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India

South Asia

India is a tourism destination in South Asia. This dashboard presents the best available tourism indicators and historical arrivals data from official sources.

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International Tourist Arrivals

9.8M

Latest verified value · 2024

International Tourism Receipts

$37B

Latest verified value · 2024

Tourism Direct Share of GDP

3.8%

Latest verified value · 2012

TCTI Destination Profile

Growing tourism destination

India has experienced rapid long-term tourism growth. This profile is calculated from the best available annual and monthly tourism records currently held by TCTI.

Executive tourism profile for India

Profile confidence

50

/ 100

Confidence reflects the intelligence modules currently supported by compatible source data.

Growth profile

Rapid growth

Seasonality profile

Not yet available

What this means

  • Rapid visitor growth may increase demand for accommodation, transport, infrastructure, and destination management.

The destination profile combines TCTI's available growth and seasonality intelligence. Confidence reflects whether both compatible annual-arrivals and monthly-tourist-night datasets are available.

Tourism Intelligence

Executive summary

A concise interpretation of the strongest official tourism records currently available for India.

4 indicators available
South Asia
Lower middle income

India is a tourism destination in South Asia. This dashboard presents the best available tourism indicators and historical arrivals data from official sources.

International tourist arrivals were 9.8M in 2024. International tourism receipts were $37B in 2024. Tourism's direct contribution to GDP was 3.8% in 2012. Tourism's direct share of employment was 5.3% in 2012.

The figures shown here are drawn from UN Tourism and OECD. Reporting years may differ between indicators because TCTI displays the strongest verified or published value currently available for each measure.

Derived Intelligence

Tourism growth

How international tourist arrivals changed between 1995 and 2024.

TCTI Growth Insight

Rapid growth

Confidence

95%

India's international tourist arrivals increased by 362.5% between 1995 and 2024. This is equivalent to an average annual growth rate of +5.4%. The sharpest annual decline was 84.9% in 2020.

Total growth

+362.5%

1995 to 2024

Average annual growth

+5.4%

Compound annual growth rate

Starting arrivals

2.1M

Reported in 1995

Latest arrivals

9.8M

Reported in 2024

Largest annual increase

+323%

Change recorded in 2022

Largest annual decline

-84.9%

Change recorded in 2020

What this means

  • Long-term growth trends can indicate changes in destination popularity.
  • Growth should be interpreted alongside seasonality, visitor spending, and tourism dependence.

Growth is calculated using the earliest and latest available international arrivals data held by TCTI. Results may reflect gaps or methodological changes in the underlying series.

Key Tourism Indicators

Tourism performance at a glance

Verified tourism indicators currently available for India. Reporting years may differ by dataset.

2024

International Tourist Arrivals

9.8M

UN Tourism · 2024

International Tourist Arrivals

VerifiedCurrent
2024

International Tourism Receipts

$37B

UN Tourism · 2024

International Tourism Receipts

VerifiedCurrent
2012

Tourism Direct Share of GDP

3.8%

OECD · 2012

OECD Key Tourism Economic Indicators

VerifiedHistorical
2012

Tourism Employment Share

5.3%

OECD · 2012

OECD Key Tourism Economic Indicators

VerifiedHistorical

Rankings & Comparisons

How India compares

Positions use each country's best currently available official record. Years can differ, so use these as directional benchmarks rather than synchronized league tables.

Data Availability

67% dashboard coverage

4 of 6 dashboard indicators currently have usable official data for India.

2 current0 reporting lag2 historical

Available

  • ✓International Tourist Arrivals · 2024 · Current
  • ✓International Tourism Receipts · 2024 · Current
  • ✓Tourism Direct Share of GDP · 2012 · Historical
  • ✓Tourism Employment Share · 2012 · Historical

Not Yet Available

  • ○Tourist Nights
  • ○Resident Tourism Trips

Official Sources

Data sources used for India

These organizations and datasets provide the indicators currently displayed on this country dashboard.

✓

OECD

Latest displayed year: 2012

Official

Indicators

  • • Tourism Direct Share of GDP
  • • Tourism Employment Share

Datasets

  • OECD Key Tourism Economic Indicators
✓

UN Tourism

Latest displayed year: 2024

Official

Indicators

  • • International Tourist Arrivals
  • • International Tourism Receipts

Datasets

  • International Tourist Arrivals
  • International Tourism Receipts
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Historical Trend

International arrivals over time

Annual international tourist arrivals reported for India. Values are shown in millions.

Source: UN TourismYears: 1995–2024Annual data

Dataset: International Tourist Arrivals

About the Data

Best available official data

TCTI evaluates available tourism records by reporting status, year, source priority, official-source status, and publication history. The dashboard displays the strongest available record while preserving historical observations and alternative sources in the database.