India: The places of religious tourism earned Rs.1,34,543 crore in 2022, up from Rs.65,070 crore in 2021, data released by the ministry of tourism said.
While the ministry of tourism does not maintain the revenue generated through religious centres, it does have an account of foreign exchange earnings.
In 2018, the revenue was Rs.1,94,881 crore, followed by Rs.2,11,661 crore in 2019 and a significant dip due to the pandemic in 2020 to Rs.50,136 crore.
The number of domestic tourists that visited places of pilgrimage were 1,433 million in 2022, while 6.64 million foreign tourists visited India.
In 2021, the numbers stood at 677 million and 1.05 million, respectively.
