Kangra district has recorded its strongest tourism numbers since before COVID-19. More than 6 lakh tourists visited Kangra in the first half of 2026, compared with about 4.7 lakh in the same period of 2025, as per tourism department data.
Month by month
- May 2026: about 1.25 lakh domestic tourists and 3,544 foreign tourists, against about 65,000 domestic and 1,750 foreign in May 2025
- June 2026: about 1.53 lakh domestic tourists (against 1.15 lakh) and 2,012 foreign tourists (against 1,808)
Tourism Capital push
District Tourism Development Officer Vinay Dhiman was quoted on the figures, and Kangra is being pushed as Himachal Pradesh’s “Tourism Capital”.
These are district figures for Kangra, not a state-wide total.
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