Though neighbouring States had placed restrictions on the movement of people to and from Kerala during the peak of COVID-19, recent data reveal that there has been an increase in the inflow of domestic tourists to Kerala of late. Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Maharashtra, and Andhra Pradesh account for the major share of domestic tourists visiting Kerala.
37.94 lakh visitors
Out of the 37.94 lakh tourists who visited Kerala destinations in the first quarter of the 2022, 29.46 lakh tourists, i.e. 77.6% of the total domestic arrivals, were from the State itself. Tamil Nadu accounted for the highest number of tourists from other States with 2.73 lakh tourists from that State visiting Kerala. The figure was 1.66 lakh tourists in the corresponding period of 2021.