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Market Research Division of Ministry of Tourism compiles data on domestic and foreign tourist visits to States/UTs during 2009.
Domestic Tourist
The number of domestic tourist visits (DTVs) to the States/ UTs was 650 million during 2009 as compared to 563 million in 2008 and 527 millions in 2007, registered an increase of 15.5% during 2009 over 2008 as compared to increase of 6.9% in 2008 over 2007.
The top ten States in terms of number of DTVs (in millions) during 2009 were Andhra Pradesh (157.5), Uttar Pradesh (134.8), Tamil Nadu (115.8), Karnataka (32.7), Rajasthan (25.6), Maharashtra (23.7), Madhya Pradesh (23.1), Uttarakhand (21.9), West Bengal (20.5) and Gujarat (15.9).
The contribution of top 10 States was about 88% to the total number of DTVs during 2009. The percentage shares of top 5 States were Andhra Pradesh (24.2%), Uttar Pradesh (20.7%), Tamil Nadu (17.8%), Karnataka (5.0%) and Rajasthan (3.9%).
Foreign Tourist
The number of foreign tourist visits (FTVs) to the States/ UTs was 13.7 million during 2009, as compared to 14.1 million in 2008 and 13.3 million in 2007, registered a decline of 2.8% during 2009, over 2008 as compared to an increase of 6.4% in 2008 over 2007. This decline in FTVs is similar to the trend of the decline of 3.3% in the foreign tourist arrivals (FTAs) during 2009.
The top ten States in terms of number of FTVs (in millions) during 2009 were Tamil Nadu (2.37), Maharashtra (2.0), Delhi (1.96), Uttar Pradesh (1.53), West Bengal (1.18), Rajasthan (1.07), Andhra Pradesh (0.80), Kerala (0.55), Bihar (0.42) and Himachal Pradesh (0.40).
The contribution of top 10 States was about 90% to the total number of FTVs in the country during 2009. The percentage shares of top 5 States were Tamil Nadu (17.3%), Maharashtra (14.6%), Delhi (14.3%), Uttar Pradesh (11.25) and West Bengal (8.6%).
Data show that domestic tourism registered an impressive growth of 15.5% in 2009 inspite of economic recession and other adverse factors for tourism. On the contrary, FTAs and FTVs registered a decline of 3.3% and 2.8% respectively during the same period. This brings out the importance of domestic tourism in the overall tourism development in the country.