{"id":90694,"date":"2020-10-21T17:56:54","date_gmt":"2020-10-21T12:26:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/factly.forumias.com\/?p=18036"},"modified":"2021-06-22T16:55:49","modified_gmt":"2021-06-22T11:25:49","slug":"indian-tourist-statistics-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/indian-tourist-statistics-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Indian Tourist Statistics 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News:<\/strong> The Ministry of Tourism has released the Indian Tourist Statistics,2020.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Key Takeaways:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Domestic Tourists: <\/strong>Uttar Pradesh has attracted the highest number of domestic tourists in year 2019.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Foreign Tourists: <\/strong>Tamil Nadu has topped the highest number of foreign tourists in year 2019.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Top 5 Source Countries for Foreign Tourist Arrivals (FTAs) in India in 2019: <\/strong>Bangladesh, United States, United Kingdom, Australia and Canada.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Foreign Tourist Arrivals in India: <\/strong>The foreign tourist arrival in India saw an Annual Growth Rate of 3.5% in 2019.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Foreign Exchange Earnings: <\/strong>The Estimated Foreign Exchange Earnings from Tourism is around US$30 billion in 2019.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Top five destination countries for Indian Nationals Departures(IND) during 2019: <\/strong>UAE, Saudi Arabia, USA, Thailand and Singapore.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Additional Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Swadesh Darshan scheme: <\/strong>It was launched in 2014-15 by the Ministry of Tourism.It aims at the integrated development of theme-based tourist circuits. Example: Ramayana Circuit, Desert Circuit, Tribal Circuit.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Pilgrimage Rejuvenation and Spiritual Augmentation Drive (PRASAD) Scheme<\/strong>: It was launched by the Ministry of Tourism in 2015. It aims at identifying and developing pilgrim sites across India.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Iconic Tourist Sites Initiative: <\/strong>It was announced in Budget 2019-20 by the Finance Minister. The nodal ministry for the implementation of the initiative is the Ministry of Tourism.It aims to develop the selected sites into world-class tourist destinations to serve as a model for other tourism sites.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: The Ministry of Tourism has released the Indian Tourist Statistics,2020. &nbsp; Facts: \u00a0 Key Takeaways: Domestic Tourists: Uttar Pradesh has attracted the highest number of domestic tourists in year 2019. Foreign Tourists: Tamil Nadu has topped the highest number of foreign tourists in year 2019. Top 5 Source Countries for Foreign Tourist Arrivals (FTAs)&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/indian-tourist-statistics-2020\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Indian Tourist Statistics 2020<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1731],"tags":[7926],"class_list":["post-90694","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bill-and-acts","tag-indian-tourism-statistics","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704806064},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90694","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90694"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90694\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90694"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90694"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90694"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}