Bangladesh was the largest source of foreign tourists arriving to India in 2020 at over 549 thousand visitors. Bangladeshi tourists have been outnumbering the tourists that visit the country from other European and American countries for the past few years. In 2020, citizens from Bangladesh, the United States of America, and the United Kingdom had the highest number of tourists visiting India.
Bangladesh and India share the fifth-longest land border in the world. This might also explain the high tourism influx from Bangladesh to India. Although from the point of view of the Indian government, there seems to be a thin line between tourism and illegal immigration. Managing the complex Indo-Bangladeshi border running through five Indian states is a herculean task, which needs constant monitoring. Risks of cross-border infiltration, illegal migration and smuggling remain major national security challenges for India.
Leading source countries of foreign tourist arrivals in India in 2020
(in 1,000s)
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Ministry of Tourism (India). (September 28, 2021). Leading source countries of foreign tourist arrivals in India in 2020 (in 1,000s) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 24, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/207005/foreign-tourist-arrivals-in-india-by-source-country/
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