Domestic tourist visits register 11% growth

Number of domestic tourist visits (DTVs) to states and Union Territories recorded a growth of over 11 per cent at 1,432 million in 2015 as compared to 1,282.8 million in 2014.
However, the Foreign tourist visits (FTVs) was 23.3 million last year as compared to 22.3 million in 2014, registering a growth of 4.4 per cent.
"During 2015, the number of domestic tourist visits to the states/ UTs was 1432 million as compared to 1282.8 million in 2014 registering a growth of 11.63 per cent," an official release said.
Tamil Nadu topped the list of DTVs with 333.5 million, followed by Uttar Pradesh (204.9 million), Andhra Pradesh (121.6 million), Karnataka (119.9 million) and Maharashtra (103.4 million).

Telangana attracted 94.5 million DTVs, while Madhya Pradesh got 78 million, West Bengal 70.2 million, Gujarat 36.3 million and Rajasthan 35.2 million.
However, the top 10 states in terms of number of FTVs during 2015 were Tamil Nadu (4.68 million), Maharashtra (4.41 million), Uttar Pradesh (3.1 million), Delhi (2.38 million), West Bengal (1.49 million), Rajasthan(1.48 million), Kerala(0.98 million), Bihar(0.92 million), Karnataka(0.64 million) and Goa(0.54 million).