Mamallapuram, has beaten the Taj Mahal in the number of foreign visitors.
As per the report, 1,44,984 foreign visitors came to Mamallapuram in 2021-22.
The Taj Mahal, in Agra, occupied the second spot with 38,922 foreign visitors.
Six of the top 10 monuments on the central list are in Tamil Nadu.
Taj Mahal, Red Fort and Qutub Minar are the top 3 most visited sites in India in 2021-22.
The report also said the top five states for domestic tourist visits in 2021.
They were Tamil Nadu (115.33 million), Uttar Pradesh (109.70 million), Andhra Pradesh (93.27 million), Karnataka (81.33 million) and Maharashtra (43.56 million).
These five states accounted for about 65.41 per cent of the total domestic tourist visits in the country.