Tourism department reports over 196,000 visitors, including foreigners, to Mizoram in 2023
The Business Guardian|April 30, 2024
A ccording to the state Tourism department, Mizoram saw a total of 196,880 tourists in 2023, with 193,445 being domestic travellers and 3,435 hailing from foreign countries.
Tourism department reports over 196,000 visitors, including foreigners, to Mizoram in 2023

Americans topped the list of foreign visitors, with 1,162 tourists making their way to the northeastern state. Additionally, tourists from countries such as Japan, Australia, Israel, Canada, and the United Kingdom also explored.

Mizoram during the year. Comparatively, the tourist influx in 2022-23 stood at over 222,000, with 218,000 domestic tourists and 3,551 foreigners. However, amid the Covid-19 pandemic, tourist footfall was significantly lower in previous years, with 20,564 visitors in 2020-21 and 132,000 in 2021-22.

Mizoram's tourism sector has been making strides with its 'responsible' tourism policy, which was implemented in August 2020.

This story is from the April 30, 2024 edition of The Business Guardian.

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