USA accounts for highest share of foreign tourist arrivals followed by Bangladesh and UK in June 2016
As per the data from Ministry of Tourism, the Foreign Tourist Arrivals (FTAs) were 5.50 lakh in June 2016, showing an increase of 7.3% as compared to FTAs of 5.12 lakh in June 2015. The FTAs has stood at 5.02 lakh in June 2014.FTAs were 41.86 lakh in January- June 2016, with a growth of 8.9% as compared to the FTAs of 38.45 lakh with a growth of 3.7% in January- June, 2015 over January- June 2014.
The Percentage share of Foreign Tourist Arrivals (FTAs) in India during June 2016 among the top 15 source countries was highest from USA (22.20%), followed by Bangladesh (20.69%), UK (6.84%), Malaysia (3.90%), Sri Lanka (3.20%), Australia (2.63%), China (2.62%), Canada (2.60%), Japan (2.49%), Singapore (2.47%), France (2.35%), Germany (2.26%), Nepal (2.17%), Pakistan (1.33%) and Republic of Korea (1.31%).
The Percentage share of Foreign Tourist Arrivals (FTAs) in India during June 2016 among the top 15 ports was highest at Delhi Airport (24.69%) followed by Mumbai Airport (16.76%), Haridaspur Land check post (11.99%), Chennai Airport (10.90%), Bengaluru Airport (7.74%), Hyderabad Airport (4.95%), Kolkata Airport (4.09%), Cochin Airport (3.68%),Gede Rail (2.57%), Tiruchirapalli Airport (1.86%), Ahmedabad Airport (1.69%),Trivandrum Airport (1.33%), Ghojadanga land check post (1.22%), Attari-Wagah Land check post (1.02%) and Hilli Land check post (0.68%).
Foreign Exchange Earnings (FEEs) from Tourism were Rs 10732 crore as compared to Rs 9564 crore in June, 2015 and Rs 8366 crore in June 2014. The growth rate in FEEs in rupee terms during June 2016 over June 2015 was 12.2% as compared to the growth of 14.3% in June 2015 over June 2014.
FEEs from tourism in rupee terms during January- June 2016 were Rs 73065 crore with a growth of 14.1%, as compared to the FEE of Rs 64035 crore with a growth of 8.3% during January- June 2015 over January- June 2014.
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FEEs in US$ terms during the month of June 2016 were US$ 1.595 billion, as compared to FEEs of US$ 1.498 billion during the month of June 2015 and US$ 1.470 billion in June 2014.
The growth rate in FEEs in US$ terms in June 2016 over June 2015 was 6.5%, compared to the growth of 1.9% in June 2015 over June 2014.
FEE from tourism in US$ terms during January- June 2016 were US$ 10.865 billion with a growth of 6.5% as compared to the US$ 10.203 billion with a growth 4.4% during January- June 2015 over January- June 2014.
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