RAS question
How many foreign tourist visits were recorded in Rajasthan in calendar year 2024?
Correct answer: (A) 20.72 lakh.
Rajasthan recorded 20.72 lakh foreign tourist visits in calendar year 2024.
Explanation
The correct figure is 20.72 lakh foreign tourist visits in calendar year 2024. The Economic Review 2024-25 presents Rajasthan's international-tourism series and shows a post-2021 recovery, with 17.00 lakh visits in 2023 followed by 20.72 lakh in 2024. That makes 20.72 lakh the current 2024 value, while 17.00 lakh is only the previous year's figure. The question tests careful reading of tourism statistics: the options use nearby historical numbers, but the 2024 entry in the official series is the highest listed value and corresponds to option A.
Why the other options are wrong
- (B) 17.54 lakh is wrong because it belongs to the 2018 international-tourism figure, not calendar year 2024.
- (C) 17.00 lakh is wrong because it is the 2023 figure immediately before the 2024 rise to 20.72 lakh.
- (D) 16.06 lakh is wrong because it was recorded for 2019, not for calendar year 2024.
Concept
This tests Rajasthan economy data under tourism, especially the ability to distinguish current-year indicators from older trend values. RAS often repeats such questions because tourism is a visible service-sector component in the State Economic Review.