FOREIGN TOURISTS’ ARRIVALS AND INDIAN VISITING ABROAD

Ministry of Tourism FOREIGN TOURISTS’ ARRIVALS AND INDIAN VISITING ABROAD Posted On: 07 AUG 2025 4:15PM by PIB Delhi The total number of Foreign Tourist Arrivals (FTAs) in India and Indian Nationals’ Departures (INDs) from India during 2019, 2022, 2023 and 2024 is as follows: Year FTAs INDs 2019 1,09,30,355 2,69,15,034 2022 64,37,467 2,16,02,734 2023 95,20,928 2,78,77,640 2024 99,51,722 3,08,85,048 Source: Bureau of Immigration The country-wise details of FTAs and INDs for the years 2019, 2022, 2023 and 2024 are placed at Annexure. This information was given by Union Minister for Tourism and Culture Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today. **** Sunil Kumar Tiwari tourism4pib[at]gmail[dot]com ANNEXURE Country wise Foreign Tourist Arrivals (FTAs) during 2019, 2022, 2023 and 2024 S. No. Country 2019 2022 2023 2024 1 United States 15,12,032 14,03,399 16,91,498 18,04,586 2 Bangladesh 25,77,727 12,77,557 21,19,826 17,50,165 3 United Kingdom 10,00,292 6,41,051 9,20,591 10,22,587 4 Australia 3,67,241 3,76,898 4,56,167 5,18,205 5 Canada 3,51,859 2,89,259 3,85,938 4,76,273 6 Malaysia 3,34,579 1,26,192 2,62,458 3,07,526 7 Sri Lanka 3,30,861 1,83,459 2,80,327 2,81,827 8 Germany 2,64,973 1,41,425 2,23,575 2,56,348 9 France 2,47,238 1,20,282 1,88,981 2,06,855 10 Singapore 1,90,089 1,32,668 1,83,772 2,05,38311 Nepal 1,64,040 1,38,203 1,95,445 2,02,501 12 Japan 2,38,903 64,196 1,50,521 1,94,875 13 Russian Fed. 2,51,319 97,911 1,64,125 1,60,188 14 Italy 1,28,572 62,226 1,16,031 1,42,239 15 Thailand 1,69,956 54,367 1,16,060 1,40,489 16 Rep. of Korea 1,49,445 49,423 97,726 1,12,924 17 Netherlands 80,313 55,019 82,047 93,579 18 Portugal 74,743 69,522 81,916 92,582 19 Maldives 78,587 71,707 83,776 84,770 20 Spain 83,322 39,658 73,412 81,959 21 New Zealand 65,551 54,974 72,458 81,115 22 Oman 74,564 56,474 71,980 66,703 23 Utd Arab Emirates 55,415 43,702 59,480 66,699 24 Philippines 56,393 28,379 50,064 57,542 25 Vietnam 33,636 37,232 57,284 54,091 26 Kenya 48,639 35,743 49,574 52,294 27 Mauritius 46,814 24,743 40,442 48,683 28 Myanmar 86,842 15,963 51,235 47,588 29 Israel 73,137 36,418 44,996 47,465 30 Ireland 41,183 30,959 39,166 46,494 31 Saudi Arabia 48,526 18,513 39,127 46,167 32 South Africa 57,274 25,860 41,969 44,168 33 Switzerland 46,826 25,255 41,004 44,122 34 Poland 33,687 18,025 35,457 43,316 35 Bhutan 28,178 20,772 35,123 41,265 36 Sweden 42,318 22,372 36,007 41,246 37 Iraq 61,907 36,277 36,012 40,247 38 Belgium 39,263 24,172 36,158 39,813 39 Indonesia 50,177 13,961 32,677 39,227 40 China 3,39,442 11,762 30,585 38,960 41 Turkey 35,113 18,996 33,590 35,829 42 Tanzania 23,774 18,581 26,790 30,730 43 Austria 32,332 18,375 27,420 30,393 44 Kazakhstan 15,709 9,546 22,342 27,006 45 Pakistan 39,018 16,637 28,329 26,625 46 Brazil 25,422 12,301 21,977 24,782 47 Denmark 26,492 12,331 20,200 22,456 48 Norway 21,898 13,449 20,057 21,682 49 Iran 33,288 13,064 18,733 21,406 50 Mexico 20,766 8,915 16,095 18,40851 Egypt 21,538 9,612 15,909 17,825 52 Ukraine 29,468 7,304 11,502 14,875 53 Bahrain 15,128 9,959 13,932 14,041 54 Czech Rep. 13,290 6,287 11,656 13,890 55 Yemen 26,065 19,022 21,400 13,085 56 Finland 18,945 8,781 12,241 12,764 57 Sudan 34,003 24,930 14,791 10,887 58 Greece 10,317 4,988 9,206 10,596 59 Nigeria 14,033 10,072 11,466 10,059 60 Argentina 12,844 4,720 9,985 9,638 61 Hungary 9,788 4,298 8,156 9,040 62 Afghanistan 1,24,120 1,617 1,204 1,253 Others 4,01,141 2,07,704 3,68,957 4,31,386 Grand Total 1,09,30,355 64,37,467 95,20,928 99,51,722 Source: Bureau of Immigration Country wise Indian Nationals’ Departures (INDs) during 2019, 2022, 2023 and 2024 S. No Destination Country 2019 2022 2023 2024 1 United Arab Emirates 63,85,504 60,40,269 72,17,736 77,87,496 2 Saudi Arabia 29,16,049 24,75,314 30,86,039 34,23,711 3 United States 19,38,302 17,27,754 20,54,369 21,43,909 4 Thailand 17,43,261 9,51,736 14,80,104 19,08,520 5 Singapore 15,97,707 10,12,812 13,83,312 15,34,984 6 United Kingdom 8,25,565 9,52,489 12,73,126 13,22,848 7 Qatar 11,37,339 9,10,276 11,25,267 11,40,407 8 Canada 6,34,460 7,79,278 9,88,362 9,45,652 9 Kuwait 9,84,658 8,51,588 8,36,543 9,06,965 10 Oman 9,40,911 7,44,022 8,12,407 8,64,251 11 Malaysia 7,75,286 3,08,129 5,04,993 7,65,344 12 Australia 5,89,539 4,89,404 6,22,068 6,61,405 13 Bangladesh 5,00,488 4,72,491 6,17,789 5,55,680 14 Indonesia 3,40,915 1,67,463 3,78,662 4,98,675 15 Sri Lanka 4,02,240 1,46,161 3,24,024 4,30,492 16 Germany 3,24,678 2,54,601 3,50,598 4,21,457 17 Vietnam 93,921 1,23,731 3,11,579 3,98,673 18 Bahrain 3,64,801 3,37,481 3,62,060 3,79,204 19 Nepal 2,38,395 2,00,417 3,12,553 3,09,207 20 China 3,58,685 7,188 1,57,090 2,58,08221 France 2,20,270 1,42,096 2,03,244 2,26,521 22 Hong Kong 2,28,222 31,928 1,44,275 2,21,575 23 Italy 2,18,182 1,37,837 1,82,473 2,17,002 24 Maldives 2,03,469 3,04,676 2,74,691 1,97,496 25 Japan 1,36,191 56,448 1,31,715 1,81,029 26 Azerbaijan 40,927 27,971 67,281 1,56,882 27 Switzerland 1,09,011 81,377 1,25,561 1,54,822 28 Turkey 1,07,479 1,17,995 1,19,243 1,43,167 29 Netherlands 1,34,831 89,030 1,22,714 1,38,804 30 New Zealand 1,10,754 56,131 1,56,158 1,36,532 31 Ireland 47,260 75,532 97,850 1,21,550 32 Spain 98,695 74,097 96,619 1,08,377 33 Iraq 80,521 81,098 97,746 98,870 34 Russian Federation 1,00,067 42,688 61,478 92,902 35 Kazakhstan 29,899 25,414 51,516 92,727 36 Kenya 66,892 54,937 74,270 81,976 37 South Africa 86,812 53,905 74,870 72,053 38 Philippines 81,771 47,136 60,818 68,354 39 Mauritius 78,474 44,806 62,009 66,179 40 Republic Of Korea 60,406 36,022 61,624 65,007 41 Sweden 55,340 46,148 53,595 56,014 42 Egypt 52,280 40,508 59,024 50,166 43 Nigeria 55,754 44,886 50,376 49,310 44 Austria 40,520 22,942 41,146 44,780 45 Tanzania 29,010 27,642 38,606 42,021 46 Denmark 39,615 23,332 34,020 40,839 47 Portugal 18,412 22,748 31,145 39,431 48 Greece 39,812 21,630 29,523 37,150 49 Belgium 40,813 28,700 33,870 35,293 50 Poland 22,493 28,409 32,720 32,731 51 Israel 35,901 23,287 27,196 32,715 52 Pakistan 26,698 17,008 17,405 30,620 53 Finland 23,819 19,069 27,494 30,510 54 Norway 24,249 20,857 24,820 29,460 55 Cambodia 28,220 13,804 27,145 28,660 56 Hungary 24,555 15,803 21,280 23,777 57 Bhutan 69,415 4,377 14,835 23,740 58 Iran 33,053 18,748 23,094 23,331 59 Jordan 51,507 29,700 35,403 21,480 60 Czech 27,684 9,137 15,927 21,11061 Brazil 14,526 11,636 15,765 16,835 62 Mexico 9,483 7,956 10,086 11,668 63 Myanmar 31,667 7,247 11,209 11,465 64 Afghanistan 14,394 1,197 2,925 4,505 65 Sudan 10,134 8,905 5,932 4,269 66 Argentina 2,840 1,355 1,877 2,148 67 Ukraine 27,235 4,469 1,295 1,134 Others 7,32,768 5,47,506 7,25,091 8,41,099 Grand Total 2,69,15,034 2,16,02,734 2,78,77,640 3,08,85,048 Source: Bureau of Immigration (Release ID: 2153606)