Tamil nadu-chennai tourism

Chennai's tourism offers many potentially interesting locations to visitors. A notable tourist attraction in Chennai is actually in the neighbouring town of Mahabalipuram,

 with its ancient temples and rock carvings of the 7th century Pallavakingdom is an UNESCO World Heritage site

The Chennai Metropolitan Area is one of the largest municipal economies of India. Chennai is nicknamed "The Detroit of India",^[2]with more than one-third of India's automobile industry being based in the city. 

 Home to the Tamil film industry, Chennai is also known as a major film production centre. 

 Chennai has been selected as one of the 100 Indian cities to be developed as a smart city under Smart Cities Mission.^[29]

 Chennai had been the most visited city in India by foreign tourists consecutively from 2010^[2] to 2012,^[3][4] overtaking New Delhi and Mumbai with visitors to heritage sites in Kanchipuram and Mahabalipuram and medical tourists making up the largest numbers.

Chennai was ranked 9th in travel guide Lonely Planet's 2015 top 10 cities ranking.In 2011, Chennai was ranked 41st in global top 100 city destination ranking, with 3,174,500 tourists, a 14 percent increase from 2010,^[5] This is up from 2,059,900 tourists in 2009, when Chennai was the third most visited city in India by foreigners ranked after Delhi and Mumbai.