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More than 7.6 crore tourists have visited Jammu and Kashmir since 2020, the Centre informed the Lok Sabha on Monday. The figure includes over 7.65 crore domestic tourists and 1.47 lakh foreign visitors, according to data shared by Union Tourism Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat during the ongoing Monsoon Session.
Responding to a question, the minister said that between 2020 and 2024, a total of 7,66,85,482 tourists visited the Union Territory. This includes 76,537,741 Indian tourists and 147,741 foreign nationals.
The numbers show a sharp rise in tourist arrivals year after year. In 2020, the region saw 25.19 lakh domestic and 5,317 ...