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02/10/22 09:33 AM IST

The Indian Tourism Statistics 2022

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  • The Indian Tourism Statistics 2022 report was released by the Vice President of India Jagdeep Dhankhar on the occasion of World Tourism Day (September 27, 2022).
Key findings 
  • Six out of top 10 popular Indian monuments visited by foreign tourists in FY22 were from Tamil Nadu, according to a report ‘India Tourism Statistics 2022’ released by the Union Tourism Ministry recently.
  • The statistics are for ticketed monuments managed by Archaeological Survey of India (ASI).
  • Due to COVID-19 restrictions, the number of foreign tourist arrivals in India in 2021 has fallen to 1.52 million. This is a 44.5 per cent decline when compared with the 2.74 million in 2020.
  • India witnessed 677.63 million domestic tourist visits in 2021. This is a 11.05 per cent increase from 2020’s figures.
  • Taj Mahal, Red Fort and Qutub Minar are the top 3 most visited sites in India in 2021-22.
  • Taj Mahal reported a 3.29 million visits or 12.65 per cent of total footfall in 2021-22 from domestic visitors.
  • Group of Monuments at Mamallapuram in Tamil Nadu was the most visited centrally-protected monument by foreigners in 2021-22.
  • The top 15 countries that sourced foreign tourist arrivals to India were the US, Bangladesh, the UK, Canada, Nepal, Afghanistan, Australia, Germany, Portugal, France, the Maldives, Sri Lanka, Russia, Iraq and the Netherlands.
  • These countries accounted for around 80.9 per cent of the total foreign tourist arrivals in India
Source- Live Mint 

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