Archive · 8 Aug 2026
Rajasthan foreign tourist visits jump 336% in six years
Rajasthan is a big, colourful state in India that many people love to visit.
The government counted how many visitors came from other countries.
In 2020, about 4.46 lakh foreign visitors arrived.
By 2025, that number had grown to 19.45 lakh.
That is a 336 percent increase!
In 2021, very few foreign visitors came because of COVID-19, which made travel difficult.
After that, more visitors returned every year.
People from inside India also visited much more often in 2025 than in 2020.
A minister named Gajendra Singh Shekhawat shared these numbers with the Rajya Sabha, part of India's parliament.
The government supports tourism projects to make visiting Rajasthan even better.
Foreign tourist visits to Rajasthan rose 336%, from 4.46 lakh in 2020 to 19.45 lakh in 2025.
Union Minister for Culture and Tourism Gajendra Singh Shekhawat disclosed the data in a written reply to the Rajya Sabha.
Domestic tourist visits grew from 1.51 crore in 2020 to 25.25 crore in 2025.
Foreign visits fell to 0.35 lakh in 2021 due to COVID-19 restrictions and peaked at 20.72 lakh in 2024.
The Rajasthan government said location-specific tourism revenue data is not maintained.
- Who
- Union Minister for Culture and Tourism Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, citing Ministry of Tourism data compiled from information provided by the Rajasthan government.
- What
- Announced a 336% rise in foreign tourist visits to Rajasthan, from 4.46 lakh in 2020 to 19.45 lakh in 2025, while domestic visits climbed from 1.51 crore to 25.25 crore.
- When
- Announced in a written reply to the Rajya Sabha; sources differed on whether the reply was given on a Thursday or Friday. Data covers 2020 to 2025.
- Where
- Rajasthan, India; the reply was presented in the Rajya Sabha, India's upper house of Parliament.
- Why
- A strong post-pandemic recovery in travel, supported by the state's infrastructure development and targeted marketing, with central assistance under schemes such as Swadesh Darshan and PRASHAD.
- Foreign tourist visits (2020)
- 4.46 lakh
- Foreign tourist visits (2025)
- 19.45 lakh
- Six-year increase
- 336%
- Domestic tourist visits (2020)
- 1.51 crore (151.17 lakh)
- Domestic tourist visits (2025)
- 25.25 crore (2,525.03 lakh)
- Foreign visits peak (2024)
- 20.72 lakh
- Foreign visits during COVID (2021)
- 0.35 lakh
- Tourism revenue data
- Location-specific figures not maintained, says Rajasthan government
