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Tourist footfall in Uttar Pradesh outnumbers its total populace in 2017

Thursday, April 5, 2018

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Uttar PradeshThe number of visitors who had arrived in Uttar Pradesh in the year 2017 was more than the massive populace of this northern Indian state.

 

As per the data for the tourist footfall was over 23.7 crore domestic and foreign travellers had visited various places in Uttar Pradesh in 2017. This is more than the state’s estimated population of 22.7 crore.

 

This report also showed that the total tourist footfall in this state has increased by 9% over the previous year.

 

While Allahabad was the most visited place by domestic travellers, Agra witnessed the highest footfall of foreign tourists. Awanish Awasthi who is the Director General of Uttar Pradesh Tourism however feels that the state has a lot more to accomplish in terms of attracting more tourists.

 

He said that that numbers are impressive but then the other Indian states like Jammu and Kashmir, Goa and Kerala are way ahead than Uttar Pradesh.

 

In 2016, India saw movement of 161.3 crore domestic tourists. In this, Karnataka accounted for 21% followed by UP with 13% share. Likewise, 2.4 crore foreigners visited India in 2016, of whom 19% went to Tamil Nadu followed by 18.9% to Maharashtra and 12% to UP.

 

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