10.7% growth in Foreign Tourist Arrivals in april 2016 over the same period in 2015
10.7% growth in Foreign Tourist Arrivals in april 2016 over the same period in 2015
Bangladesh accounts for highest
share of tourist arrivals followed by USA and UK in April 2016
Rs. 11, 637 crores Foreign Exchange
earned through tourism in April 2016
10.7% growth in
Foreign Tourist Arrivals (FTAs) in April 2016 over the same period in 2015. Bangladesh
accounts for highest share of tourist arrivals followed by USA and UK in April
2016. Rs. 11, 637 crores Foreign Exchange earned through tourism in April 2016.
Ministry
of Tourism compiles monthly estimates of Foreign Tourist Arrivals (FTAs) on the
basis of Nationality-wise, Port-wise data received from Bureau of Immigration
(BOI) and Foreign Exchange Earnings (FEEs) from tourism on the basis of data
available from Reserve Bank of India. The following are the important
highlights regarding FTAs and FEEs from tourism during the month of April,
2016.
Foreign
Tourist Arrivals (FTAs):
·
FTAs
during the Month of April, 2016 were 5.99 lakh as compared to FTAs of 5.42 lakh
during the month of April, 2015 and 5.35 lakh in April, 2014. There has been a
growth of 10.7% in April, 2016 over April, 2015.
·
FTAs
during the period January- April, 2016 were 31.08 lakh with a
growth of 10.1% as compared to the FTAs of 28.23 lakh with a growth of 3.0% in
January- April, 2015 over January- April, 2014.
·
The
Percentage share of Foreign Tourist Arrivals (FTAs) in India during April,
2016 among the top 15 source countries was highest from Bangladesh (18.09%)
followed by USA (12.24%), UK (9.58%), Sri Lanka (3.71%), Malaysia (3.23%),
China (3.14%), Australia (3.05%), Germany (3.02%), France (2.86%), Canada
(2.83%), Russian Federation (2.81%), Japan (2.50%), Nepal (2.07%), Singapore
(1.85%) and Thailand (1.61%).
·
The
Percentage share of Foreign Tourist Arrivals (FTAs) in India during April 2016
among the top 15 ports was highest at Delhi Airport (29.12%) followed by Mumbai
Airport (16.85%), Haridaspur Land check post (9.77%),Chennai Airport (7.82%),
Bengaluru Airport (6.66%), Kolkata Airport (4.16%), Cochin Airport (3.51%),
Hyderabad Airport (3.07%), Goa Airport (2.84%), Gede Rail (2.31%), Trivendrum
Airport (1.54%), Ahmadabad Airport (1.44%), Tiruchirapalli Airport (1.31%)
Attari-Wagah (1.13%), and Ghojadanga land check post (0.96%).
Foreign
Exchange Earnings (FEEs) from Tourism in India in Rs. terms and in US$ terms
·
FEEs
during the month of April, 2016 were Rs. 11,637 crore as compared to Rs. 10,091
crore in April, 2015 and Rs. 9,179 crore in April, 2014.
·
The
growth rate in FEEs in rupee terms during April, 2016 over April, 2015 was
15.3% as compared to the growth of 9.9% in April, 2015 over April, 2014.
·
FEEs
from tourism in rupee terms during January- April, 2016 were Rs. 52,048 crore
with a growth of 15.7% as compared to the FEE of Rs. 44,966 crore with a growth
of 5.0% during January- April, 2015 over January- April, 2014.
·
FEEs
in US$ terms during the month of April, 2016 were US$ 1.747 billion as compared
to FEEs of US$ 1.609 billion during the month of April, 2015 and US$ 1.520
billion in April, 2014.
·
The
growth rate in FEEs in US$ terms in April, 2016 over April, 2015 was 8.6%
compared to the growth of 5.9% in April, 2015 over April, 2014.
·
FEE
from tourism in US$ terms during January- April, 2016
were US$ 7.733 billion with a growth of 7.2% as compared to the US$ 7.214
billion with a growth 3.6% during January- April, 2015 over January- April,
2014.
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