Foreign exchange earnings from tourism during December 2015 were Rs 13,253 crore as against Rs 12,988 crore in December 2014, a growth of 2 per cent.
There were total 80.16 lakh foreign tourists during the period January-December 2015 as against 76.79 lakh for the corresponding period year before, a growth of 4.4 per cent, according to Tourism Ministry data.
According to the data, the maximum number of tourists came from the US (18.67 per cent), followed by Bangladesh (11.64 pc), the UK (11.60 pc), Australia (5.25 pc), Canada (4.23 pc) and Russia (3.68 pc).