The federal government final month had prolonged the suspension of scheduled worldwide passenger flights until February 28. At the same time as such flights have been suspended since March 23 submit Covid induced lockdown, the federal government has been working particular worldwide flights beneath the Vande Bharat Mission since Could 2020. In keeping with Statista, home vacationer visits elevated from 220 million in 2000 to round 2.three billion in 2019 even because the sector is anticipated to develop at 6.7 per cent every year to grow to be Rs 35 trillion market with 9.6 per cent of GDP by 2029, in accordance with FICCI-Sure Financial institution 2019 report.

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In 2020, lower than three million international vacationers had visited India, down round 75 per cent vis-à-vis earlier 12 months amid journey restrictions because of the pandemic. The variety of international vacationer arrivals in India in 2019 stood at 10.93 million up from 10.56 million in 2018, in accordance with the knowledge offered by Tourism Minister Prahlad Patel in a written reply to a query within the Rajya Sabha earlier this month.