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Data Intelligence Report

Tourism in India:
Domestic & Foreign Visits, 2011–2024

Tourist visits to every State and Union Territory, from India Tourism Statistics. Track the pre-COVID boom, the 2020–21 collapse and the recovery, and see which States draw domestic and foreign visitors.

Source: India Tourism Statistics, Ministry of Tourism
Visitors
Year
Total visits
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Most-visited State
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Compared with 2019 (pre-COVID)
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States back above 2019
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Foreign visits per 1,000 domestic
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All India
Boom, Collapse and Recovery
All-India domestic visits (bars, million, left axis) and foreign visits (line, lakh, right axis)
Trend
Visits are counted in each State visited, so one traveller touring three States counts three times. The selected year is highlighted.
Map
Each square is a State or UT, placed roughly where it sits. Click a square to open its profile.
Tile map
A schematic tile map, not a boundary map: every State gets the same size. The colour scale is compressed (square root) so that mid-sized States remain distinguishable next to Uttar Pradesh.
Ranking
Visits by State
Ranking
Who Has Recovered?
2024 visits as % of 2019
Recovery
Dashed line = 100%, back to the 2019 level. Very large rises (e.g. Rajasthan, Gujarat) may partly reflect changes in how visits are counted.
Where Foreign Visitors Matter Most
Foreign visits per 1,000 domestic visits
Intensity
States with at least 1 million domestic visits in the selected year. 1 lakh = 100,000 visits.
State Profile
Domestic and foreign visits for one State, 2011–2024
Profile
Share of Visits
Top 6 States and the rest
Share
Leading States Over Time
Top 6 States in the selected year
Trend
State Comparison Table
Domestic visits in million, foreign in lakh · click a heading to sort · search by name
Full Dataset
“vs 2019” compares the selected year with 2019. n/a = not available (e.g. Telangana before 2013, Ladakh before 2019) or too small to compare.
Key Findings
🧳

Domestic travel is at a record high

Domestic visits fell 74% in 2020, then climbed to 2,948 million in 2024, 27% above 2019. Twenty-two of 28 sizeable States/UTs are now above their 2019 level.

✈️

Foreign visits are still a third down

Foreign visits were 209 lakh in 2024, 33% below 2019, and only 4 of 23 States are back above 2019. Tamil Nadu, once the leader with 68.7 lakh, recorded 11.6 lakh in 2024.

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Uttar Pradesh leads by a distance

Uttar Pradesh received 647 million domestic visits in 2024, 22% of the national total and more than twice Tamil Nadu (307 million). Rajasthan (4.4×) and Gujarat (3.1×) grew most against 2019.

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Foreign visitors matter most in small destinations

Sikkim gets 55 foreign visits for every 1,000 domestic, Goa 47 and Delhi 43, against 7 nationally. The national ratio has halved from 13.5 in 2019.

Source: India Tourism Statistics, various issues, Ministry of Tourism, Government of India (Table 13: State-wise Domestic Tourist Visits, million; Table 182: State-wise Foreign Tourist Visits, lakh). Notes: Delhi and Maharashtra 2024 figures are estimated by applying the all-India growth rate for 2024/23 to 2023, and their 2018 figures repeat 2017. Jammu & Kashmir includes Ladakh up to 2018. Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu are combined throughout. Telangana is reported from 2013.
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