Number of tourists in India.
Every year, a large number of foreign tourists come to India for travel or vacation. For this reason, the contribution of the tourism sector to India’s GDP is also considered quite significant. In this sequence, on Monday, the Central Government informed the Lok Sabha that the total number of foreign tourists arriving in India in the year 2023 was 95.2 lakh. Furthermore, the contribution of the tourism sector to the country’s GDP for the year 2022-23 has been five per cent.
How many tourists came and for what purpose?
Union Tourism Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat provided information on the tourism sector in a written reply to a Lok Sabha question. Shekhawat said that among the total foreign tourists, the number of tourists traveling for vacation and entertainment purposes was 46.2 per cent. At the same time, the share of Indian immigrants was 26.9 percent. Apart from this, business and professionals were 10.3 percent, doctors 6.9 percent, students 0.5 percent and others (including strangers) 9.2 percent.
How much contribution to GDP?
The Minister of Tourism said that in the year 2018-19, the contribution of the tourism sector in the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of the country was 5.01 percent, while in the year 2022-23 this figure would be five percent. hundred. The Ministry of Tourism has taken measures to revive the tourism industry in India, such as improving the quality of infrastructure and facilities in tourist destinations and improving connectivity and accessibility in tourist destinations.
3 trillion dollars goal of
India is becoming one of the most sought after tourist destinations in the world. To provide a global reach in the tourism sector, India has set a target of a 3 trillion US dollar tourism economy by 2047. In the year 2022, 14.3 million foreign tourists visited India and generated revenue of 17 .6 billion dollars. (input language)
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