The ratio of passengers entering India from overseas (inbound) and leaving India for other nations (outbound) is represented by the distribution of India’s inbound versus outbound international passenger traffic. This indicator offers a thorough summary of India’s involvement with international travel and mobility trends. While outbound passenger traffic represents Indian citizens going overseas for business, education, tourism, or employment, inbound passenger traffic mainly represents foreign tourist arrivals, business visits, and expatriate movements. A reliable indicator of economic activity, the competitiveness of the travel industry, and global connectivity is the ratio of inbound to outbound flows. Assessing India’s position as a source and destination market for international travel requires an understanding of this distribution. Higher inbound traffic reflects India’s appeal as a global centre for business, education, and tourism, while a higher outbound flow might suggest rising disposable income and a growing desire for international travel among Indians. Additionally, this measure helps shape bilateral air service agreements, visa laws, aviation policies, and tourism promotion plans. These insights can be used by airlines and policymakers to improve India’s aviation and tourism ecosystems through marketing, capacity planning, and route optimisation. Furthermore, this distribution reflects the evolution of India’s global engagement through people-to-people mobility and is consistent with wider economic and diplomatic ties.