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Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee connected Wednesday (November 26, 2025) hailed West Bengal’s emergence to the No. 2 presumption successful overseas tourer arrivals successful the country, saying the State has emerged arsenic 1 of India’s astir preferred planetary destinations.
In a station on X, CM Banerjee said the 'India Tourism Data Compendium 2025' of the Union Tourism Ministry has placed the authorities 2nd nationwide successful presumption of planetary tourer footfall.
"Proud to stock that West Bengal has emerged arsenic 1 of the astir favoured planetary tourer destinations successful the country, and has achieved different large milestone!!" she wrote.
According to the study released successful September, the state received 2,948.19 cardinal home tourists successful 2024, a emergence of 17.51% implicit 2,508.82 cardinal visits successful the erstwhile year.
Foreign tourer visits touched 20.94 cardinal successful 2024, marking an 8.84% summation from 19.24 cardinal successful 2023.
Uttar Pradesh (646.81 million) and Tamil Nadu (306.84 million) topped the database of States successful presumption of home tourer footfall, portion Maharashtra (3.71 million) and West Bengal (3.12 million) recorded the highest fig of overseas tourer arrivals among each States and Union Territories, the study added.
The CM credited the State's show to a surge successful post-pandemic question and the government's efforts to make caller tourism segments, including festival tourism, spiritual tourism and MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Exhibitions).
Welcoming travellers from crossed India and abroad, CM Banerjee described West Bengal arsenic "the sweetest portion of India" and urged visitors to acquisition its culture, practice and earthy beauty.
She besides thanked tourism manufacture stakeholders for their "relentless work", calling the designation a arrogant infinitesimal for the state.
