jaipur after more than two years since the outbreak of the covid19 pandemic the first group of foreign tourists arrived in jaipur through a cruise liner which reached mumbai on tuesday as many as 82 german tourists used hapag lloyd perhaps the worlds highest ranked cruise liner to jaipur through mumbaikhalid khan executive director of le passage which is organizing the tour said these days one can see foreign tourists moving around the city it is a good sign that foreigners have again started travelling the germans coming to jaipur using a cruse liner breeds optimism that sooner or later we will get back to the prepandemic daysbefore the pandemic rajasthan used to receive about 17 lakh foreign tourists the number of footfalls plunged to below 35000 in 2021 but now the numbers are slowly increasing khan said the foreign tourist inflows are increasing in the current financial year we expect to reach 4045 of the numbers rajasthan used to get before the pandemic the state is a key destination in india for the overseas travellersmany of the tourism products in rajasthan are naturally inclined to the likes of the overseas travellers the heritage culture and the colourful rural life have been a magnet for them accordingly the hospitality and other service providers have created new experiences and assets for themin fact recently the state tourism department participated in the world travel market london a premier trade show in the world