As per govt data, the share of domestic and international cruise tourists was almost 50-50 in 2019-20 when the total footfall was a little over 4.2 lakh. During the pandemic year, there was no footfall as services stopped. In 2021-22, domestic cruise footfall revived, but there were no international tourists.
Data showed that while domestic cruise footfall increased to almost 4 lakh in 2022-23, the number of international tourists was barely 29,026. In the last financial year, international tourist footfall increased more than three-fold to touch 98,344. “There is a huge opportunity in this sector. Several steps have been taken, including guaranteed berths to…