Visitor arrivals to India up 5% to 1.1m in Jan-2019, led by visitors from Bangladesh

4 March, 2019

India's Ministry of Tourism reported (04-Mar-2019) foreign visitor arrivals to India increased 5.3% year-on-year to 1.1 million in Jan-2019. The percentage shares of the top 15 countries during Jan-2019 were:

  • Bangladesh (18.38%);
  • US (14.73%);
  • UK (10.57%);
  • Canada: (4.49%);
  • Australia (3.83%);
  • Russia (3.64%);
  • China (2.74%);
  • France (2.59%);
  • Germany (2.54%);
  • Malaysia (2.53%);
  • Sri Lanka (2.40%);
  • Japan (2.08%);
  • South Korea (1.81%);
  • Nepal (1.65%);
  • Afghanistan (1.62%). [more - original PR]