Government of India

Ministry of Tourism

Domestic and Foreign Tourist Visits to States and UTs during

2020.
Ministry of Tourism (MoT) compiles data of Domestic Tourist Visits (DTVs) and
Foreign Tourist Visits (FTVs) to different States and UTs based upon the data
supplied by the State Government and UT Administration.
Following are the important highlights regarding data of DTVs & FTVs
during 2020.
Domestic Tourist Visits to States/ UTs

 During 2020, the number of domestic tourist visits to the States/ UTs was
610.22 million as compared to 2321.98 million in 2019 registering a negative
growth of 73.7%.

 The top ten States/UT in terms of number of domestic tourist visits (in
millions) during 2020, were Tamil Nadu (140.65), Uttar Pradesh (86.12),
Karnataka (77.45) , Andhra Pradesh (70.83), Telangana (40.00), Maharashtra
(39.23), West Bengal (28.84), Madhya Pradesh (23.52), Gujarat (19.46) and
Punjab (16.69).

Foreign Tourist Visits to States/ UTs

 During 2020, the number of foreign tourist visits to the States/ UTs was 7.17
million as compared to 31.41 million in 2019 registering a negative growth of
77.2%.

 The top ten States in terms of number of foreign tourist visits (in millions)
during 2020 were Maharashtra (1.26), Tamil Nadu (1.23), Uttar Pradesh
(0.89), Delhi (0.68), West Bengal (0.46), Rajasthan (0.45), Punjab (0.36),
Kerala (0.34), Bihar (0.31) and Goa (0.30).

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