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Foreign tourist arrivals go up in July compared to a year ago

Foreign tourist arrivals go up in July compared to a year ago

| | 19 Aug 2016, 04:12 pm
New Delhi, Aug 19 (IBNS): Foreign tourist arrivals (FTAs) in India in July recorded 17.1 per cent growth compared to the same month in 2015, declared the Ministry of Tourism on Friday.

FTAs in July, 2016 were 7.36 lakh compared to FTAs of 6.28 lakh in July, 2015 and 5.69 lakh in July, 2014.

FTAs during January- July, 2016 were 49.22 lakh, up 10.0% from the same period in 2015, which recorded FTAs of 44.73 lakh (up 4.6% over January- July, 2014).

Bangladesh (17.30%) accounted for highest share of tourist arrivals in July 2016 followed by the US (16.51%) and the UK(11.67%).

Other countries include Malaysia (3.49%), France (3.12%), Sri Lanka (2.94%), Canada (2.66%), China (2.32%), Germany (2.31%), Japan (2.20%), Australia (2.20%), Nepal (2.04%), Oman (2.04%), UAE (1.99%) and Pakistan (1.66%).

Among the airports, Delhi Airport (26.22%) and Mumbai Airport (17.04%) saw the maximum foreign tourist arrival.

Other airports include Chennai (10.11%), Bengaluru (7.31%), Cochin (5.14%), Hyderabad (5.04%), Kolkata (4.20%),  Ahmadabad (1.91%), Trivandrum (1.91%), Tiruchirapalli (1.55%) and Amritsar (0.97%) .

Among the land and rail check posts, Haridaspur land check post (9.82%) saw the maximum arrival followed by Gede rail station (1.97%), Attari-Wagah land check post (1.09%) and Ghojadanga land check post (0.71%).

In July 2016, India earned Rs.14,319 crore in foreign exchange through tourism.

Foreign Exchange Earnings (FEEs) in July 2015 were Rs.11,982 crore and Rs.10,284 crore in July, 2014.


Image: Kerala Tourism/Twitter
 

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