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    India saw 1.52 million foreign tourist arrivals in 2021: Govt data

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    The statistics were released at the National Tourism awards ceremony held on World Tourism day on Tuesday. While releasing the report, tourism minister G Kishan Reddy said prime minister Narendra Modi is working as the 'brand ambassador' of Indian tourism and that India plans to position itself as a major tourism destination during its presidency of G20 for 2023.

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    The statistics were released at the National Tourism awards ceremony held on World Tourism day on Tuesday.
    Due to restrictions linked to Covid-19, the number of foreign tourist arrivals in India during 2021 decreased to 1.52 million compared to 2.74 million in 2020, dropping by 44.5%, though foreign exchange earnings grew during the same period, as per the India Tourism Statistics 2022 report released on Tuesday by the ministry of tourism. In 2019, India saw 10.93 million foreign tourist arrivals, which dropped by 75% in 2020.

    The statistics were released at the National Tourism awards ceremony held on World Tourism day on Tuesday. While releasing the report, tourism minister G Kishan Reddy said prime minister Narendra Modi is working as the 'brand ambassador' of Indian tourism and that India plans to position itself as a major tourism destination during its presidency of G20 for 2023.

    "During the presidency, we aim to showcase India as a must visit destination at a global level. 3600 railway coaches have been allocated for the tourism purpose for circuit specific trains. Such trains have already started for Ramayana and Buddhist circuits while the one for Krishna circuit will start soon," he said. "Our aim is to make India one of the most prominent destinations of the world," he added.

    Minister of state for tourism Ajay Bhatt said the ministry has prepared a draft national tourism policy 2022 and the policy aims at improving framework conditions for tourism development in the country, besides supporting tourism industries, strengthening tourism support functions and developing tourism sub sectors. Tourism secretary Arvind Singh said the Indian tourism sector has emerged as one of the key drivers of growth for the Indian economy post Covid.


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