Ministry of tourism compiles monthly estimates of Foreign Tourist
Arrivals (FTAs) and FTAs on e-Tourist Visa on the basis of Nationality-wise,
Port-wise data received from Bureau of Immigration (BOI).
The
following are the important highlights regarding FTAs and FTAs on e-Tourist
Visa during the month of November, 2017:
Foreign Tourist Arrivals (FTAs)
· The number of
FTAs in November, 2017 was 10.05 lakh as compared to FTAs of 8.78 lakh in
November, 2016 and 8.16 lakh in November, 2015.
· The growth rate in
FTAs in November, 2017 over November, 2016 was 14.4%, compared to 7.6% in
November, 2016 over November, 2015.
· FTAs during the
period January- November 2017 were 90.01 lakh with a growth of 15.6% over same
period of the previous year, compared to FTAs of 77.83 lakh with a growth of
9.4% in January- November, 2016 over January- November, 2015.
· The percentage
share of Foreign Tourist Arrivals (FTAs) in India during November, 2017 among
the top 15 source countries was highest from Bangladesh (16.77%) followed by
USA (14.77%), UK (9.93%), Russian Fed. (4.41%), Canada (4.39%), Australia
(3.96%), Malaysia (3.50%), Germany (2.90%), France (2.51%),Sri Lanka (2.32%),
China (2.26%), Singapore (2.04%), Japan (2.03%), Thailand (1.87%), and Rep. of
Korea (1.31%).
·
The percentage share of Foreign Tourist Arrivals (FTAs) in India
during November 2017 among the top 15 ports was highest at Delhi Airport
(29.76%) followed by Mumbai Airport (17.20%), Haridaspur Land Check Post
(8.40%), Chennai Airport (5.78%), Bengaluru Airport (5.44%), Dabolim (Goa)
Airport, (5.37%), Kolkata Airport (4.62%), Hyderabad Airport (3.02%), Cochin
Airport (2.88%), Ahmadabad Airport (2.46%),Gede Rail Land Check Post
(1.91%),Sonauli Land Check Post (1.88%),Trichy Airport (1.46%), Ghojadanga Land
Check Post (1.29%) and Trivandrum Airport (1.28%).
Foreign
Tourist Arrivals (FTAs) on e-Tourist Visa
·
During the month of November, 2017, a total of 2.14 lakh foreign
tourists arrived on e-Tourist Visa as compared to 1.37 lakh during the month of
November, 2016 registering a growth of 56.2%.
·
During January- November 2017, a total of 14.57 lakh foreign
tourists arrived on e-Tourist Visa as compared to 9.17 lakh during January-
November 2016, registering a growth of 58.8%.
·
The percentage share of top 15 source countries availing e-
Tourist Visa facilities during November, 2017 was as follows:
UK (17.1%), USA (11.6%), Russian Federation (6.6%), France (5.7%), Germany
(4.8%), China (4.8%), Australia (4.5%), Canada (4.3%), Korea (Rep. of) (2.6%), Thailand
(2.4%), Italy (2.4%), Singapore (2.1%), Oman (1.8%),Spain (1.8%) and
Netherlands (1.5%).
The
percentage share of top 15 ports in foreign tourist arrivals on e-Tourist Visa
during November, 2017 was as follows:-
New Delhi Airport (44.5%), Mumbai Airport (18.7%), Dabolim (Goa) Airport
(10.1%), Chennai Airport (5.8%), Kochi Airport (5.4%), Kolkata Airport (3.6%),
Hyderabad Airport (2.9%), Trivandrum Airport (2.5%), Amritsar Airport (1.3%), Ahmadabad
Airport (1.2%), Gaya Airport (1.1%), Jaipur Airport (0.8%), Tirchy Airport
(0.5%), Lucknow Airport (0.5%) and Calicut Airport (0.3%)
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Sanjay Kumar/jk/Tourism/12-12-2017
