Lok Sabha
The Minister of Tourism and Culture Smt. Ambika Soni has said that no consistently declining trend in foreign tourist visits has been observed in respect of any State/UT during the last three years.
In a written reply in the Lok Sabha today she said, the number of foreign tourist visits to different States/UTs, and the percentage change over the previous years, during the years 2004, 2005 and 2006 is given in the Annexure.
ANNEXURE
Foreign tourist visits to different States/UTs during 2004, 2005 and 2006
| S. No. | States/ UTs | Number of Foreign Tourist Visits to States/ UTs | Percentage Change over the previous year | ||||
| 2004 | 2005 | 2006* | 2004 | 2005 | 2006* | ||
| 1 | Andhra Pradesh | 501019 | 560024 | 669617 | 4.5 | 11.8 | 19.6 |
| 2 | Arunachal Pradesh | 269 | 289 | 607 | 118.7 | 7.4 | 110.0 |
| 3 | Assam | 7285 | 10782 | 10374 | 10.2 | 48.0 | -3.8 |
| 4 | Bihar | 38118 | 63321 | 84942 | -37.3 | 66.1 | 34.1 |
| 5 | Goa | 363230 | 336803 | 380414 | 15.5 | -7.3 | 12.9 |
| 6 | Gujarat | 21179 | 47107 | 87739 | -43.6 | 122.4 | 86.3 |
| 7 | Haryana | 66153 | 59353 | 67854 | -22.2 | -10.3 | 14.3 |
| 8 | Himachal Pradesh | 204344 | 207790 | 281569 | 21.7 | 1.7 | 35.5 |
| 9 | Jammu & Kashmir | 40242 | 44345 | 46087 | 65.4 | 10.2 | 3.9 |
| 10 | Karnataka | 530225 | 545225 | 505524 | 112.2 | 2.8 | -7.3 |
| 11 | Kerala | 345546 | 346499 | 428534 | 17.3 | 0.3 | 23.7 |
| 12 | Madhya Pradesh | 145335 | 160832 | 186587 | 57.5 | 10.7 | 16.0 |
| 13 | Maharashtra | 1218382 | 1448656 | 1654367 | 23.5 | 18.9 | 14.2 |
| 14 | Manipur | 249 | 316 | 295 | -3.1 | 26.9 | -6.6 |
| 15 | Meghalaya | 12407 | 5099 | 4287 | 96.8 | -58.9 | -15.9 |
| 16 | Mizoram | 326 | 273 | 436 | 16.8 | -16.3 | 59.7 |
| 17 | Nagaland | 1084 | 883 | 1002 | 45.9 | -18.5 | 13.5 |
| 18 | Orissa | 28817 | 33310 | 39141 | 15.2 | 15.6 | 17.5 |
| 19 | Punjab | 7312 | 4353 | 193933 | 59.3 | -40.5 | 4355.2 |
| 20 | Rajasthan | 971772 | 1131164 | 1220164 | 54.6 | 16.4 | 7.9 |
| 21 | Sikkim | 14646 | 16523 | 18026 | 22.4 | 12.8 | 9.1 |
| 22 | Tamil Nadu | 1058012 | 1179316 | 1036732 | 17.4 | 11.5 | -12.1 |
| 23 | Tripura | 3171 | 2677 | 3245 | -0.8 | -15.6 | 21.2 |
| 24 | Uttarakhand | 62885 | 75995 | 85284 | 13.9 | 20.8 | 12.2 |
| 25 | Uttar Pradesh | 1037243 | 1174597 | 1328974 | 27.0 | 13.2 | 13.1 |
| 26 | Chhattisgarh | 3000 | 912 | 1094 | 160.9 | -69.6 | 20.0 |
| 27 | Jharkhand | 4375 | 6035 | 4368 | 35.7 | 37.9 | -27.6 |
| 28 | West Bengal | 775694 | 895639 |
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