In his reply to a written question in Rajya Sabha, Tourism Minister Mahesh Sharma said that as many as 135 cases of crime against foreign travellers were reported in Delhi followed by 66 in Goa, 64 in Uttar Pradesh, 31 in Rajasthan and 25 in Maharashtra.
He said that 13 incidents were reported in Bihar and 11 in Karnataka.
Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Kerala, Chandigarh and Madhya Pradesh were among the states and UTs which saw less than 10 cases being registered by foreign visitors.
Sharma said the tourism ministry does not compile the data regarding crimes against foreign or domestic tourists and the National Crime Records Bureau has been collecting this data since 2014.
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