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New Delhi: The number of foreign tourists who arrived in India this year during January-June is 106 per cent more than the figure for the corresponding period in 2022, official sources said on Tuesday..
Also, according to data shared by them, there has been a growth in foreign exchange earnings for this period in 2023 compared to the corresponding figures last year...
India has been making sustained efforts to boost tourism in the country, seeking rise in footfall of both domestic and international tourists, after the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic...
Sharing data on the rise in tourist footfall in Jammu and Kashmir, the source said in 2022, the figures stood at over 1.8 crore while for the figures for the period January-June in 2023, was pegged at 1.09 crore...
Sources on Tuesday added that 7.16 crore people visited the temple in 2022 and 2.29 crore in 2023 (January-May), adding the number of visitors to the holy shrine has grown manifold since the construction of the corridor...
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