The tourism sector was among the worst stricken by the Covid-19 pandemic and footfall of both domestic and foreign tourists in Uttar Pradesh went down by quite 80% in 2020 as compared to 2019.
Footfall of domestic tourists went down by 83.92% and foreign tourists by 81.22% in 2020, in keeping with the regime.
A total of 8,61,22,293 domestic and eight,90,932 foreign tourists visited UP in 2020. While in 2019, footfall of domestic and foreign tourists was 53,58,55,162 and 47,45,181, respectively, in line with figures released by the authorities.
This headcount of tourists in 2019 also included 23,94,70,000 domestic and 10,30,000 foreign tourists who visited Kumbh in Prayagraj.
According to experts, UP’s tourism industry will gradually recover because the pandemic situation normalises.
Till May this year, 1,81,13,395 domestic and three,398 foreign tourists had arrived in province.
