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United Kingdom is the major tourism market for India followed by USA and neighbouring Srilanka. More than 4 million tourists visit every year India, mostly in the month of February while Americans prefer to travel in the month of December and Srilankans in the month of August.
2001 2002 2003 Nationality Tourist arrivals Nationality Tourist arrivals Nationality Tourist arrivals UK 405472 UK 387846 UK 430917 USA 329147 USA 348182 USA 410803 Sri Lanka 112813 Sri Lanka 108008 Sri Lanka 109098 France 102434 France 93598 France 107671 Canada 88600 Canada 78194 Canada 97654 Japan 80634 Japan 64891 Japan 77996 Germany 80011 Germany 63748 Germany 76868 Malaysia 57869 Malaysia 59709 Malaysia 70750 Australia 52691 Australia 50743 Australia 58730 Singapore 42824 Singapore 44306 Singapore 48368 Netherlands 42368 Netherlands 43056 Netherlands 46908 Italy 41351 Italy 37136 Italy 42771 Nepal 41135 Nepal 31669 Nepal 40565 Israel 28774 Israel 29374 Israel 35584 Korea 27150 Korea 25503 Korea 32157 Others 1004009 Others 918401 Others 1039374 Total 2537282 Total 2384364 Total 2726214
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