New Delhi: India attracts tourists from all across the globe including countries from Asia Pacific. It received around 9.24 million foreign tourists globally in the year 2023, Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, Minister of Tourism, said.
"India received 9.24 million foreign tourists globally including countries from the Asia Pacific. Further, Australia, Malaysia, Singapore, Japan, Thailand and Korea (Republic of) are among the top 20 tourism source countries for India signifying the importance of the region as a source market for inbound tourism," Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, Minister of Tourism, said in a written reply to Rajya Sabha on Thursday.
As per the Ministry’s information, out of the total of 9.24 million foreign tourists, India received around 1.22 million tourists from six countries of the Asia Pacific Region.
"The Ministry of Tourism promotes India as a holistic destination in various markets to increase India's share of the global tourism market. These objectives are met through an integrated marketing and promotional strategy and a synergised campaign in association with the stakeholders and Indian Missions overseas," Shekhawat informed.
The government continuously engages with industry experts and other relevant stakeholders and takes their suggestions and feedback for the promotion of varied tourism products of India.
Tour programmes such as package tours for foreign and domestic tourists are provided by the private stakeholders and the state governments. The Ministry of Tourism under its hospitality scheme invites travel writers, journalists, photographers, film, TV teams, travel agents and tour operators and opinion makers to effectively project India as an attractive multi-dimensional tourist destination offering a vast range of attractions, the minister said.
The invited guests get first-hand information/knowledge of the Indian tourism products and facilities during their familiarisation tours under the hospitality programme of the Ministry of Tourism, he added.
