India is currently a net exporter of tourism but this trend is expected to change in the near future. Very soon India would join the league of countries whose growth of outbound tourism would be greater than that of inbound tourism, thereby becoming a net importer of tourism. There are several reasons for the growth of outbound tourism including increase in the standard of living of Indians. While inbound tourism is a source of foreign exchange and a positive stroke for Gross Domestic Product (GDP), employment and tax revenue, outbound tourism is a form of import and its effect on the country is largely in the opposite direction. Though this is the situation outbound tourism from India is a topic that is extremely under researched. Hence an attempt is made here to understand the trend of outbound tourism based on the official statistics of Indian National Departures (INDs) from India during the period 2001-2020. It throws light on the top destination countries of Indian nationals and also the main purpose of their visit.
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