The MHA in its report said, “In the 15-month period from January 1, 2018, to March 31, 2019, India welcomed a total of 1,37,30,282 foreign tourists, including 57,283 Pakistani nationals. The largest group of foreign visitors came from neighboring Bangladesh, with 28,76,064 tourists.”The US and the UK followed closely, contributing 18,63,278 and 13,69,548 visitors, respectively. Other major contributors included Canada (4,79,228), Sri Lanka (4,51,736), Australia (4,44,033) and Malaysia (411,050).Incidentally, these top 10 countries accounted for 65.61 percent of all foreign arrivals during this period, reflecting a diverse range of source countries, with neighbouring nations dominating the traffic.According to the MHA data the post-pandemic period saw a marked recovery in India’s foreign tourism sector with a period between April 1, 2023 and March 31, 2024 the country recorded 9,840,321 foreign tourist arrivals.This represented a significant rebound from the pandemic lows, but still remained below the levels of pre-COVID. The total number of visitors from the top 10 source countries in 2023-24 accounted for 70.27 percent of the overall foreign arrivals, a slight increase from 65.61 percent in the pre-COVID period.
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