Status of Tourist Inflow

Ministry of Tourism Status of Tourist Inflow Posted On: 11 AUG 2025 6:14PM by PIB Delhi The Foreign Tourist Arrivals (FTAs) in India during the last three years and current year is given below: Year FTAs (in lakh) 2022 64.37 2023 95.21 2024 99.52 2025 (Jan to April) (P) 32.41 (P): Provisional Source: Bureau of Immigration Country-wise FTAs for the last three years and current year is placed at the Annexure. The Foreign Exchange Earnings from tourism in India during the same period is given below: Year FEEs from Tourism in India (in Rs. Crore) 2022 1,69,917 2023 2,66,045 2024#2 2,93,033 2025 (Jan to April) (P) 98,289 #2: Revised Estimates (P): Provisional Estimates The contribution of tourism sector to the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for 2021-22 to 2023- 24 is given below: Year Total Share in GDP (in %) 2021-22 1.75 2022-23* 5.09 2023-24 (P) 5.22*: Revised estimates (P): Provisional estimates Source: Estimates based on the National Account Statistics (NAS) 2025 The Ministry of Tourism promotes India as a tourist destination in overseas markets through various initiatives in collaboration with the Indian Missions abroad. At present, the Ministry does not have any dedicated tourism offices overseas. While Promotion and development of tourism is primarily the responsibility of the concerned State/UT, Ministry of Tourism under the schemes of ‘Swadesh Darshan’, ‘National Mission on Pilgrimage Rejuvenation & Spiritual Heritage Augmentation Drive (PRASHAD)’ and ‘Assistance to Central Agencies for Tourism Infrastructure Development’ provides financial assistance to State Governments/Union Territory Administrations for the development of tourism related infrastructure and facilities at various tourism destinations in the country. Ministry has revamped Swadesh Darshan Scheme as Swadesh Darshan 2.0 (SD2.0) with the objective to develop sustainable and responsible destinations following a destination centric approach. Further, Government of India during the financial year 2024-25 has sanctioned 40 projects in 23 States for ₹3295.76 Crore under ‘Special Assistance to States for Capital Investment (SASCI) – Development of Iconic Tourist Centres to Global Scale’ Scheme. This information was given by Union Minister for Tourism and Culture Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat in a written reply in Lok Sabha today. **** Sunil Kumar Tiwari tourism4pib[at]gmail[dot]com ANNEXURE Country-wise Foreign Tourist Arrivals (FTAs) during the last three years and the current year: 2025 (Jan to April) S. No.Country 2022 2023 2024 (P) 1 United States 14,03,399 16,91,498 18,04,586 6,03,841 2 Bangladesh 12,77,557 21,19,826 17,50,165 1,33,363 3 United Kingdom 6,41,051 9,20,591 10,22,587 4,15,056 4 Australia 3,76,898 4,56,167 5,18,205 1,77,6365 Canada 2,89,259 3,85,938 4,76,273 2,13,699 6 Malaysia 1,26,192 2,62,458 3,07,526 1,29,122 7 Sri Lanka 1,83,459 2,80,327 2,81,827 1,12,531 8 Germany 1,41,425 2,23,575 2,56,348 1,04,170 9 France 1,20,282 1,88,981 2,06,855 88,536 10 Singapore 1,32,668 1,83,772 2,05,383 68,562 11 Nepal 1,38,203 1,95,445 2,02,501 67,631 12 Japan 64,196 1,50,521 1,94,875 75,108 13 Russian Fed. 97,911 1,64,125 1,60,188 78,433 14 Italy 62,226 1,16,031 1,42,239 59,710 15 Thailand 54,367 1,16,060 1,40,489 57,056 16 Rep. of Korea 49,423 97,726 1,12,924 23,536 17 Netherlands 55,019 82,047 93,579 35,957 18 Portugal 69,522 81,916 92,582 34,830 19 Maldives 71,707 83,776 84,770 23,633 20 Spain 39,658 73,412 81,959 28,840 21 New Zealand 54,974 72,458 81,115 30,574 22 Oman 56,474 71,980 66,703 19,642 23 United Arab Emirates 43,702 59,480 66,699 14,760 24 Philippines 28,379 50,064 57,542 19,627 25 Vietnam 37,232 57,284 54,091 20,585 26 Kenya 35,743 49,574 52,294 17,939 27 Mauritius 24,743 40,442 48,683 22,966 28 Myanmar 15,963 51,235 47,588 26,778 29 Israel 36,418 44,996 47,465 23,296 30 Ireland 30,959 39,166 46,494 17,385 31 Saudi Arabia 18,513 39,127 46,167 13,289 32 South Africa 25,860 41,969 44,168 15,460 33 Switzerland 25,255 41,004 44,122 17,558 34 Poland 18,025 35,457 43,316 19,283 35 Bhutan 20,772 35,123 41,265 17,706 36 Sweden 22,372 36,007 41,246 14,623 37 Iraq 36,277 36,012 40,247 11,972 38 Belgium 24,172 36,158 39,813 16,304 39 Indonesia 13,961 32,677 39,227 15,190 40 China 11,762 30,585 38,960 14,703 41 Turkey 18,996 33,590 35,829 12,218 42 Tanzania 18,581 26,790 30,730 10,402 43 Austria 18,375 27,420 30,393 13,751 44 Kazakhstan 9,546 22,342 27,006 14,29345 Pakistan 16,637 28,329 26,625 12,932 46 Brazil 12,301 21,977 24,782 10,261 47 Denmark 12,331 20,200 22,456 9,836 48 Norway 13,449 20,057 21,682 9,118 49 Iran 13,064 18,733 21,406 9,450 50 Mexico 8,915 16,095 18,408 7,248 51 Egypt 9,612 15,909 17,825 5,964 52 Ukraine 7,304 11,502 14,875 6,133 53 Bahrain 9,959 13,932 14,041 4,085 54 Czech Rep. 6,287 11,656 13,890 6,482 55 Yemen 19,022 21,400 13,085 3,610 56 Finland 8,781 12,241 12,764 4,846 57 Sudan 24,930 14,791 10,887 3,869 58 Greece 4,988 9,206 10,596 4,254 59 Nigeria 10,072 11,466 10,059 3,079 60 Argentina 4,720 9,985 9,638 5,375 61 Hungary 4,298 8,156 9,040 4,323 62 Afghanistan 1,617 1,204 1,253 545 Others 2,07,704 3,68,957 4,31,386 1,77,719 Grand Total 64,37,467 95,20,928 99,51,722 32,40,683 Source: Bureau of Immigration (P): Provisional (Release ID: 2155168)