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November records 10 lakh foreign tourist arrivals with over 14% growth

By TIOL News Service

NEW DELHI, DEC 12, 2017: THE number of Foreign Tourist Arrivals (FTAs) in November was 10 lakh as compared to FTAs of 8.8 lakh in November, 2016.

Other highlights are:

++ 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%).


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