The Taj Mahal in Agra remained the most-visited centrally protected ticketed monument for both domestic and foreign tourists in the financial year 2024-25, according to the India Tourism Data Compendium 2025 released by the Ministry of Tourism Saturday on World Tourism Day.

Foreign tourist arrivals (FTAs) in India reached 9.95 million in 2024, a 4.52 per cent increase from 2023. Among ticketed monuments, the Taj Mahal led domestic visitors with 6.26 million and foreign tourists with 0.645 million. Other popular sites for domestic visitors included the Sun Temple, Konark (3.57 million) and Qutub Minar, Delhi (3.20 million). Foreign visitors also favoured Agra Fort and Qutub Minar, each drawing 0.22 million tourists after the Taj Mahal.

Built between 1631 and 1648 by Mughal emperor Shah Ja

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