Question : Inflow of Tourists

(a) whether the Government has any details of the foreign tourists who visited the country and the foreign exchange earned;
(b) if so, the details thereof during the last three years, country-wise;
(c) the details of the destinations they visited the most, State-wise along with the details of the States which attract more foreign tourists;
(d) the steps taken by the Government to attract more foreign tourists in the country with visa liberalization in future; and
(e) the steps taken to achieve the Hon’ble Prime Minister’s goal of motivating each individual to visit at least 15 domestic tourist destination by 2022?

MINISTER OF STATE FOR TOURISM (INDEPENDENT CHARGE)
(SHRI PRAHLAD SINGH PATEL)

(a)& (b): The details of Foreign Tourist Arrivals (FTAs) and Estimated Foreign Exchange Earnings (FEE) through tourism for the last three years are as under:
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Year FTAs (Million) FEE (US$ billion)
2016 8.80 22.923
2017 10.04 27.310
2018 10.56 28.586
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County-wise details of FTAs for top 60 countries for the last 3 years are at Annexure-I. FEE from tourism is not maintained country-wise.

(c): Details of State/UT wise Foreign Tourist Visits (FTVs) during 2018 are at annexure-II.

(d) & (e): Ministry of Tourism promotes India as a holistic destination in the tourism generating markets to promote various Indian tourism products and tourism destinations of the country to increase India’s share of the global tourism market. In addition to advertisement, Promotions are also undertaken through the website and Social Media accounts of the Ministry. The India Tourism Offices in India and overseas undertake various promotional activities with the objective of showcasing the tourism potential of the different States/UTs.

In light of Hon’ble Prime Minister’s goal to motivate individuals to visit tourist destinations, promotion of Domestic Tourism on social media has been undertaken. Events like Paryatan Parv /Bharat Parv have been organized to promote DEKHO APNA DESH concept.
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