The renewed emphasis on tourism, mainly in the sphere of infrastructure development has been well complimented by the recent statistics of tourist inflow as briefly depicted below:
|
Tourist arrival |
Domestic |
International |
|
2004 |
22,86,630 |
7,285 |
|
2005 |
24,67,656 |
10,782 |
|
2006 |
32,68,657 |
11,151 |
|
2007 |
34,36,484 |
13,105 |
|
2008 |
36,17,306 |
14,426 |
|
2009 |
39,98,706 |
14,533 |
|
2010 |
40,50,924 |
15,157 |
|
2011 |
43,39,485 |
16,400 |
|
2012 |
45,11,407 |
17,542 |
|
2013 |
45,11,407 |
17,542 |
|
2014 |
46,84,527 |
17,638 |
|
2015 |
48,35,492 |
21,725 |
|
2016 |
54,91,507 |
24,673 |
|
2017 |
56,42,950 |
26,320 |
|
2018 |
59,34,791 |
31,739 |
|
2019* |
47,10,971 |
25,739 |
Note: * Upto Dec. 2019, Source: Directorate of Tourism