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With its historic landmarks and buildings, long sandy beaches, cultural and art centers and parks, Chennai's tourism offers many interesting locations to visitors. One of the most important tourist attraction of Chennai is actually in the neighbouring town of Mahabalipuram with its ancient temples and rock carvings of the 7th century Pallava kingdom.
Chennai has been the most visited city in India by foreign tourists(since 2008), with visitors to heritage sites in Kanchipuram and Mahabalipuram and medical tourists making up the largest numbers.[1] In 2007, Chennai was the third most visited city in India by foreigners ranked after Delhi and Mumbai. About 650,000 tourists from USA, UK, Sri Lanka, Malaysia and Singapore had visited the city in 2007.
