Foreign tourist arrivals to India jumps 18.1% in October 2017
The Foreign Tourist Arrivals (FTAs) in October 2017 was 8.76 lakh as
compared to FTAs of 7.42 lakh in October, 2016 and 6.83 lakh in October,
2015. The growth rate in FTAs in October, 2017 over October, 2016 has
increased to 18.1%, compared to 8.6% in October, 2016 over October,
2015.
FTAs during the period January- October 2017 were 79.96 lakh with a
growth of 15.8% over same period of the previous year, compared to FTAs
of 69.05 lakh with a growth of 9.6% in January- October, 2016 over
January- October, 2015.
The percentage share of Foreign Tourist Arrivals (FTAs) in India during
October, 2017 among the top 15 source countries was highest from
Bangladesh (21.66%) followed by USA (11.57%), UK (10.23%), Sri Lanka
(3.79%), Canada (3.36%), Germany (3.17%), Australia (3.07%), France
(2.81%), Russian Fed. (2.81%), Malaysia (2.76%), Japan (2.44%), Thailand
(2.10%), China (1.93%), Nepal (1.66%) and Rep. of Korea (1.48%).
The percentage share of Foreign Tourist Arrivals (FTAs) in India during
October 2017 among the top 15 ports was highest at Delhi Airport
(32.56%) followed by Mumbai Airport (14.02%), Haridaspur Land Check Post
(11.29%), Chennai Airport (6.10%), Bengaluru Airport (5.19%), Kolkata
Airport (4.55%), Gede Rail Land Check Post (3.02%), Cochin Airport
(2.70%), Dabolim (Goa) Airport, (2.58%), Hyderabad Airport (2.53%),
Sonauli Land Check Post (1.86%), Ahmadabad Airport (1.77%), Ghojadanga
Land Check Post (1.64%), Amritsar Airport (1.53%) and Trivandrum Airport
(1.20%).
During the month of October, 2017, a total of 1.76 lakh foreign tourists
arrived on e-Tourist Visa as compared to 1.05 lakh during the month of
October, 2016 registering a growth of 67.3%.
During January- October 2017, a total of 12.43 lakh foreign tourists
arrived on e-Tourist Visa as compared to 7.81 lakh during January-
October 2016, registering a growth of 59.2%.
13/11/17 Capital Market/Business Standard
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