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Foreign footfalls in Kashi up 120x in 3 years
The Free Press Journal
|October 07, 2025
Varanasi has redrawn India’s tourism map and emerged as a fastest-growing destination.
Once a Hindu pilgrimage, the holy town has transformed into a global tourism hotspot, attracting record domestic and foreign visitors.
Uttar Pradesh tourism department and ministry of tourism data show over 11 crore tourists visited Varanasi in 2024, marking an 18.7% rise from the previous year. And, foreign arrivals have witnessed a astronomical surge of 120 times in three years.
In 2021, 2,566 foreigners visited the ancient city. The figure rose to 83,741 in 2022, to 2,01,904 in 2023, and to 3,09,932 in 2024. Until June 2025, 1.88 lakh foreign visitors have already travelled to Kashi.
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