas 37,967 and 32,074 foreigners had come calling to the union territory in 2009 and 2008 respectively, according to official figures from the Chandigarh tourism department.
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