Over 99 lakh overseas vacationers visited India, whereas over 3 crore Indians travelled overseas in 2024, authorities knowledgeable Rajya Sabha on Thursday. In a written reply within the Rajya Sabha, Union Minister for Tourism and Tradition Gajendra Singh Shekhawat acknowledged that the variety of overseas vacationer arrivals stood at 99,51,722.
In 2023, the quantity stood at 95,20,928, whereas 64,37,467 overseas vacationers arrived within the nation.
The very best variety of overseas vacationers arrived from the US (18,04,586). This was adopted by Bangladesh (17,50,165), and in third place was the UK (10,22,587).
The federal government additionally knowledgeable that greater than 77 lakh Indian nationals visited the UAE in 2024.
34,23,711 Indian nationals visited Saudi Arabia, whereas 21,43,909 Indian nationals visited the US.
The information was offered by the Bureau of Immigration, as famous within the official assertion by the Ministry of Tourism.
Earlier on July 25, MoS Exterior Affairs Kirti Vardhan Singh had answered within the Lok Sabha about India’s potential for worldwide tourism and steps in place or deliberate to additional capitalise on it for financial progress and world positioning.
MoS Singh had highlighted that the Authorities of India acknowledges the potential of worldwide tourism as a contributor to financial progress, employment technology, and enhancing India’s world profile.
He talked about that these embrace supporting participation of Central and State Governments, tourism boards, and business stakeholders in main abroad tourism commerce festivals and exhibitions; organisation of Tourism Roadshows; engagements with native tour operators and different business stakeholders; organisation of B2B conferences and familiarization (FAM) journeys; and India tourism publicity campaigns, together with via the social media.
MoS Singh additionally underlined that worldwide air connectivity has improved via bilateral preparations for direct flights that help overseas vacationer arrivals.
