Overseas tourists in India were 3.13 million during first four months

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Foreign traveler entrances in India were at 3.13 million during the initial four months of this year, increasing from 1.17 million influxes witnessed the year before, as per statistics available from the ministry of tourism.

However, notwithstanding the increase, overseas tourist entrances continued to stay less than the before
the pandemic standards of 2019, when foreign tourist numbers were at 3.95 million during the similar period.

Nonetheless, in an encouraging way, foreign exchange incomes from tourism in the course of the four-month time from January to April stood at Rs. 71,235 crore compared to the Rs. 23,584 crore during the equivalent time in 2022, said the ministry.

In 2019, India netted a whole of Rs. 2.1 trillion in foreign exchange from tourism, marking a surge of
8.3% year-on-year.

Newest data says that experts have faith that India is well-positioned to realize 2019 foreign exchange
incomes from the tourism sector.

In the Rajya Sabha on Thursday, G. Kishan Reddy, the tourism minister said that India witnessed around
21.9% of overseas tourist influxes from Bangladesh. It was followed by the US, from where 16.3% of total tourists came in. Additional 10.3% visited from the UK, 5% from Canada and 4.5% from Australia.