Last Updated:March 14, 2026, 09:47 IST Excluding Bangladesh, foreign tourist arrivals to India actually grew by about four per cent from 82.01 lakh in 2024 to 85.50 lakh in 2025, according to Tourism Ministry data Tourism Ministry data shows that inbound tourism had been recovering steadily since 2022, but 2025 broke the trend. (PTI) With just 90.16 lakh Foreign Tourist Arrivals (FTAs) in 2025, India’s inbound tourism remained below pre-pandemic levels and was the lowest in three years, primarily driven by about a 73 per cent drop in tourists arriving from Bangladesh, analysis of official data by News18 shows. In 2025, only 4.7 lakh Bangladeshi visitors arrived in India, down from 17.5 lakh in 2024 and 21.2 lakh in 2023. Between 2017 and 2023, Bangladesh consistently contributed around 20-23 per cent of total foreign tourists, making it India’s largest source of FTAs. This means roughly one in four to five foreign tourists to India came from Bangladesh. Starting 2017, over 20 lakh Bangladeshis were arriving in India each year until 2020. In 2019, about 25.8 lakh …