Facts & Figures about Visitors
- Generally tourists come from all over India, but a majority of them are from nearby cities like Kolkata, Howrah, Durgapur, etc. for enjoying weekend trips. Few are intersted about the history and culture of Santiniketan, but most of them come for refreshment only.
- People who are actually interested to know the history, they go to the proper guides and look for guide-books/information brochures. Some, who cannot afford guides, hire the rickshaw-pullers to act as their guides and are often misguided.
- Some people have their own country houses in Santiniketan where they come and stay for a weekend. But others lodge in hotels and guest houses.
- People come to Santiniketan sometimes more than once specially the college goers.
Flow of Visitors
- Tourists used to rush in to look around the campus all the time and explore during the class hours also. Classes used to get disturbed, so nowadays tourista are allowed to enter the campus only after 1pm.
- Visitors/tourists come to visit Santiniketan throughout the year. But mostly major rush is during the Poush Mela whish is a very large fair and is the biggest event of Santiniketan, happens in winter.
Type of Visitors
- All type of people come here.
- Big family with friends, young groups, couple.
Visitors Profile 1
Name: Mr. Surendra Bagchi & Family
Occupation: Business
Age: 53
Purpose of visit: Touris
Duration of stay: 4days.
Yearly tour: Darjeeling, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh.
Weekend trip: Santiniketan, Purulia
Love to visit Santiniketan because: Of the culture, peace, haat( weekly market of the local crafts)
Number of times visited Santiniketan: 3
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