Tourism Statistics of India – Top 10 Countries

2016 Tourism Statistics of India – Top 10 Countries

Top countries of the world love to travel to the Asian country India. Yes, you read it right. People of United States, Canada, Australia, Germany, France and China love to make a tour to India. We are not saying this, the statistical report of United Nations World Tourism Organization is saying this.
As source countries for foreign tourists, India has countries like United States, United Kingdom, Canada. Australia, Germany, France and China in the top list. Bangladesh, a neighboring country to India, sends most foreign tourists to India. According to a report of United Nations World Tourism Organization, India received 1,380,409 tourists from Bangladesh only in the year 2016.

If we talk about the top countries only, the United States is the country which sends most foreign tourists to India. According to the report, US sent its 1,296,939 residents to travel India in the year 2016, which is 15% of total foreign tourist visits to India in the year 2016.

Report of United Nations World Tourism Organization on World Tourism says that According to International Tourism Arrival, India is at 8th number in Asia, and according to International Tourism Receipt, India is at 7th number in Asia. In the report, it is also stated that in the year 2016 14.3 Million Foreign Tourists Visited India. This number was 13.3 Million in 2015. It increased by 9.7 Percent annually.

South Indian State Tamil Nadu is at the top, in terms of receiving most foreign tourists in India. According to the report, Tamil Nadu received 4,684,707 foreign tourists in the year 2016, which is 20 percent of total foreign tourists in India during the year 2016.

TOP TEN SOURCE COUNTRIES FROM WHERE MOST FOREIGN TOURISTS VISITED INDIA IN 2016

TOP TEN STATES OF INDIA, WHERE FOREIGN TOURISTS VISITED MOST IN 2016

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