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World Tourism Day: Rajasthan Sees Record Tourists, Jaipur's 5 Monuments Earn ’22.51 Cr
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News18•27-09-2026, 12:10
World Tourism Day: Rajasthan Sees Record Tourists, Jaipur's 5 Monuments Earn ’22.51 Cr
- •On World Tourism Day, Rajasthan's tourism is booming with traditional welcomes for domestic and international tourists at historical sites.
- •Post-COVID-19, Rajasthan tourism has seen a remarkable comeback, with 25.44 crore tourists in 2025, an 11-fold increase since 2021.
- •Jaisalmer Fort, Hawa Mahal, and Amer Fort were top tourist choices, while 5 Jaipur monuments generated ’22.51 crore in 5 months.
- •The Rajasthan government aims to expand tourism beyond forts and palaces, establishing a ’5,000 crore tourism development fund.
- •The main challenge is to increase tourist stay duration and develop new circuits to ensure local communities benefit from tourism revenue.
Key Questions Answered
In 2025, approximately 25.44 crore tourists visited Rajasthan. This included a record 25.25 crore domestic tourists, while foreign tourist arrivals decreased to 19.45 lakh from 20.72 lakh in 2024.
In the first five months of 2025, 26.82 lakh tourists visited Amer, Hawa Mahal, Jantar Mantar, Albert Hall, and Nahargarh, generating a bumper revenue of 22.51 crore rupees, with Amer Fort alone bringing in 11.06 crore rupees.
The biggest current challenge for Rajasthan tourism is not growing overall visitor numbers, but increasing the length of tourist stays, boosting spending, and encouraging travel to districts beyond Jaipur, Udaipur, and Jaisalmer.
