Delhi, Mumbai and Singapore surge in tourist destination ranking

Five other Indian cities were among top 100 list in Euromonitor report

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Indian government’s official data showed total visitor arrivals reached 10 million for the first time in 2017, and rose to 10.5 million in 2018. © Reuters

KENTARO IWAMOTO, Nikkei staff writer

SINGAPORE -- Government efforts to promote India as a tourist destination seem to be paying off as Delhi and Mumbai climbed up the rankings in a report that lists cities based on the number of visitors each year.

In the report released on Tuesday by Euromonitor International, a U.K.-based global market research company, Delhi and Mumbai rose by three places and one place in the ranking, to the eighth and 13th positions in 2019, respectively.

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